2018年自学考试《英语(一)》提升练习（七）

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　　It is true that times are changing for the old people in Britain.But not all the changes are bad ones. Modern medicine, for example, has made old people healthier than ever before. Another advantage is that there are many more old people than there used to be. This means that old people often have a good social life with their own clubs and organizations. Old people, too, have more money now than their own parents and grand parents had.

　　The biggest disadvantage of modern life is loneliness. The young leave home when they grow up and many old people live alone. Fewer old people have brothers and sister. An old person's one or two children may have moved to another part of the country. Even when they live nearby, the young people have their own work to do and their own children to look after. They have not much time for the old. Problems of loneliness often start when people stop working. When people retire they often find it difficult to start a new life without their jobs.

　　The world has changed so fast since 1900 that it is difficult for old people to understand the problems of the young. And the world is changing even faster these days than it was fifty years ago. It makes you think, doesn't it? What will it be like when today's young people are old?

　　16.To the old people, the changes in society are ______. [ ]

　　A.better than they expected

　　B.not as good as they wish

　　C.both good and bad

　　D.difficult to understand

　　17.According to this passage, the old people today ______. [ ]

　　A.often go to clubs with their brothers and sisters

　　B.prefer lonely life to social life

　　C.live more happily than their parents and grandparents

　　D.like to share their feelings and thoughts with other people

　　18.Although some old people live near their sons or daughters, ______. [ ]

　　A.they still feel lonely

　　B.they want to move to other places

　　C.they have no time to look after the young people's children

　　D.they like to live with their own brothers and sisters

　　19.In the last century, old people did not have so many problems, because _____. [ ]

　　A.they had big families

　　B.they live with their children

　　C.the young were kind to the old

　　D.the society didn't change so rapidly

　　20.What is the main idea of this passage? [ ]

　　A.Modern society only belongs to the young.

　　B.Modern life has brought new problems to the old.

　　C.Today's young people are happier than their parents.

　　D.It is necessary to take better care or the old people.