[单项选择]People’s status in society is frequently（）by how much they own.
A. measured
B. examined
C. tested
D. questioned

[单项选择]People’s status in society is frequently （　） by how much they own.
A. measured
B. examined
C. tested
D. questioned

[简答题]In modem society people are faced with fierce competition, and the pressure has become greater then ever before... (具有挑战性的工作职位: demanding position; 动机: motivation:挑战: challenge; 重要性: significance; 潜能: potential)

[简答题]In modern society people are faced with fierce competition, and the pressure has become greater then ever before... (具有挑战性的工作职位: demanding position; 动机: motivation;挑战: challenge; 重要性: significance; 潜能: potential)

[单项选择]In a materialistic and （） society people’s interest seems to be focused solely on monetary pursuit.
A. adaptive
B. addictive
C. acquisitive
D. arrogant

[单项选择] Modern industrial society grants little status to old people. In fact, such a society has a system of built-in obsolescence. There is no formal system for continuing our education throughout our life in order to keep up with rapidly changing knowledge. When our education and job skills have grown obsolete, we are treated exactly like those who have never gained an education or job skills and are not encouraged or given the opportunity to begin anew. As a society becomes more highly developed, the overall status of older people diminishes. Improved health technology creates a large pool of old people, who compete for jobs with the young. However, economic technology lowers the demand for workers and creates new jobs for which the skills of the aged are obsolete, forcing older people into retirement. At the same time, young people are being educated in the new technology and are keeping pace with rapid changes in knowledge. Finally, urbanization creates age-segregated neighborho
A. forced retirement
B. inferior housing
C. longer life span
D. fixed incomes