英语四级阅读考试训练(十一)

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　　解题技巧：
1 e  H7 A( w: _: \: J　　文章中涉及的个人或组织的态度也是一个常考点。解答这类题目时，应该用这些个人的姓名或组织的名称作为线索词急性定位，找到原文中相应的段落或句子，再根据文中的用词和句式进行判断
) t+ a- k0 x& E. I　　…Ofen, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. Therapists who work with middle-aged and aged parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. “ They worry they’ll be mistaken for grandparents, or that they’ll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school,” says Joann Galst, a New York psychologist. But at the core of those little fears there is often a muchi bigger one: “that they won’t be alive enough to support and protect their child,” she says….
　　Q: What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joann Galst?
; V+ A/ P9 m' H9 \- N　　A . Being laughed at by other people.
: u+ Z: q. g6 D　　B. Slowing down of their paces of life.
( R4 [0 }! j1 \/ D8 j　　C. Being mistaken for grandparents.
1 ~' j9 V$ D' d4 b6 I! p3 _　　D. Approaching of death
! z; W7 G# H2 Z! U+ v　　【解析】
/ t2 p' F+ |* c; P　　选D。根据题干中New York psychologist Joann Galst回到原文迅速定位，题干中的biggest对应原文中的core和muchi bigger one。答案应在冒号后面的引文部分：“担心不能活到足够大的年岁一直抚养和保护孩子”。所以选D，death对应原文中的won’t be alive.