Who wants to live forever?
If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you have 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 nice in laboratories．Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least l40 vears．
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 HS 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 jnst affect the people who live them．They also affect society as a whole．“We have war poverty，all sons 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 would 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 to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if nine or lo 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 100一year—old parents，or brothers and sisters born 50 years apartl．We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protest 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 judgement．
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 125一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 actin9．Young people are CUriOUS and．1ike to experience different things．Old people are less enthusiastic about change．In fact，they are less enthusiastic about everything．
The effect of antiageing 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 it2 until we have figure those problems out．”
1．WhichI ot ole following is NOq!、mentioned as one of the things that living longer might enable an individual to do?
A．Spending more time with his family． B．Having more education．
C．Realizing more dreams． D．Working longer．
2．Which of the following is implied in the sixth paragraph?
A．Marriages in the US today are qm’te unstable．
B．More and more people in the US today want to get married．
C．Living longer would make it easier tor people to maintain their marltal ties．
D．If people live Ionger，they weuld stay in marriage longer．
3．All of the tbllowing are possible effects living longer might haye Oil working life EXCEPT
A．Communieation between employers and employees would be more difficult．
B．More money would be used by employees in payment of theil’emplovees．
C．The job market would be more compehfive．
D．It wou]d be rllore difficuh fol young people to be promoted to top positions．
4．An impol‘tanl feahire of a society in which people live a long life is that
A．i tplaces more emphasis on educating the young．
B．il is both wise alld energetic．
C．il lacks the curiosity to experiment what is new．
D．it welcomes Changes．
5．Which of ole following best describes Callahan’s attitude to antiageing technology?
A．Optimistic． B．Pessimistic． C．Reserved． D．Negative．
1．B．問題問“下列哪項(xiàng)不是長壽能讓人做的事情?”．該題為細(xì)節(jié)題，利用被選項(xiàng)中的細(xì)節(jié)信息作為答案
線索：A：family，B：education，C：dreams，D：workin9，在文章中查找答案相關(guān)旬：
(第2段最后1句)Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years．
(第3段)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 hay families of their own．
(第4段)“Longer life would give US a chance to Discover 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 vear we can work．”
答案相關(guān)句出現(xiàn)在第3，4段里，第一個(gè)答案相關(guān)句說“想想我們將會(huì)延長多少時(shí)間來追逐我們的夢(mèng)想，與愛人廝守，看著我們的孩子成長并組成他們自己的家庭”．這個(gè)句子沒有提到“長壽”，因此關(guān)注其周邊的句子，該句的前一句說“這看似一個(gè)好主意”，句子中的代詞this(這)指代第2段最后1旬的內(nèi)容：采用基因療法，我們很快就能將人類的壽命延長到至少140歲．因此判斷第3段是在分析長壽能帶給人們的東西，因此A和C都不是答案．第2個(gè)答案相關(guān)句說“它(長壽)還延長了人的工作時(shí)間，從而使生產(chǎn)力得到提高”，因此D也不是答案，答案是B．加入收藏
2．A．問題問“下列哪個(gè)選項(xiàng)在第6段中被暗示了?”被選項(xiàng)都涉及到了“婚姻”，因此關(guān)注文章中涉及到婚姻的句子．本題的答案以下面的兩句話為依據(jù)：People are already finding it more difficuh to stay married．Divorce rates are risin9．該句說“人們發(fā)現(xiàn)很難保持一段婚姻．離婚率正在上升．”該句暗示美國人目前的婚姻關(guān)系已經(jīng)十分脆弱．
3．B．問題問“下列哪個(gè)選項(xiàng)沒有涉及到長壽對(duì)職業(yè)生涯的可能影響?”該題為細(xì)節(jié)題．利用問題句中的細(xì)節(jié)信息詞working life(職業(yè)生涯)作為答案線索，從上一題答案相關(guān)句的位置往下查找到答案相關(guān)句(位于第9段)，該段講了壽命延長，退休推遲可能帶來的種種問題，但作者沒有提到雇傭者需要更多的錢來支付員工的工資．
4．C．問題問“長壽社會(huì)的一個(gè)重要特征是．．．”該題為細(xì)節(jié)題．從上一題答案相關(guān)句的位置往下查找到答案相關(guān)句(第步段)，該題答案在10，11段這兩段里可以找到．
5．C．問題問“下列哪項(xiàng)地描述了Callahan對(duì)抗衰老技術(shù)的態(tài)度?”利用問題句中的特征詞Callahan作為答案線索，在文章最后兩段中找到答案相關(guān)內(nèi)容．該部分內(nèi)容說“Callahan認(rèn)為在搞清楚長壽社會(huì)給我們帶來哪些問題之前，不要急著搞抗衰老的技術(shù)”．由此可見他對(duì)抗衰老技術(shù)的發(fā)展是持一種保留的態(tài)度．
If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you have 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 nice in laboratories．Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least l40 vears．
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 HS 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 jnst affect the people who live them．They also affect society as a whole．“We have war poverty，all sons 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 would 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 to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years?And what would happen to family life if nine or lo 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 100一year—old parents，or brothers and sisters born 50 years apartl．We think of an elder sibling as someone who can protest 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 judgement．
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 125一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 actin9．Young people are CUriOUS and．1ike to experience different things．Old people are less enthusiastic about change．In fact，they are less enthusiastic about everything．
The effect of antiageing 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 it2 until we have figure those problems out．”
1．WhichI ot ole following is NOq!、mentioned as one of the things that living longer might enable an individual to do?
