阅读判断（第16~22题，第题1分，共7分）

　　下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。

　　Retirement Brings Most a Big Health Boost

　　The self-reported health of the newly retired improves so much that most feel eight years younger,a new European study suggests.

　　This happy news was true of almost everyone except a small minority-only 2 percent-who had experienced "ideal" conditions in their working life, anyway.

　　"The results really say three things: that work puts an extra burden on the health of older workers, that the effects of this extra burden are largely relieved by retirement and, finally, that both the extra burden and the relief are larger when working conditions are poor," said Hugo Westerlund,lead author of a study published online Nov. 9 in The Lancet. "This indicates that there is a need to provide opportunities for older workers to decrease the demands in their work out of concern of their health and well-being. "

　　But of course, added Westerlund, who is head of epidemiology at the Stress Research Institute at Stockholm University in Sweden"not all older workers suffer from poor perceived health. Many are indeed remarkably healthy and fit for work. But sooner or later, everyone has to slow down because of old age catching up. "

　　Last week, the same group of researchers reported that workers slept better after retirement than before. "Sleep improves at retirement, which suggests that sleeping could be a mediator between work and perception of poor health, "Westerlund said.

　　This study looked at what the same 15,000 French workers, most of them men, had to say about their own health up to seven years pre-retirement and up to seven years post-retirement.

　　As participants got closer to retirement age, their perception of their own health declined, but went up again during the first year of retirement.

　　Those who reported being in poorer health declined from 19. 2 percent in the year prior to retirement to 14.3 percent by the end of the first year after retiring. According to the researchers, that means post-retirement levels of poor health fell to levels last seen eight years previously.

　　The changes were seen in both men and women, across different occupations, and lasted through the first seven years of not punching the clock.

　　Workers who felt worse before retirement and had lower working conditions reported greater improvements as soon as they retired, the team found.

　　16. Most of the newly retired feel younger and healthier than before.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　17. Older workers are generally as fit for work as younger workers.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　18. Older workers usually get on very well with younger workers.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　19. Europe is aging faster than most other parts of the globe.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　20. The study analyzed the participants' perception of their own health in a certain period.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　21. The participants came from various countries in Europe.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　22. The findings of the study apply to conditions all over the world.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　参考答案及解析

　　16．A [解析]即该句表述正确。从第一段我们知道调查显示刚退休的人健康状况都有好转，他们更声称自己年轻了8岁。而第二段告诉我们有少部分人不认为自己健康有所改善。 17．B [解析]即该句表述不正确。从第三段我们了解到工作会给年龄大的人带来额外的负担，并且对健康有很大的影响，因此不能像要求年轻人一样要求他们。

　　18．C [解析]即文中并未提到。通读本文，作者并未提到老年工作者与年轻工作者如何相处的话题。

　　19．C [解析]即文中并未提及。文中并未谈到欧洲人是否比其他地方的人老得快。

　　20．A[解析]即该句表述正确。从第五段和第六段我们知道该研究针对的是退休前退休后的老人对自己健康状况的自述。因此该句是正确的。

　　21．B [解析]即该句表述不正确。从第五段我们知道该调查是对法国老人健康的调查。

　　22．C[解析]即文中并未提及。文章并未提到这项研究的发现是否适用于全世界。

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