For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span(壽命) means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change brings many problems for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions,  and in law and business as well. “In addition to the doctors, we’re going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,” says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology (老年學).
Lawyers can specialize in “elder law” which covers everything from trusts(信托) and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination. Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees(退休者) in human history. “Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,” one professor says.
Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was “really bored with bacteria.” So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, “I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.”
小題1:.“…Old is suddenly in” (Line 1, Para. 1) most probably means “_____”.
A．America has suddenly become a nation of old people
B．more elderly professors are found on American campuses
C．gerontology has suddenly become popular
D．American colleges have realized the need of getting older students
小題2:Why can businessmen make money in the emerging elder market?
A．The elderly possess an enormous purchasing power
B．They can employ more gerontologists
C．Retirees are more generous in spending money
D．There are more elderly people working than before
小題3:Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage?
A．Retirees who are business-minded
B．The volunteer workers in retirement homes
C．Professionals with a good knowledge of gerontology
D．College graduates with an MBA or law degree
小題4:.It can be seen from the passage that the expansion of America’s elderly population ______.
A．will provide good job opportunities in many areas
B．will cause a heavy burden on society
C．may lead to nursing home abuse and age discrimination
D．will create new fields of study in universities

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：隨著“嬰兒潮”一代進入老年人口隊列,美國人口老齡化程度進一步加深,老年人及其家庭對社會的需求增大，這無形中也提供了一些就業(yè)機會。在本文中作者介紹了老年學在大學里突然流行，以及一些學生和教授對這門新興學科的看法。
小題1:推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知本文主要講述的是老年學話題，又根據(jù)第二段的"Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with，…...a license to print money”以及第三段女大學生對"gerontology"表現(xiàn)出的興趣可以推測“Old is suddenly in"意思是指老年學突然流行起來。故答案選B。
小題2:A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because ……are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees(退休者) in human history.可以看出商人之所以能從老年市場獲益是因為這部分退休的老年人是歷史上最富有的退休人士，有很強的購買力，所以答案選A。
小題3:C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段“Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree will have a license to print money,”可知教授認為如果懂得一些老年學，那么他就有了一張印鈔票的執(zhí)照，由此可以推斷一些有著老年學知識的專業(yè)人士可以賺錢，所以答案選C。
小題4:A根據(jù)文章第一段The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs.和 But it also creates career opportunities …… and in law and business as well.以及下文的講述可知在生育高峰期出生的人們現(xiàn)在有七千多萬，都已是到了退休年齡，因此和他們有關的養(yǎng)老，信托，醫(yī)療等都是就業(yè)領域，所以答案選A。
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