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The plight of the aged has com e to be regarded as am ajor sociable problem in the UnitedStates.In
1._______
the sense,the elderly(conventionally,those aged sixty-five 2._______
and over)are a“newly-discovered”m inority group.Likeother m inority groups,the old are subjected to job dis-crim ination;they are excluding from the 3._______
m ainstream of Am erican life;and
they are offered little m eaningful roles in their society.In
4.________
addition,the aged m ay face such problem s as high rates ofvictim ization by crim es,a heavy burden of chronic illness
5.________
and m edical expenses,and psychological problem s thatresult in their loss of independence and 6._______
their sense of being unwanted.
The problem s of the elderly are attracting GREater at-tention largely because the Am erican population is grow-ing steadily older when the proportion of its aged m em bers 7.________
increases.At the tim e of the first United States census in1790,half of the people in the country were 16or young.
8._______
By the turn of the present century them edian age of thepopulation rose to 22.9years;by 1977it had reached
9.________
28.9;the m edian age will reach 35at the year 2000.
10._______
答案及解析:
1.sociable应改为social。so-ciable意为“爱社交的”,不合文意;social为“社会的”,与文意相符。
2.第一个the应改为a。In asense是一个短语,意为“在某种意义上”。
3.excluding应改为excluded。此处应用被动语态。
4.little应改为few。句中的role是可数名词。
5.crim es应改成criminals。crim e意为“犯罪”;criminal意为“罪犯”,指的是人。
6.in应改成from。result from意为“产生于”,如:injuries resulting from a fall(因摔倒而受的伤);result in意为“造成”,如:Our efforts resulted in success.(我们的努力终于成功了。)
7.when应改成as。as表示“随着时间推移”;when表示一个时间点。
8.young应改成younger。根据文意,此处应用比较级。
9.rose改成had risen。根据文意,此处应用过去完成时。
10.at改成by。by表示时间,意为“到……时,在……之前”;at用于表示时刻。