二级笔译
单选题It was suggested but not stated that the American West is the place where.A young people are reluctant to goB people may possibly get wealthyC it is more interesting to settleD the old people’s dreams can be realized
题目
young people are reluctant to go
people may possibly get wealthy
it is more interesting to settle
the old people’s dreams can be realized
参考答案和解析
推断题。第三段倒数第二句提到在美国“the young man was ever advised to GO WEST; the father was ever inheriting from his son”，从侧面反映出年轻人到西部或许可以寻找到财富。因此选项B符合题意。
相似问题和答案
第1题：
______ a little more tolerant our world would be a better place.
A. Were people
B. If people would
C. People were
D. Would people
第2题：
Why do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much?
A、It provides people with paychecks.
B、It offers more than financial security.
C、It provides people with self-confidence.
D、People can get a feeling of satisfaction.
第3题：
More and more young people are trying to do something _____ the old.
A. served B. to serve C. serve D. serves
第4题：
B.people are proud of being old
C.many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D.the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
第5题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第6题：
B
Hip-hop dancing(街舞) is popular with many young people today． They like it because they can invent their own moves． They use this dance to show their love for life． It also shows that they feel good about life，that they just want to be themselves and enjoy life，and that they are not afraid of problems．
Hip-hop dancing has a history of more than 20 years． It first began in the 1980s in the U． S In early times，it was seen in New York and Los Angles． At that time，many young black people often danced to the music in the streets． They used their legs，arms，heads and even shoulders to dance． Many young people still use most of these moves today．
Hip-hop dancing became popular all over the world because of the 1983 movie Flash Dance． Some people performed Hip-hop dancing in the movie． People enjoyed their perform-ance． They began to dance like them． Then it became popular． There are two kinds of Hip-hop dancing:new school and old school． More and more young people are learning Hip-hop dancing．People believe that it is a good way to exercise their bodies，and that it is good for their health．
( )26． Young people like Hip-hop dancing because ________
A．it has a history of more than 20 years
B．it first began in the U． S．
C． they can invent their own moves
D． many young black people often dance it
26.C【解析】文章的第二句话告诉我们：街舞之所以深受年轻人的欢迎，是因为他们可以加入自己的动作。
第7题：
According to Jim Binns, young people today are ever more conscious of the “generation gap” than young people of the past.()
第8题：
A
Weather has a great influence(影响) on people．It influences people's health, intelligence (智力) and feelings．
In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States．People there have heart disease and other kinds of health problems during this month． In the Northeast and Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times．People in these places may have heart disease after the weather changes in February or March．
The weather can also influence intelligence． For example, in a 1982 study by scientists, the in scores of a group of students were very high during a storm, but after the storm their IQ scores were lower than usual level． So storms can increase intelligence．However, very hot weather can lower it． Students in the United States often do badly on exams in the hot months of the year．
Weather also has a strong influence on people's feelings．Winter may be a bad time for thin people．They usually feel cold during these months and they may feel unhappy during cold weather． In hot summer weather, on the other hand, fat people may feel unhappy． The sum- mer heat may make them tired and they are easy to get angry．
( )21．lf thin people feel unhappy, the weather may be very _________．
A．warm
B． cold
C． cool
D． hot
．21.B【解析】由第四段二、三句可知。
第9题：
_____ can be a volunteer.
A.Children B.Old women C.Anyone aged 12-70 D.Young people
第10题：
Who Want to Live Forever?
If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long,would you take it?
The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date.Scientists have already extended the lives of flies,worms and mice in laboratories.Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.
This seems a great idea.Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams,spending time with our loved ones,watching our families grow and have families of their own.
"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr.Gregory Stock of the University of California School of Public Health."It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."
Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them.They also affect society as a whole."We have war,poverty,all sorts of issues around,and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer,"says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan."The question is‘What will we get as a society?'I suspect it won't be a better society."
It would certainly be a very different society.People are already finding it more difficult to stay married.
Divorce rates are rising.What would happen to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if 9 or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time? Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer.And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents,or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart.We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protect us and offer help and advice.That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.
Working life would also be affected,especially if the retirement age was lifted.More people would stay in work for longer.That would give us the benefits of age-skill,wisdom and good judgment.
On the other hand,more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs.It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job.Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals,making career progress more difficult.And how easily would a 25 -year-old employee be able to communicate with a 1 25 -year-old boss?
Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140.It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people,and more on making life comfortable for the old.
And society would feel very different if more of its members were older.There would be more wisdom, but less energy.Young people like to move about.Old people like to sit still.Young people tend to act without thinking.Old people tend to think without acting.Young people are curious and like to cxperience different things.Old people are less enthusiastic about change.In fact,they are less,enthusiastic about everything.
The effect of anti一ageing technology is deeper than we might think.But as the science advances,we need to think about these changes now.
"If this could ever happen,then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get,"says Daniel Callahan."We had better not go anywhere near it until we have figure those problems out."
A:it places more emphasis on educating the young
B:it is both wise and energetic
C:it lacks the curiosity to experiment what is new
D:it welcomes changes
由文章第六段前三句的内容可知，如今人们保持婚姻越来越困难，离婚率也在上升。故本题选A。
A、C、D三项的内容都在文章第九段有所涉及，只有B项在文中没有提到。故本题选B。
由文章第十段和第十一段的内容可知，老龄化社会中，社会更关注的是使老年人生活得更安逸，变得拥有更多智慧，但少了一些活力，且缺乏对新事物的好奇和改变的激情。故本题选C。
由文章最后一段的内容可知，Daniel Callahan认为，在没有搞清老龄化社会将带来的问题之前，最好不要急于向这方面发展。