四级The ability to sleep in one chunk (整块时间) overnight goes down as we age but the amount of sleep we need to function well does not change," Dr Drummond told the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego

一块睡的能力(整块时间) 夜间睡眠随着年龄的增长而减少，但我们需要的睡眠量并没有改变，”Drummond博士在圣地亚哥举行的美国科学进步协会会议上说

2011年6月阅读原文

六级Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words, names, and faces that is most common as we age.

认知衰退是指随着年龄的增长，学习新技能或回忆单词、姓名和面孔的能力的丧失。

2016年6月听力原文

高考Some 60, 000 novels were published during the victorian age, from 1837 to 1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half-dozen of them.

从1837年到1901年，维多利亚时代出版了约6万部小说；今天，一个随便的读者也许能说出其中的六个。

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级I want to make sure that older adults are still able to enjoy their old age, and that they're not spending time in hospital with infections, feeling unwell and being generally weak.

我想确保老年人仍然能够享受他们的晚年，他们不会因为感染、不适和身体虚弱而住院。

2019年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考But, Kate, I still think old age should be about peace and relaxation.

但是，凯特，我仍然认为老年应该是和平和放松的。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 听力 原文

四级Everything about the look and feel of a wallet—the way the fastenings and materials wear and tear and loosen with age, the plastic and paper and gold and silver, and handwritten phone numbers and printed cinema tickets—is the very opposite of what our world is becoming.

钱包的外观和感觉——扣件和材料随着年龄的增长而磨损和松动，塑料、纸张、金银、手写电话号码和印刷电影票——与我们的世界正相反。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级Today, there is a serious question about this issue: Should there be a minimum age limit for executing criminals? In other words, is it right for convicted murderers who kill when they are minors—that is under the age of 18—to receive the death penalty?.

今天，关于这个问题有一个严肃的问题：是否应该对处决罪犯设定最低年龄限制？换言之，被定罪的杀人犯在未满18岁时杀人，是否应该被判处死刑？。

2015年12月听力原文

考研At the start of this century, about one-third of crop workers were over the age of 35.

在本世纪初，大约三分之一的庄稼工人年龄在35岁以上。

2019年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperature rise, since the start of the industrial age, should be 0.

如果这些离海平面不远的岛国要生存下去，自工业时代开始以来的最大温升应该是0。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

四级The study, which followed more than 2,000 healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 60, found that certain mental functions—including measures of abstract reasoning, mental speed and puzzle-solving—started to dull as early as age 27.

这项研究对2000多名年龄在18岁至60岁之间的健康成年人进行了跟踪调查。研究发现，某些心理功能，包括抽象推理、思维速度和解谜等，早在27岁时就开始变得迟钝。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级On the other hand, indicators of a person's accumulated knowledge—like performance on tests of vocabulary and general knowledge—kept improving with age, according to findings published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging.

另一方面，根据发表在《衰老的神经生物学》杂志上的研究结果，一个人积累知识的指标，如词汇测试成绩和一般知识，随着年龄的增长而不断提高。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级At the age of six she started reading the daily financial newspapers and opened her own bank account.

六岁时，她开始阅读每日财经报纸，并开设了自己的银行账户。

2014年6月听力原文

考研Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be sel

许多美国人将陪审团制度视为关键民主价值观的具体体现，包括所有符合最低年龄和文化素质的公民都有同等资格担任陪审团成员的原则；陪审员应该是独立的

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级Aches and pains are high on the list of complaints in old age.

疼痛是老年人最常抱怨的问题。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考The passage starts with the story of cervantes to show that age is not a barrier to achieving one's goal.

这篇文章从塞万提斯的故事开始，说明年龄不是实现目标的障碍。

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

四级Of course, I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.

当然，我听说天才可以在很小的时候就表现出来，所以我对自己在14岁的时候就达到了完美的境界感到有点吃惊。

2015年12月阅读原文

四级More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areasWhile there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.

居住在城市和郊区的人表示，他们想尝试无人驾驶汽车的人数多于居住在农村地区的人。尽管有理由相信人们对自动驾驶汽车的兴趣正在全面上升，但一个人的年龄与自动驾驶汽车如何成为主流没有多大关系。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Participants were balanced across the three groups for age, sex, educational background, severity and duration of depression, and use of antidepressant.

参与者在年龄、性别、教育背景、抑郁的严重程度和持续时间以及抗抑郁药的使用方面在三组之间保持平衡。

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级While there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.

虽然有理由相信人们对自动驾驶汽车的兴趣正在全面上升，但一个人的年龄与自动驾驶汽车如何成为主流没有多大关系。

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级In thousands of ways, social workers help other people—people from every age, every background across the country.

