There are places in the world where people are alleged (被认为) to live much longer and remain more vigorous in old age than in most modern societies. I have visited the best known of these regions, all relatively remote and mountainous. A striking feature common to all three cultures is the high social status of the aged. Each of the very elderly persons I saw lived with family and close relatives—often an extensive household—and occupied a central and privileged position within this group. The sense of family continuity is strong. There is also a sense of usefulness. Even those well over 100 for the most part continue to perform. essential duties and contribute to the economy of the community. These duties included weeding in the fields, feeding the poultry (家禽), tending flocks, picking tea, washing the laundry, cleaning house, or caring for grandchildren, all on a regular daily basis. In addition, the aged are esteemed for the wisdom that is thought to derive from long experience, and their word in the family group is generally law. In none of the three communities is there any forced retirement age, and the elderly are not shelved, as occurs in most of our industrialized society. Khfaf Lasuria, the former tea picker, had retired only two years before I met her. When I asked Seliac Butba, age 121, if he was helping in the construction of a new house springing up next to his own, he responded, "Of course, they cant do without me. " Many of the centenarians emphasized the importance of being independent and free to do the things they enjoyed and wanted to do, and of maintaining a placid (平静的) state of mind free from worry or emotional strain. "Now everywhere people dont live so long because they dont live a free life," commented Sonia Kvedzenia of Atara, age 109. "They worry more and dont do what they want. " Gabriel Chapnian, 117, of Gulripshi expressed a similar thought when told that few Americans attain his age. His response: "Hmm...too literate. " Expectation of longevity may also be important. In America the traditional life-span is three score and ten years. But when we asked the young people of Abkhazia how long they expected to live, they generally said, "To a hundred". Dr Georgi Kaprashvili of Gulripshi confirmed that the public has the notion that the normal life-span of man is 100 years. For exaggeration, when proposing toasts, they say 300 years, but everyone expects to be 100.
What does the word "centenarian" (Line 1, Para. 6) mean in this passage?
A.Person who has 100 family members.
B.Person who is 100 or more years old.
C.Person who is the central figure.
D.Leader of a unit of 100 soldiers.
第1题
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第2题
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第3题
The cause for the heat in interior of the earth is______.
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第4题
The main idea of this passage is the______.
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第5题
Nowadays, a husband tends to______.
THE GREATEST RECENT SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IN THE LIVES OF WOME
N. DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THERE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE SHORTENING OF THE PROPORTION OF A WOMAN"S LIFE SPENT IN CARING FOR CHILDRE
N. A WOMAN MARRYING AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN IN HER MIDDLE TWENTIES, AND WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHILDREN, OF WHOM FOUR OR FIVE LIVED TILL THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OL
D. BY THE TIME THE YOUNGEST WAS FIFTEEN, THE MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HER EARLY FIFTIES AND WOULD EXPECT TO LIVE A FURTHER TWENTY YEARS, DURING WHICH CUSTOM, OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTH MADE IT UNUSUAL FOR HER TO GET PAID WOR
K. TODAY WOMEN MARRY YOUNGER AND HAVE FEWER CHILDRE
N. USUALLY A WOMAN"S YOUNGEST CHILD WILL BE FIFTEEN WHEN SHE IS FORTY-FIVE AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO LIVE ANOTHER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AND IS LIKELY TO TAKE PAID WORK UNTIL RETIREMENT AT SIXTY. EVEN WHILE SHE HAS THE CARE OF CHILDREN, HER WORK IS LIGHTENED BY HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND CONVENIENCE FOODS. THIS IMPORTANT CHANGE IN WOMEN"S LIFE-PATTERN HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT ON WOMEN"S ECONOMIC POSITIO
N. EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO MOST GIRLS LEFT SCHOOL AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, AND MOST OF THEM TOOK A FULL-TIME JO
B. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY MARRIED, THEY USUALLY LEFT WORK AT ONCE AND NEVER RETURN TO IT. TODAY THE SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS SIXTEEN, MANY GIRLS STAY AT SCHOOL AFTER THAT AGE, AND THOUGH WOMEN TEND TO MARRY YOUNGER, MORE MARRIED WOMEN STAY AT WORK AT LEAST UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE THEIR FIRST CHILD IS BOR
N. VERY MANY MORE AFTERWARDS RETURN TO FULL OR PART-TIME WOR
K. SUCH CHANGES HAVE LED TO A NEW RELATION IN MARRIAGE, WITH THE HUSBAND ACCEPTING A GREATER SHARE OF THE DUTIES AND SATISFACTIONS OF FAMILY LIFE, AND WITH BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHARING MORE EQUALLY IN PROVIDING THE MONEY, AND RUNNING THE HOME, ACCORDING TO THE ABILITIES AND INTERESTS OF EACH OF THE
M.
