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B) much less reading
C) much less to read
D) still more reading
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Almost every spectator was______ with the outcome of the basketball match.
A．thrilled
B．teased
C．tempted
D．transplanted
The German demographics (人口统计) are far from exceptional. In Japan, the world's second-largest economy, the population will peak in 2005, at around 125m. By 2050, according to the more pessimistic government forecasts, the population will have shrunk to around 95m. Long before that, around 2030, the share of the over-65's in the adult population will have grown to about half. And the birth rate in Japan, as in Germany, is down to 1.3 per woman. The figures are pretty much the same for most other developed countries, and for a good many emerging ones, especially China.
Life expectancy-and with it the number of older people--has been going up steadily for 300 years. But the decline in the number of young people is something new. The only developed country that has so far avoided this fate is America. But even there the birth rate is well below replacement level, and the proportion of older people in the adult population will rise steeply in the next 30 years.
All this means that winning the support of older people will become a political imperative (需要)in every developed country. Pensions have already become a regular election issue. There is also a growing debate about the desirability of immigration to maintain the population and workforce. Together these two issues are transforming the political landscape in every developed country.
By 2030 at the latest, the age at which full retirement benefits start will have risen to the mid-70's in all developed countries, and benefits for healthy pensioners will be substantially lower than they are today. Indeed, fixed retirement ages for people in reasonable physical and mental condition may have been abolished to prevent the pensions burden on the working population from becoming unbearable. Already young and middle-aged people at work suspect that there will not be enough pension money to go round when they themselves reach traditional retirement age. But politicians everywhere continue to pretend that they can save the current pensions system.
In Germany, ______.
A．birth rate has gone up to 1.3 per woman
B．people over 65 now constitutes about half the adult population
C．its population of under-35s is twice as large as that of over-65s
D．by 2030 its working force may have shrunk by 25%
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
The German demographics (人口统计) are far from exceptional. In Japan, the world's second-largest economy, the population will peak in 2005, at around 125 m. By 2050, according to the more pessimistic government forecasts, the population will have shrunk to around 95 m. Long before that, around 2030, the share of the over-65's in the adult population will have grown to about half. And the birth rate in Japan, as in Germany, is down to 1.3 per woman. The figures are pretty much the same for most other developed countries, and for a good many emerging ones, especially China.
Life expectancy — and with it the number of older people — has been going up steadily for 300 years. But the decline in the number of young people is something new, The only developed country that has so far avoided this fate is America. But even there the birth rate is well below replacement level, and the proportion of older people in the adult population will rise steeply in the next 30 years.
All this means that winning the support of older people will become a political imperative (需要) in every developed country. Pensions have already become a regular election issue. There is also a growing debate about the desirability of immigration to maintain the population and workforce. Together these two issues are transforming the political landscape in every developed country.
By 2030 at the latest, the age at which full retirement benefits start will have risen to the mid-70's in all developed countries, and benefits for healthy pensioners will be substantially lower than they are today. Indeed, fixed retirement ages for people in reasonable physical and mental condition may have been abolished to prevent the pensions burden on the working population from becoming unbearable. Already young and middle-aged people at work suspect that there will not be enough pension money to go round when they themselves reach traditional retirement age. But politicians everywhere continue to pretend that they can save the current pensions system.
In Germany，______ .
A．birth rate has gone up to 1.3 per woman
B．people over 65 now constitutes about half the adult population
C．its population of under-35s is twice as large as that of over-65s
D．by 2030 its working force may have shrunk by 25%
If indeed silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare as gold.
It seems that the progresses of man includes a rising volume of noise. 【M1】______
In every home a stereo or television will fill the rooms sound. 【M2】 ______
Between sunrise and sunset, streets and highways are a constant source
of voice from cars, buses, and trucks. You can pass any factory or 【M3】 ______
construction area and the roar of their machinery will make your ears 【M4】 ______
ringing. Music is played in every supermarket, most restaurants, and 【M5】 ______
many offices. Big cities of the world are well-known by. their noisiness.【M6】______
Noise pollution is the new side effect of our technological
age. Day or night, sound of the work fills the air. It seems 【M7】______
that the smoothing effects of silence are nowhere to be found.
Even the quiet of our careful protected wilderness areas can 【M8】______
be invaded at any moment by a passed jet. 【M9】______
We are learning, finally, that silence is a natural resource
and must be protected by law. It appears that we all find company
in sound, if we all demand a little quiet from time to time. 【M10】______
【M1】
We need to know something about the structure and operation of science because ()．
A． it is not easy to understand the things that excite and frustrate scientists
B． science affects almost every aspect of our life
C．scientists live in a specific subculture
D．it is easier to understand general characteristics of science
听力原文： Thanksgiving Day is one of the biggest holidays in America. Every family comes together at their parents' house, and talks about their lives. They also have a big party. Usually, they cook a big turkey and many side dishes such as pumpkin pie. And they have a nice holiday with their family.
It originated in the 1600's. The Pilgrims, who were a group of people from England, arrived in America and some Indians helped them. The Indians taught them how to plant grain such as corn, vegetables and pumpkins. So, after that, the Pilgrims had a party for their Indian friends every year.
During this holiday, many shops have promotions and big sales. The day after Thanksgiving Day, which is called "Black Friday", almost every store displays their cheapest prices. Almost every American goes shopping to catch the cheapest goods before others. It should be described as a "Shopping War". If you wait and go shopping on Sunday, it will be too late! You won't be able to buy many things, because many goods will be sold out already. But, sometimes window shopping is a nice experience on Thanksgiving holiday.
In Korea, there is a very similar holiday, which is called "Chu-suk". This holiday also expresses thankfulness for ancestors. People will give thanks for the plentiful harvest that year. Almost all Koreans come together with their family, see relatives who live far away and have an ancestor-memorial service with many kinds of food. Chu-suk is almost the same as Thanksgiving Day.
Every human seems to feel thankfulness for their ancestors, and once a year, they celebrate their good harvest and health. The styles of these two holidays are a little different but the feelings and emotions are the same.
(33)
A．England.
B．Korea.
C．France.
D．America.
M: He's always been very enthusiastic about sports.
Q: What can be concluded about Andrew？
(13)
A．Winter is his favorite time for sports.
B．Sports are quite important to him.
C．He should be more enthusiastic.
D．He plays better than he used to.
Almost every family buys one copy of a newspaper every
day at least. Some people subscribe as many as two or three S1. ______
different newspapers. But why people read newspapers？ Five S2. ______
hundred years ago, news of important happenings—battles lost
and win, kings of rulers overthrown or killed—took months and S3. ______
even years to travel from one country to other. The news passed S4. ______
by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in
our newspapers of important events that occurs in faraway S5. ______
countries on same day they happen. S6. ______
Apart from supplying news from all over the world,
newspapers give us a lot of other useful information. They are
whether reports, radio, television and film guides, book S7. ______
reviews, stories, and of course, advertisements. They are all
sorts of advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large
companies bring attention to their products. They pay the S8. ______
newspapers thousands of dollars for the advertising, but it is
worth the money, for news of their products go into almost
every family in the country. Those people who produce
newspaper advertisements are also very important. Money
earned from advertisements makes it possible for it to sell their S9. ______
newspapers at a low price and still make a profit.
Newspapers often have information on gardening, cookery
and fashion, as well small but very popular section on jokes and S10. ______
cartoons.
【S1】