社会工作者以数千种方式帮助全国各地不同年龄、不同背景的人。

2016年12月听力原文

高考Restarting antitrust for the information age will not be easy but if govemments don't wants a data oconomy by a few giants, they must act soon.

在信息时代重新启动反垄断并非易事，但如果政府不想让少数几家巨头实施数据垄断，他们必须尽快采取行动。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

考研In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of models.

与法国的行动相反，丹麦时装业上个月就有关模特年龄、健康和其他特征的规定和制裁达成一致。

2016年考研阅读原文

高考Today, many men and women in their "golden years" are healthy, still active, and young in mind if not in age.

今天，许多处于“黄金时代”的男性和女性都很健康，仍然很活跃，即使没有年龄，他们的思想也很年轻。

2015年高考英语广东卷 完形填空 原文

四级So say "good night" sooner and it may help you stay active and vital to a ripe old age.

所以，早点说“晚安”，它可能会帮助你保持活力，对成熟的晚年至关重要。

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考I had an early start at the age of nine with a role in a 1990s TV series, but it wasn't until I finished film studies that I pursued my career as an actress.

我在九岁的时候很早就开始在一部90年代的电视连续剧中扮演一个角色，但直到我完成了电影研究，我才开始了我的演员生涯。

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

六级He was admitted to the University of London at the age of 15.

他15岁时被伦敦大学录取。

2013年12月听力原文

四级Whereas older generations are sometimes reluctant to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular.

虽然老一辈人有时不愿意采用新技术，但无人驾驶汽车对这些年龄段的人来说尤其具有真正的价值。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考He finds that if babies aged 18 months see an unrelated adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to help.

他发现，如果18个月大的婴儿看到一个没有亲缘关系的成年人正忙着开门，几乎所有的人都会立即帮忙。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级And in 2010, the researchers reported that children aged 12 to 17 saw more athlete-endorsed food and beverage brand commercials than adults.

2010年，研究人员报告说，12至17岁的儿童观看的运动员代言的食品和饮料品牌广告比成年人多。

2016年12月听力原文

六级Each group consisted of around 120 adults of similar age and education, and the test assessed their language skills.

每组由大约120名年龄和教育程度相似的成年人组成，测试评估了他们的语言技能。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级At around age 60, "muscles really start to break down," says Kathryn Starr, an aging researcher, "and because of that, the protein needs of an older adult actually increase.

在60岁左右，“肌肉真的开始崩溃，”老龄化研究人员凯瑟琳·斯塔尔说，“正因为如此，老年人对蛋白质的需求实际上增加了。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of bettered communication.

多亏了先进的技术，我们生活在一个交流更加便利的时代。

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Middle school is an important age because students have enough math capability to solve advanced problems, but they haven't really decided what they want to do with their lives, said Loh.

Loh说，中学是一个重要的年龄，因为学生有足够的数学能力来解决高级问题，但他们还没有真正决定自己的人生目标。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级As sisters and brothers advanced into old age, closeness increases and rivalry diminishes, explains VC, a psychologist at Purdue University.

普渡大学的心理学家VC解释说，随着兄弟姐妹步入老年，亲密关系增加，竞争减少。

2014年6月听力原文

六级"middle school is an important age because students have enough math capability to solve advanced problems, but they haven't really decided what they want to do with their lives," said Loh.

“中学是一个重要的年龄，因为学生们有足够的数学能力来解决高级问题，但他们还没有真正决定他们想要做什么，”陆说。

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级Women's working time is influenced by the number and age of their children, but men's working time is not affected by these factors.

妇女的工作时间受其子女数量和年龄的影响，但男子的工作时间不受这些因素的影响。

2014年6月阅读原文

高考After all, many older people don't begin to experience physical and mental decline until after age 75.

毕竟，许多老年人直到75岁以后才开始经历身心衰退。

2015年高考英语广东卷 完形填空 原文

四级With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it's important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing.

预计到2050年，65岁以上人口的比例将增加近一倍，因此重要的是权衡筛查对健康的好处与常规检测的风险和成本。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考"I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age" Joseph Stocke, the managing director of a company, says of his 2-year old son.

一家公司的董事总经理约瑟夫·斯托克（Joseph Stocke）谈到他两岁的儿子时说：“我认为他在很小的时候学习汉语会很有用。”。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考According to a new survey (调查) by the national sleep foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early.

根据一项新的调查(调查) 根据国家睡眠基金会，51%到10岁到18岁的孩子在上学的晚上晚上10点或晚睡觉，尽管他们必须早起。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考As he grows you also age, and your ambitions become more unachievable.

随着他的成长，你也会变老，你的雄心壮志也变得难以实现。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考As the average age of the population increases, there are more and more old people to care for.

