The number about reported thefts and convictions is used to illustrate that______.

单项选择题The author argues that ______.

单项选择题A century ago, how many lived to, or past 100, within a population of 5 million

单项选择题The author seems to suggest that ______.

单项选择题As can be gathered from the passage, people past 100 can be described as the following EXCEPT ______.

单项选择题Stephen Leacock could be described as all the following EXCEPT ______.