I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and

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I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a sportsman. Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is suppod to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means. A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “Fifty is what forty ud to be.” He had made an inspirational (有灵感的) point. Am I over the hill ? People keep telling me that the hill has been moved, and I keep telling them that the high-jump bar has dropped from the six feet I once easily cleared to the four feet that is impossible for me now. “You are not getting older, you are getting better.” Says Dr. Joyce Brothers. This, however, is the kind of doctor who inspires a cond opinion. And so as I approach the day when I cannot even jump over the tennis net, I am moved to share some thoughts on aging with you, I am moved to show how aging feels to me physically and mentally. Getting older, of cour, is obviously a better change than the one that brings you eulogies(悼词). In fact, a poet name Robert Browning considered it the best change of all:Grow old along with me !The best is yet to me. Whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will ttle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by. I find mylf moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said , “old is always fifteen years from now.”小题1:The author ems to tell us in Paragraph 1 that ______.A．time alone will tellB．time goes by quicklyC．time will show what is right D．time makes one forget the past.小题2:When the author turned fifty, people around him ________ .A．tried to comfort himB．got inspiration with himC．were friendlier with himD．found him more talkative小题3:The author considers his fifty years of life _________.A．peacefulB．ordinaryC．satisfactoryD．regretful小题4:We can infer from the passage that ________ .A．the old should lead a simple lifeB．the old should face the fact of agingC．the old should take more exerciD．the old should fill themlves with curiosity小题5:Which of the following statements is WRONG?_______. A．It’s hard for the author to jump over the six-feet high-jump bar now.B．The author is optimistic about his future.C．the author ud to think 50 was far away from him.D．Most elephants live less than 50 years. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:B小题2:A小题3:C小题4:B小题5:D

解析

本文讲述了自己50岁的时候对生活的理解，慢慢接受了自己变老的现实，要好好生活。小题1:B 推理题。根据Fifty is a nice number for the states in the US or for a national speed limit but it is not a number that I was prepared to have hung on me. Fifty is suppod to be my father’s age, but now I am stuck with this number and everything it means.说明我没有想到自己这么快就到五十岁了，说明时间过得很快。故B正确。小题2:A 推理题。根据文章第二段A few days ago, a friend tried to cheer me up by saying, “Fifty is what forty ud to be.”和第三段“You are not getting older, you are getting better.” Says Dr. Joyce Brothers.说明我周围的人们都在安慰我，故A正确。小题3:C 推理题。根据文章最后一段前3行Whether or not Browning was right, most of my first fifty years have been golden ones, so I will ttle for what is ahead being as good as what has gone by.说明他认为自己五十岁的生活是黄金的生活，故C项正确。小题4:B 细节题。根据文章最后一段3,4,5行I find mylf moving toward what is ahead with a curious blend(混合) of both fighting and accepting my aging, hoping that the philosopher(哲学家) was right when he said , “old is always fifteen years from now.”中的accepting my aging说明我们要接受自己变老的现实，故B正确。小题5:D 细节题。根据文章前2行I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, midlife for an elephant, and ancient for a sportsman.说明50岁对大象来说只是生命的一半，那么大象应该能过100岁左右，故D项的说法是错误的。点评：本文介绍了作者对变老的理解，要求考生在阅读理解整体语篇的基础上，把握文章的真正内涵。要吃透文章的字面意思，从字里行间捕捉有用的提示和线索，这是推理的前提和基础;要对文字的表面信息进行挖掘加工，由表入里，由浅入深，从具体到抽象，从非凡到一般，通过分析、综合、判定等，进行深层处理，符合逻辑地推理。不能就是论事，断章取义，以偏概全。要忠实于原文，以文章提供的事实和线索为依据。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“I recently turned fi.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。 人生感悟类阅读

人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。