随着人口平均年龄的增长，需要照顾的老年人越来越多。

2016年高考英语天津卷 单项填空 原文

高考At age 68, he retired from the post office, but he never stopped serving the community.

68岁时，他从邮局退休，但他从未停止为社区服务。

2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读表达 原文

高考At age five, this dull task brought me such joy.

五岁的时候，这项枯燥的工作给我带来了如此的快乐。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 完形填空 原文

高考At the age of 18, he moved to the united states.

18岁时，他搬到了美国。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

高考At what age did Emily start learning ballet?

艾米丽几岁开始学芭蕾？

2018年高考英语全国卷2 听力 题设

高考Benjamin west, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age.

美国绘画之父本杰明·韦斯特（Benjamin west）在六岁时就展示了他的艺术天赋。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考By 2000 the average age was 65.

到2000年，平均年龄为65岁。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

高考By the time they started secondary school—at age 11—children were already far more aware of their image online and felt under huge pressure to ensure their posts were popular, the report found.

该报告发现，当孩子们11岁开始上中学时，他们已经对自己的网络形象有了更多的了解，并感受到了确保自己的帖子受欢迎的巨大压力。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Children aged 8 to 10 were "starting to feel happy" when others liked their posts.

当其他人喜欢他们的帖子时，8到10岁的孩子“开始感到快乐”。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.

完全掌握需要持续学习，直到10岁或12岁。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Every man, woman, and child over ten years of age has on average over four cups a day.

每个超过十岁的男人、女人和孩子平均每天喝四杯以上。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

高考For previous generations, college was decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed help from people of the same age and from within.

对于前几代人来说，大学是摆脱父母控制的决定性转折点；指导和支持需要同龄人和内部的帮助。

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Freedom can be more popular in the digital age.

在数字时代，自由可能更受欢迎。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

高考Freedom may come to an end in the digital age.

自由可能在数字时代终结。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

高考Freedom's challenge in the digital age is a serious topic.

数字时代的自由挑战是一个严肃的话题。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考How much sleep you need depends a lot on your age.

你需要多少睡眠在很大程度上取决于你的年龄。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考However, the research—involving eight groups of 32 children aged 8 to 12 — suggested that as they headed toward their teens, they became increasingly anxious online.

然而，这项涉及8组32名8至12岁儿童的研究表明，随着他们走向青少年，他们在网上变得越来越焦虑。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考However, those in the 10 to 12 age group were "concerned with how many people like their posts", suggesting a "need" for social recognition that gets stronger the older they become.

然而，10至12岁年龄组的人“关心有多少人喜欢他们的职位”，这表明他们“需要”社会认可，这种认可随着年龄的增长而变得更加强烈。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考I had a learning disability from an early age.

我从小就有学习障碍。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

高考In 1900, people died at the average age of 30.

1900年，人们的平均死亡年龄为30岁。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

高考In a society that tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our decisions in financial terms.

在一个倾向于用美元和美分衡量一切的社会里，我们从小就学会从财务角度考虑我们的决策成本。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

高考In today's information age, the loss of data must cause serious problems for a company.

在当今的信息时代，数据丢失必然会给公司带来严重的问题。

2018年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

高考Many bad habits can be especially difficult to cure because they are likely to have been formed at a very young age.

许多坏习惯很难治愈，因为它们很可能是在很小的时候形成的。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 句子填空 原文

高考Most of our volunteers are aged 17-24.

我们的大多数志愿者年龄在17-24岁之间。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考Now similar concerns ares being raised by the giants that deal in data, the oil of the digital age.

如今，数字时代的石油数据巨头也提出了类似的担忧。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Now we need volunteer managers aged 25-75.

现在我们需要25-75岁的志愿者经理。

2019年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考One is that these instincts appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train children to behave socially.

一是这些本能在很小的时候就出现了，在大多数父母开始训练孩子学会社交之前。

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.

这里的基准是工业时代开始前的全球平均温度。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The digital age cannot destroy it.

数字时代无法摧毁它。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考The first is that antitrust authorities need to move form the industrial age into the 21st century.

首先，反垄断机构需要从工业时代进入21世纪。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and the sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.

从制作那部电影和四年后的《刺痛》的经历中产生的友谊的根源在于，尽管存在年龄差异，但我们都来自戏剧和电视直播的传统。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The report into youngsters aged from 8 to 12 was carried out by children's commissioner Anne Longfield.

儿童专员安妮·朗菲尔德（Anne Longfield）对8至12岁的青少年进行了调查。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考They were of the same age.

他们同龄。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

高考This is how much temperatures have risen since the industrial age began, putting US 40% of the way to the 2℃ point.

