2018年公共英語一級考試閱讀專題練習(xí)及答案(1)

　　A lot of people don't want to talk about their age，especially(尤其是)women over 30.The thought of grow—ing older is a painful(痛苦的)one and most of US,if possible，would like to have nothing to do with it.However,getting older is a thing that happens to all of US.As a result,many people work hard to keep youn9.So the last thing they want is for someone to ask the question,"How old are you?"

　　People may answer this question like:"How old do you think I am?""30 something.I'm in my thirties.

　　Let's just leave it at that.…'I Can't remember.…‘Oh.don’t ask me that.…‘A lot older than what l would like to be.”

　　However，if you really want to know someone ’S age，this is how you could find out the answer.First you esti—mate(估計)their age.Then you subtract(減去)ten years from that estimation.Certainly you will get a big smile from that person who will also say，“Wow.You are my best friend.I’m 38 already.Can you believe it?”You.of course.say.“N0.I really Call’t.You’re jokin9.You don’t look a day over 28.”

　　1.Most of men are pleased to tell others how old they are.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn' t Say

　　答案：C

　　解析：大多數(shù)人不愿意談?wù)撃挲g，尤其是對年過30的女人。想到變老是很痛苦的，我們大多數(shù)人，如果有可能的話，都不想沾它的邊。不幸的是，變老是誰都不能例外的。結(jié)果，許多人竭力想永葆青春。所以，他們最不愿別人問他們： “你多大年紀(jì)了?”

　　對這個問題可以有這樣幾個回答： “你認(rèn)為我多大了?”“30左右。我30多歲了。咱們不談這個了吧。”“我記不得了。”“噢，別問我這個。”“比我希望的要老得多。”

　　然而，如果你很想知道某人的年齡，你也是可以打探得到的。首先，你估算下他的年齡;然后，從你的估計上減去l0歲。當(dāng)然此人會沖你綻放笑容，還會說， “哇，你是我最好的朋友。我早就38歲了。你能相信嗎?”你當(dāng)然會回答，“不，我不相信。你在開玩笑吧。你看起來連28都不到。”

　　2.Many people try their best to look young.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn' t Say

　　解析：A 從文章第一段 “As a result，many people work hard to keep young.”可以看出題干中的表述是正確的。

　　3.if you want to ask a person' s age, you can put the question at the end of your talk.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn' t Say

　　解析：B 這一道題目是屬于對 “So the last thing they want is for someone to ask the question，‘How old are you?…這句話的錯誤理解，the last thing是最不想說的意思。

　　4.It' s impossible for you to know a stranger' s age.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn ' t Say

　　解析：B 第三段說到可以用巧妙的方式來問到別人的年齡，當(dāng)然主要指的是不認(rèn)識的人。

　　5.Only your best friends will tell you that you look young.

　　A.Right

　　B.Wrong

　　C.Doesn' t Say

　　解析：B 文章最后一段說通過故意把別人的年齡說小，指出別人很年輕來達(dá)到問出真實年齡的目的，可見題干中的表述是錯誤的。