第6题
Many girls, the passage claims, are now likely to______.
THE GREATEST RECENT SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IN THE LIVES OF WOME
N. DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THERE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE SHORTENING OF THE PROPORTION OF A WOMAN"S LIFE SPENT IN CARING FOR CHILDRE
N. A WOMAN MARRYING AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN IN HER MIDDLE TWENTIES, AND WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHILDREN, OF WHOM FOUR OR FIVE LIVED TILL THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OL
D. BY THE TIME THE YOUNGEST WAS FIFTEEN, THE MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HER EARLY FIFTIES AND WOULD EXPECT TO LIVE A FURTHER TWENTY YEARS, DURING WHICH CUSTOM, OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTH MADE IT UNUSUAL FOR HER TO GET PAID WOR
K. TODAY WOMEN MARRY YOUNGER AND HAVE FEWER CHILDRE
N. USUALLY A WOMAN"S YOUNGEST CHILD WILL BE FIFTEEN WHEN SHE IS FORTY-FIVE AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO LIVE ANOTHER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AND IS LIKELY TO TAKE PAID WORK UNTIL RETIREMENT AT SIXTY. EVEN WHILE SHE HAS THE CARE OF CHILDREN, HER WORK IS LIGHTENED BY HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND CONVENIENCE FOODS. THIS IMPORTANT CHANGE IN WOMEN"S LIFE-PATTERN HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT ON WOMEN"S ECONOMIC POSITIO
N. EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO MOST GIRLS LEFT SCHOOL AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, AND MOST OF THEM TOOK A FULL-TIME JO
B. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY MARRIED, THEY USUALLY LEFT WORK AT ONCE AND NEVER RETURN TO IT. TODAY THE SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS SIXTEEN, MANY GIRLS STAY AT SCHOOL AFTER THAT AGE, AND THOUGH WOMEN TEND TO MARRY YOUNGER, MORE MARRIED WOMEN STAY AT WORK AT LEAST UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE THEIR FIRST CHILD IS BOR
N. VERY MANY MORE AFTERWARDS RETURN TO FULL OR PART-TIME WOR
K. SUCH CHANGES HAVE LED TO A NEW RELATION IN MARRIAGE, WITH THE HUSBAND ACCEPTING A GREATER SHARE OF THE DUTIES AND SATISFACTIONS OF FAMILY LIFE, AND WITH BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHARING MORE EQUALLY IN PROVIDING THE MONEY, AND RUNNING THE HOME, ACCORDING TO THE ABILITIES AND INTERESTS OF EACH OF THE
M.
第7题
One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she______.
THE GREATEST RECENT SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IN THE LIVES OF WOME
N. DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THERE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE SHORTENING OF THE PROPORTION OF A WOMAN"S LIFE SPENT IN CARING FOR CHILDRE
N. A WOMAN MARRYING AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN IN HER MIDDLE TWENTIES, AND WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHILDREN, OF WHOM FOUR OR FIVE LIVED TILL THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OL
D. BY THE TIME THE YOUNGEST WAS FIFTEEN, THE MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HER EARLY FIFTIES AND WOULD EXPECT TO LIVE A FURTHER TWENTY YEARS, DURING WHICH CUSTOM, OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTH MADE IT UNUSUAL FOR HER TO GET PAID WOR
K. TODAY WOMEN MARRY YOUNGER AND HAVE FEWER CHILDRE
N. USUALLY A WOMAN"S YOUNGEST CHILD WILL BE FIFTEEN WHEN SHE IS FORTY-FIVE AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO LIVE ANOTHER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AND IS LIKELY TO TAKE PAID WORK UNTIL RETIREMENT AT SIXTY. EVEN WHILE SHE HAS THE CARE OF CHILDREN, HER WORK IS LIGHTENED BY HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND CONVENIENCE FOODS. THIS IMPORTANT CHANGE IN WOMEN"S LIFE-PATTERN HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT ON WOMEN"S ECONOMIC POSITIO
N. EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO MOST GIRLS LEFT SCHOOL AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, AND MOST OF THEM TOOK A FULL-TIME JO
B. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY MARRIED, THEY USUALLY LEFT WORK AT ONCE AND NEVER RETURN TO IT. TODAY THE SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS SIXTEEN, MANY GIRLS STAY AT SCHOOL AFTER THAT AGE, AND THOUGH WOMEN TEND TO MARRY YOUNGER, MORE MARRIED WOMEN STAY AT WORK AT LEAST UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE THEIR FIRST CHILD IS BOR
N. VERY MANY MORE AFTERWARDS RETURN TO FULL OR PART-TIME WOR
K. SUCH CHANGES HAVE LED TO A NEW RELATION IN MARRIAGE, WITH THE HUSBAND ACCEPTING A GREATER SHARE OF THE DUTIES AND SATISFACTIONS OF FAMILY LIFE, AND WITH BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHARING MORE EQUALLY IN PROVIDING THE MONEY, AND RUNNING THE HOME, ACCORDING TO THE ABILITIES AND INTERESTS OF EACH OF THE
M.
