[单项选择]One aspect of the recent population trend is the ______.


A. development of complexes of cities
B. increasingly grcat distance between cities
C. transformation of cities into suburbs
D. growth of many small towns

[单项选择]One aspect of the recent population trend is the _________.


A. development of complexes of cities
B. increasingly great distance between cities
C. transformation of cities into suburbs
D. growth of many small towns

[单项选择]What is one trend attributed to technological innovation in media communication


A. science fiction
B. historical fiction
C. realism
D. news development

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One important aspect of retirement for most people is deciding where to live. In the past, this was not an issue because most elderly persons remained at home where they could be close to family. In contemporary times, parents and grown children go their separate ways, staying in touch through the telephone and, more recently, through e-mail. Every year, more than 400,000 adults who are 55 or older move out of their home state and relocate.
Florida leads all states in the proportion of elderly people-19 percent over 65 years of age, most of whom relocated from other places. Thus, Florida cities have become known as retirement centers. Among those prominently mentioned are Boca Raton, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Naples, and Ocala where between 20 and 25 percent of the residents is over 65 years of age. Two other Florida cities, Saint Petersburg and Sarasota, have even higher proportions-25 percent and 32 percent respectively. Other cities that have gained r
A. Retirement centers.
B. Retirement sites.
C. Retirement state.
D. Retirement communities.

[单项选择]There is one aspect that most characterizes the Midwest--its broad, flat Great Plains that______ far into the horizon.


A. slide
B. stray
C. stroll
D. stretch

[单项选择]The population in China ______ reduced in recent years.


A. have been
B. has been
C. is
D. are

[单项选择]One important aspect the old should learn from the young is that ______.


A. they should fully enjoy life and reject worries
B. they should expect a better future and cherish the hard past time
C. they should try to integrate leisure in work
D. they should learn to indulge in material life

[单项选择]One aspect of the universality of toys" lies in the fact that ______.
A. the basic characteristics of toys are the same the world over
B. the improvement of craftsmanship in making toys depends on the efforts of universities
C. the exploration of the universe has led to the creation of new kinds of toys
D. technological advances have greatly improved the durability of toys

[单项选择]A recent survey indicates that only one in three US citizens have ______ traveled abroad.


A. ever
B. however
C. still
D. nonetheless

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After Wall Street closed one recent Friday, a young man in jeans and a sports jacket strode into the showroom of the Classic Car Club of Manhattan, a few blocks north of Tribeca. He paced between an Aston Martin v8, a Rolls-Royce Corniche, two vintage Ferraris and a dozen others, eager to find something for a night out. Ten minutes later he zipped through the hangar doors in a 2005 Lotus Elise, a bright red, curvy little number. There was no bill to pay and no insurance form to sign.
Luxury-car clubs are well established in Europe. Now they are catching on in the United States. The idea is that for an annual membership fee, plus (sometimes) a weekly charge, members can have their choice of smart cars. Ron Van Horssen, who recently opened a club near Phoenix, says the model is based on executive-jet sharing. Rich people, he thinks, are realising that "owning an asset is not necessarily the best way of getting the benefits of using it". A spi
A. young people are now living a luxurious life.
B. luxurious cars are very expensive.
C. luxury-car club is now very popular.
D. renting a car from a club is easy and convenient.