12月六级听力模拟试题(三)_大学英语听力

12月六级听力模拟试题(三)

　　26. How would one obtain the sanction of society in the union between males and females in modern societies?

　　27. Which one of the following statements about the definition of marriage is not true?

　　28. What is the greatest emphasis of marriage in nearly all societies?

　　Passage Two

　　Today I would like to tell you about the effects of old age on health. Actually today a lot of improvements have taken place in the care of old people and old peoples health is not nearly so bad as it used to be.

　　Probably many of the fears that people have of growing old are greatly exaggerated. Most people, for example, dread becoming senile. But in fact very few people become senile. Perhaps only about 15% of those over 65 become senile. Actually, a much more common problem is in fact caused by doctors like ourselves. And that is over-medication. Nearly 80% of people over 65 have at least one serious illness, such as high blood pressure, hearing difficulty or heart disease. And very often to combat these they take a number of drugs and of course sometimes there are interactions among these drugs as well as simply being too many. This can cause a lot of complications from mental confusion, very commonly, to disturbance of the heart rhythm. So this is a problem that doctors have to watch out for.

　　Probably the most ignored disorder among old people is depression. Maybe about 15% of older people suffer from this condition. A lot of it is caused by this over-medication which we mentioned.