解析：　词义猜测题。根据划线词后一句的句意"现今的老年人把工作当做他们退休生活中重要的一部分"可知，传统老年人的退休生活已经过时。

　　答案：　A

　　3．Carstensen hopes that the educational system will .

　　A．pay more attention to young people's needs

　　B．offer more opportunities to older people

　　C．encourage the 20s to work into their 80s

　　D．try to teach more basic life skills

　　解析：　推理判断题。根据第三段可知，老年人数量不断增加，而许多学校都没有注意到这类人群对教育的需求，故Carstensen希望教育系统能够多为老年人提供学习机会。

　　答案：　B

　　4．According to the last paragraph，we can learn that Jere Brooks King .

　　A．loved the education program very much

　　B．was uncertain of her next stage of life

　　C．doubted the educational opportunities

　　D．was glad about her early retirement

　　解析：　推理判断题。根据最后一段参加教育培训课程的Jere Brooks King所说的Who could refuse the opportunity to explore and learn at Stanford University while you reimagine your next stage in life？可知，她非常喜欢这种教育课程。

　　答案：　A

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　　As a boy I was always small for my age.I was five years younger than one of my brothers and seven years younger than the other. 1 ，I often felt left out when their friends came over to 2 .I was too 3 for whatever they were doing and they didn't want me to listen to their conversations either.More often than not I found myself outside playing 4 and feeling forgotten.

I remember one Spring afternoon I felt especially 5 as I sat in the yard behind our house.We lived miles from town and I 6 saw my own friends outside of school.I 7 my brothers laughing from 8 the house and felt a single tear coming down my face.At that moment I saw a large brown dog 9 me.He was wagging (摇摆) his tail 10 .He greeted me like a long lost 11 ，licking (舔) my hand and sitting beside me on the grass， 12 he didn't know me.I petted and 13 this four­legged angel (天使)．He let me pour out all my troubles and 14 my deepest thoughts before he kissed me goodbye.I went back inside