A．Spending more time with his family． B．Having more education．
C．Realizing more dreams． D．Working longer．
2．Which of the following is implied in the sixth paragraph?
A．Marriages in the US today are qm’te unstable．
B．More and more people in the US today want to get married．
C．Living longer would make it easier tor people to maintain their marltal ties．
D．If people live Ionger，they weuld stay in marriage longer．
3．All of the tbllowing are possible effects living longer might haye Oil working life EXCEPT
A．Communieation between employers and employees would be more difficult．
B．More money would be used by employees in payment of theil’emplovees．
C．The job market would be more compehfive．
D．It wou]d be rllore difficuh fol young people to be promoted to top positions．
4．An impol‘tanl feahire of a society in which people live a long life is that
A．i tplaces more emphasis on educating the young．
B．il is both wise alld energetic．
C．il lacks the curiosity to experiment what is new．
D．it welcomes Changes．
5．Which of ole following best describes Callahan’s attitude to antiageing technology?
A．Optimistic． B．Pessimistic． C．Reserved． D．Negative．
1．B．問題問“下列哪項(xiàng)不是長壽能讓人做的事情?”．該題為細(xì)節(jié)題，利用被選項(xiàng)中的細(xì)節(jié)信息作為答案
線索：A：family，B：education，C：dreams，D：workin9，在文章中查找答案相關(guān)旬：
(第2段最后1句)Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years．
(第3段)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 hay families of their own．
(第4段)“Longer life would give US a chance to Discover 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 vear we can work．”
答案相關(guān)句出現(xiàn)在第3，4段里，第一個(gè)答案相關(guān)句說“想想我們將會(huì)延長多少時(shí)間來追逐我們的夢(mèng)想，與愛人廝守，看著我們的孩子成長并組成他們自己的家庭”．這個(gè)句子沒有提到“長壽”，因此關(guān)注其周邊的句子，該句的前一句說“這看似一個(gè)好主意”，句子中的代詞this(這)指代第2段最后1旬的內(nèi)容：采用基因療法，我們很快就能將人類的壽命延長到至少140歲．因此判斷第3段是在分析長壽能帶給人們的東西，因此A和C都不是答案．第2個(gè)答案相關(guān)句說“它(長壽)還延長了人的工作時(shí)間，從而使生產(chǎn)力得到提高”，因此D也不是答案，答案是B．加入收藏
2．A．問題問“下列哪個(gè)選項(xiàng)在第6段中被暗示了?”被選項(xiàng)都涉及到了“婚姻”，因此關(guān)注文章中涉及到婚姻的句子．本題的答案以下面的兩句話為依據(jù)：People are already finding it more difficuh to stay married．Divorce rates are risin9．該句說“人們發(fā)現(xiàn)很難保持一段婚姻．離婚率正在上升．”該句暗示美國人目前的婚姻關(guān)系已經(jīng)十分脆弱．
3．B．問題問“下列哪個(gè)選項(xiàng)沒有涉及到長壽對(duì)職業(yè)生涯的可能影響?”該題為細(xì)節(jié)題．利用問題句中的細(xì)節(jié)信息詞working life(職業(yè)生涯)作為答案線索，從上一題答案相關(guān)句的位置往下查找到答案相關(guān)句(位于第9段)，該段講了壽命延長，退休推遲可能帶來的種種問題，但作者沒有提到雇傭者需要更多的錢來支付員工的工資．
4．C．問題問“長壽社會(huì)的一個(gè)重要特征是．．．”該題為細(xì)節(jié)題．從上一題答案相關(guān)句的位置往下查找到答案相關(guān)句(第步段)，該題答案在10，11段這兩段里可以找到．
5．C．問題問“下列哪項(xiàng)地描述了Callahan對(duì)抗衰老技術(shù)的態(tài)度?”利用問題句中的特征詞Callahan作為答案線索，在文章最后兩段中找到答案相關(guān)內(nèi)容．該部分內(nèi)容說“Callahan認(rèn)為在搞清楚長壽社會(huì)給我們帶來哪些問題之前，不要急著搞抗衰老的技術(shù)”．由此可見他對(duì)抗衰老技術(shù)的發(fā)展是持一種保留的態(tài)度．