2009年12月英語四級(jí)考試閱讀理解訓(xùn)練(六)

　　解題技巧：

　　文章中涉及的個(gè)人或組織的態(tài)度也是一個(gè)常考點(diǎn)。解答這類題目時(shí)，應(yīng)該用這些個(gè)人的姓名或組織的名稱作為線索詞急性定位，找到原文中相應(yīng)的段落或句子，再根據(jù)文中的用詞和句式進(jìn)行判斷

　　…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?

　　A . Being laughed at by other people.

　　B. Slowing down of their paces of life.

　　C. Being mistaken for grandparents.

　　D. Approaching of death

　　【解析】

　　選D。根據(jù)題干中New York psychologist Joann Galst回到原文迅速定位，題干中的biggest對(duì)應(yīng)原文中的core和muchi bigger one。答案應(yīng)在冒號(hào)后面的引文部分：“擔(dān)心不能活到足夠大的年歲一直撫養(yǎng)和保護(hù)孩子”。所以選D，death對(duì)應(yīng)原文中的won’t be alive.