第8题
When she was over fifty, the late nineteenth century mother______.
THE GREATEST RECENT SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IN THE LIVES OF WOME
N. DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THERE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE SHORTENING OF THE PROPORTION OF A WOMAN"S LIFE SPENT IN CARING FOR CHILDRE
N. A WOMAN MARRYING AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN IN HER MIDDLE TWENTIES, AND WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHILDREN, OF WHOM FOUR OR FIVE LIVED TILL THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OL
D. BY THE TIME THE YOUNGEST WAS FIFTEEN, THE MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HER EARLY FIFTIES AND WOULD EXPECT TO LIVE A FURTHER TWENTY YEARS, DURING WHICH CUSTOM, OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTH MADE IT UNUSUAL FOR HER TO GET PAID WOR
K. TODAY WOMEN MARRY YOUNGER AND HAVE FEWER CHILDRE
N. USUALLY A WOMAN"S YOUNGEST CHILD WILL BE FIFTEEN WHEN SHE IS FORTY-FIVE AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO LIVE ANOTHER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AND IS LIKELY TO TAKE PAID WORK UNTIL RETIREMENT AT SIXTY. EVEN WHILE SHE HAS THE CARE OF CHILDREN, HER WORK IS LIGHTENED BY HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND CONVENIENCE FOODS. THIS IMPORTANT CHANGE IN WOMEN"S LIFE-PATTERN HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT ON WOMEN"S ECONOMIC POSITIO
N. EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO MOST GIRLS LEFT SCHOOL AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, AND MOST OF THEM TOOK A FULL-TIME JO
B. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY MARRIED, THEY USUALLY LEFT WORK AT ONCE AND NEVER RETURN TO IT. TODAY THE SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS SIXTEEN, MANY GIRLS STAY AT SCHOOL AFTER THAT AGE, AND THOUGH WOMEN TEND TO MARRY YOUNGER, MORE MARRIED WOMEN STAY AT WORK AT LEAST UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE THEIR FIRST CHILD IS BOR
N. VERY MANY MORE AFTERWARDS RETURN TO FULL OR PART-TIME WOR
K. SUCH CHANGES HAVE LED TO A NEW RELATION IN MARRIAGE, WITH THE HUSBAND ACCEPTING A GREATER SHARE OF THE DUTIES AND SATISFACTIONS OF FAMILY LIFE, AND WITH BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHARING MORE EQUALLY IN PROVIDING THE MONEY, AND RUNNING THE HOME, ACCORDING TO THE ABILITIES AND INTERESTS OF EACH OF THE
M.
第9题
According to the passage, around the Year 1900 most women married______.
THE GREATEST RECENT SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN IN THE LIVES OF WOME
N. DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THERE HAS BEEN A REMARKABLE SHORTENING OF THE PROPORTION OF A WOMAN"S LIFE SPENT IN CARING FOR CHILDRE
N. A WOMAN MARRYING AT THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN IN HER MIDDLE TWENTIES, AND WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAVE SEVEN OR EIGHT CHILDREN, OF WHOM FOUR OR FIVE LIVED TILL THEY WERE FIVE YEARS OL
D. BY THE TIME THE YOUNGEST WAS FIFTEEN, THE MOTHER WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HER EARLY FIFTIES AND WOULD EXPECT TO LIVE A FURTHER TWENTY YEARS, DURING WHICH CUSTOM, OPPORTUNITY AND HEALTH MADE IT UNUSUAL FOR HER TO GET PAID WOR
K. TODAY WOMEN MARRY YOUNGER AND HAVE FEWER CHILDRE
N. USUALLY A WOMAN"S YOUNGEST CHILD WILL BE FIFTEEN WHEN SHE IS FORTY-FIVE AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO LIVE ANOTHER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AND IS LIKELY TO TAKE PAID WORK UNTIL RETIREMENT AT SIXTY. EVEN WHILE SHE HAS THE CARE OF CHILDREN, HER WORK IS LIGHTENED BY HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND CONVENIENCE FOODS. THIS IMPORTANT CHANGE IN WOMEN"S LIFE-PATTERN HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEGUN TO HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT ON WOMEN"S ECONOMIC POSITIO
N. EVEN A FEW YEARS AGO MOST GIRLS LEFT SCHOOL AT THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, AND MOST OF THEM TOOK A FULL-TIME JO
B. HOWEVER, WHEN THEY MARRIED, THEY USUALLY LEFT WORK AT ONCE AND NEVER RETURN TO IT. TODAY THE SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS SIXTEEN, MANY GIRLS STAY AT SCHOOL AFTER THAT AGE, AND THOUGH WOMEN TEND TO MARRY YOUNGER, MORE MARRIED WOMEN STAY AT WORK AT LEAST UNTIL SHORTLY BEFORE THEIR FIRST CHILD IS BOR
N. VERY MANY MORE AFTERWARDS RETURN TO FULL OR PART-TIME WOR
K. SUCH CHANGES HAVE LED TO A NEW RELATION IN MARRIAGE, WITH THE HUSBAND ACCEPTING A GREATER SHARE OF THE DUTIES AND SATISFACTIONS OF FAMILY LIFE, AND WITH BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHARING MORE EQUALLY IN PROVIDING THE MONEY, AND RUNNING THE HOME, ACCORDING TO THE ABILITIES AND INTERESTS OF EACH OF THE
M.