这是自工业时代开始以来气温上升的幅度，使我们的气温上升了40%，达到2℃。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考We have entered into an age when dreams have the best chance of coming true.

我们已经进入了一个梦想最有可能实现的时代。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

高考Whatever your age or interests, buxton has something to see or do to make your visit truly memorable.

无论你的年龄或兴趣如何，巴克斯顿都有一些事情要看或做，让你的访问真正令人难忘。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

高考While the sun's rays can age and harm our skin, they also give is beneficial Vitamin D.

虽然阳光会老化和伤害我们的皮肤，但它们也能提供有益的维生素D。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 七选五 原文

高考Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modem age.

野生动物在现代受到了极大的威胁。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 完形填空 原文

高考With farmers over the age of 65 outnumbering farmers younger than 35 by six to one, and with two-thirds of the nation's farmland in need of a new farmer, we must clear the path for talented people willing to grow the nation's food.

65岁以上的农民比35岁以下的农民多6:1，全国三分之二的农田需要新农民，我们必须为愿意种植国家粮食的人才扫清道路。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Working at any age is important.

在任何年龄工作都很重要。

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级We have presidential candidates running for their first term in office at age 68, 69 and 74.

我们有68岁、69岁和74岁的总统候选人参加第一个任期的竞选。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Life Reimagined paints a picture of middle age that is far from gloomy.

重新想象的生活描绘了一幅远非悲观的中年景象。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Even in the age of open-plan offices and social networks some work is best left to the individual.

即使在开放式办公室和社交网络的时代，一些工作最好留给个人。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Emailing the neuroscientist and memory researcher Jim McGaugh one day, she claimed that she could recall every day of her life since the age of 12.

有一天，她在给神经学家兼记忆研究者吉姆·麦格（Jim McGaugh）发电子邮件时声称，她能回忆起12岁以来的每一天。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate.

当代艺术家遵循这一传统，创造出了能表达我们这个时代焦虑的鸡蛋：生命是珍贵的，微妙的。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级At middle age, he wrote, the sowing is behind; now is the time to reap.

他写道，到了中年，播种已经落后；现在是收获的时候了。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级It was like living in an age you could never have imagined, and that never has come back.

这就像生活在一个你无法想象的时代，而这个时代永远不会回来。

2017年6月听力原文

四级This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travelrelated technologies than older onesWhen it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are more pronounced based on factors not related to age.

当你考虑到年轻人对旅行相关的技术更感兴趣时，这一点尤其有趣。当涉及无人驾驶汽车时，态度的差异在与年龄无关的因素的基础上更为明显。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级They reach a peak at the age of 20 for most people.

对大多数人来说，他们在20岁时达到顶峰。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级They function quite well even in old age.

即使在老年，它们的功能也相当好。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Not everyone wants a driverless car now—and no one can get one yet—but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly engaged.

现在并不是每个人都想要一辆无人驾驶汽车，也没有人能得到一辆，但在那些对他们开放的人中，每个年龄组都有类似的参与。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级It usually draws different rections from different age groups.

它通常从不同的年龄组绘制不同的直肠。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级It is the characteristics of the specific environment they are in, combined with their own personal characteristics—how healthy they feel they are, their age and marital status, Dr.

这是他们所处的特定环境的特点，再加上他们自己的个人特点，他们感觉自己有多健康，他们的年龄和婚姻状况。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级It gradually expands with age.

它随着年龄的增长而逐渐扩大。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级In a multi-state study of assisted living , for instance, University of North Carolina researchers found that a host of variables—the facility's type, size or age; whether a chain owned it; how attractive the neighborhood was—had no significant relationship to how the residents fared in terms of illness, mental decline, hospitalizations or mortality.

在一个多状态的辅助生活研究中，例如，北卡罗来那大学的研究人员发现了大量的变量，设施的类型、大小或年龄；连锁店是否拥有它；社区的吸引力与居民的疾病、精神衰退、住院或死亡率没有显著关系。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Dips in memory, meanwhile, generally became apparent around age 37.

与此同时，记忆力的衰退在37岁左右变得明显。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Declining mental function is often seen as a problem of old age, but certain aspects of brain function actually begin their decline in young adulthood, a new study suggests.

一项新的研究表明，精神功能衰退通常被视为老年人的一个问题，但大脑功能的某些方面实际上是在年轻成年人开始衰退的。

2016年6月阅读原文

四级Seventy percent of girls aged 10 to 18 report that they define perfect body image based on what they see in magazines.

70%的10-18岁女孩表示，她们根据在杂志上看到的东西来定义完美的身体形象。

2016年12月阅读原文

四级A golden or lucky birthday is when one turns the age of their birth date.

黄金或幸运的生日是一个人的出生日期。

2017年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B