Question

A serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.

First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.

Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.

In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be funded through government taxes to increase the lever of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly practical answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.

One further solution is that the government or social organizations set up some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.

To sum up, all these measures have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these measures may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.

Title :More Concern Should be Given to the __1__

Topic	Who should take responsibility for the __2__of the lives of the elderly?
__3__ to the problem	★__4__ should set a percentage of profits aside in case of  __5__ from a commercial disadvantage. ★Individuals should save during his working years to pay for the years of __6__. ★The government could provide funds through government __7__ to increase the level of pensions. ★Workplaces for the elderly, where they can enjoy __8__, should be set up.
__9__	It is necessary to __10__ these measures to provide the care to the elderly.

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 Elderly 

 improvement(s)

  Solutions 

  Employers/Companies

 suffering

 retirement

 taxes

 independence

  Conclusion

 combine

【解析】

試題分析：本文作者就如何給老年人更多的關心的問題提出了幾點可能性的建議。

 從第一段第一行（總起句），結合全文可知文章主要講述如何給老年人更多的關心的問題。

 信息加工題。關鍵詞是第一段第二行的improve,根據文表對應的原則，表格處應填入一個名詞，故將improve(V)轉換成名詞improvement(s)

 概述詞。文章第一段最后一行是過渡句，既作者要提出的幾種可行解決方法，故填Solutions

 從第二段第一句可找到答案。該句談論雇主應該怎么做。

 從第二段第四行可找到正確答案。

 從第三段第二三行可知答案，即對于個人而言，在工作期間應儲蓄好一定資金以應對退休后的生活

 從第四段第二行找到答案，即政府應通過稅收來提高養老金水平。

 信息加工題。從倒數第二段可找到關鍵詞independent,然后根據表格應使用名詞independence

 概述詞。文章最后一段是總結,下結論部分。故填conclusion

 信息加工題。文章倒數第二行combination為關鍵詞，然后根據表格中句子結構應使用動詞

考點：社會生活類任務型閱讀

點評：本文作者就如何給老年人更多的關心的問題提出了幾點可能性的建議。做閱讀填表題應注意文表對應。先看表格，了解文章的梗概，分清表格的屬性，即根據概述詞的位置確定為左右型，上下型和混合型。確定哪些空格應填概述詞，然后仔細看文章，注意直接信息題和信息加工題，尤其是信息加工題，要注意概括，轉換。