第10题
Nowadays, the athletes expenses are paid for______.
IN ANCIENT GREECE ATHLETIC FESTIVALS WERE VERY IMPORTANT AND HAD STRONG RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS. THE OLYMPIAN ATHLETIC FESTIVAL HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS IN HONOUR OF ZEUS, KING OF THE OLYMPIAN GODS, EVENTUALLY LOST ITS LOCAL CHARACTER, BECAME FIRST A NATIONAL EVENT AND THEN, AFTER THE RULES AGAINST FOREIGN COMPETITORS HAD BEEN ABOLISHED, INTERNATIONAL. NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW FAR BACK THE OLYMPIC GAMES GO, BUT SOME OFFICIAL RECORDS DATE FROM 776
B.
C. THE GAMES TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST ON THE PLAIN BY MOUNT OLYMPUS. MANY THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF GREECE, BUT NO MARRIED WOMAN WAS ADMITTED EVEN AS A SPECTATOR. SLAVES, WOMEN AND DISHONORED PERSONS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPET
E. THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IS UNCERTAIN, BUT EVENTS INCLUDED BOY"S GYMNASTICS, BOXING, WRESTLING, HORSE RACING AND FIELD EVENTS, THOUGH THERE WERE FEWER SPORTS INVOLVED THAN IN THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE GAMES, ALL THE WINNERS WERE HONORED BY HAVING A RING OF HOLY OLIVE LEAVES PLACED ON THEIR HEADS. SO GREAT WAS THE HONOUR THAT THE WINNER OF THE FOOT RACE GAVE HIS NAME TO THE YEAR OF HIS VICTORY. ALTHOUGH OLYMPIC WINNERS RECEIVED NO PRIZE MONEY, THEY WERE, IN FACT, RICHLY REWARDED BY THEIR STATE AUTHORITIES. HOW THEIR RESULTS COMPARED WITH MODERN STANDARDS, WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NO MEANS OF TELLIN
G. AFTER AN UNINTERRUPTED HISTORY OF ALMOST 1 200 YEARS, THE GAMES WERE SUSPENDED BY THE ROMANS IN 394 A.
D. THEY CONTINUED FOR SUCH A LONG TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVED IN THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE OLYMPICS: THE IDEA THAT A HEALTHY BODY PRODUCED A HEALTHY MIND, AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION IN SPORTS AND GAMES WAS PREFERABLE TO THE COMPETITION THAT CAUSED WARS. IT WAS OVER 1 500 YEARS BEFORE ANOTHER SUCH INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC GATHERING TOOK PLACE IN ATHENS IN 1896. NOWADAYS, THE GAMES ARE HELD IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN TUR
N. THE HOST COUNTRY PROVIDES VAST FACILITIES, INCLUDING A STADIUM, SWIMMING POOLS AND LIVING ACCOMMODATION, BUT COMPETING COUNTRIES PAY THEIR OWN ATHLETES" EXPENSES. THE OLYMPICS START WITH THE ARRIVAL IN THE STADIUM OF A TORCH, LIGHTED ON MOUNT OLYMPUS BY THE SUN"S RAYS. IT IS CARRIED BY A SUCCESSION OF RUNNERS TO THE STADIU
M. THE TORCH SYMBOLIZED THE CONTINUATION OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ATHLETIC IDEALS, AND IT BURNS THROUGHOUT THE GAMES UNTIL THE CLOSING CEREMONY. THE WELL-KNOWN OLYMPIC FLAG, HOWEVER, IS A MODERN CONCEPTION, THE FIVE INTERLOCKING RINGS SYMBOLIZE THE UNITING OF ALL FIVE CONTINENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE GAMES.
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