Ourchanginglifeexpectancyinyears1980-19821985-19871990-1992AgeMaleyearsFemaleyearsMaleyearsFemaleyearsMaleyearsFemaleyears5025.130.726.331.427.532.35521.026.322.027.023.127.86017.222.018.122.719.123.46513.818.014.618.615.419.37010.814.311.514

Question

Our changing life expectancy in years
	1980-1982		1985-1987		1990-1992
Age	Male years	Female years	Male years	Female years	Male years	Female years
50	25.1	30.7	26.3	31.4	27.5	32.3
55	21.0	26.3	22.0	27.0	23.1	27.8
60	17.2	22.0	18.1	22.7	19.1	23.4
65	13.8	18.0	14.6	18.6	15.4	19.3
70	10.8	14.3	11.5	14.8	12.1	15.4
75	8.3	10.9	8.8	11.4	9.3	11.9
80	6.3	8.0	6.6	8.4	7.0	8.9

Female——女性

The phrase “life expectancy” refers to ________.

• A

  the changing life, in years
• B

  the ages of people born after 1980—1982
• C

  the difference in ages between men and women
• D

  the years a person can expect to live if there are no disasters

The table is intended(想要) to show that ________.

• A

  life expectancy is changing very little
• B

  females can expect to live longer than males
• C

  everyone can expect to live longer now
• D

  old people don't have as long to live as younger people

An eighty-year-old female in 1990 can expect to live ________.

• A

  0.5 years more than a male the same age
• B

  1.9 years more than a male the same age
• C

  7.0 years more than a male the same age
• D

  8.9 years more than a male the same age

Answer 1

【分析】1. life expectancy是“预期寿命”的意思。
2. 图表的目的就是要告诉大家，现在每个人都可以期待活得更长久些。
3. 图表中显示，1990年，同样是80岁的男性会比女性的平均寿命低1.9岁。