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[单项选择]By 2030, people over 65 in Germany, the world’s third-largest economy, will account for almost half the adult population, compared with one-fifth now. And unless the country’s birth rate recovers from its present low of 1.3 per woman, over the same period its population of under 35 will shrink about twice as fast as the older population will grow. The net result will be that the total population, now 82 m, will decline to 70 m - 73 m. The number of people of working age will fall by a full quarter, from 40 m today to 30 m.
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 ar
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%
[单项选择]The money market is a dealer market where, over the telephone or through electronic systems, ______.
A. a broker receives commission to act as an agent
B. the investors are trading on a central trading floor
C. firms buy and sell securities in their own accounts, at their own risk
D. individual investors can trade on the exchange
[单项选择]The laptop computer (便携式电脑) is popular all over the world because it is small enough for us to put on the upper part of our legs. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These computers connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, they also connect students to their classmates.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1 500 students at the college will get a laptop. Westlake College has started a large computer program for its students. With laptop computers, the students will be connected not only to the Internet but also to libraries. In addition, they can use e mail to "speak" with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop computer program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food res
A. very convenient to use in a lot of places
B. cheap enough for everyone to get one
C. small enough to put into one’s pocket
D. easy to take to and from classrooms
[单项选择]______economic growth rates have stagnated over the last 6 months, we cannot expect any rise in the value of the dollar.
A. So
B. As
C. For
D. Although
[单项选择]For well over 2000 years the world’s great religions have taught the virtues of a trust-ing heart. Now there is another reason to merit the wisdom of the ages: scientific evidence indicates that those with trusting hearts will live longer, healthier lives.
As a result of the work published in the 1970s by two pioneering heart specialists, Meyer Friedman and Ray H. Rosenman, nearly every American is aware that blood Type A people are impatient, and easily moved to hostility (敌意) and anger. (79) Many have come to believe that Type A’s are at a much higher risk of suffering heart attack or dying of heart disease than others. The driving force behind hostility
is a cynical mistrust of others. If we expect others to mistreat us, we are seldom disappointed. This generates anger and leads us to respond with hostility.
(80) The most characteristic attitude of a cynic is being suspicious of the motives (动机) of people he doesn’t know. Imagine you are waiting for an elev
A. praise the wisdom of the old people
B. advise people to be patient
C. analyze the danger of heart diseases
D. persuade people to be trustful
