There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.
　It is a surprising fact that the population aging is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the rate of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
　What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
　Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not make sure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
　Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country’s development.
　Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.
小題1:The rate of older people________.
A. is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries
B. B. is one-seventh of the population in developing countries
C. C. will increase much faster in China than in France
D. D. will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020
2.According to passage, which of the following are governments most worried 
About______.
A. The diseases and disability of older people. 
B. The longer life and good health of people. 
C. The loss of taxes on older people. 
D. The increasing respect for older people.
小題2: It is stated directly in the passage that older people should ________.
A．be treated differently in different cultures
B．enjoy a similar lifestyle
C．be ignored as society changes
D．be valued by the younger generations
小題3:Which of the following measure is NOT mentioned to solve the population aging problem?
A．Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.
B．Supplying life-long learning programs to older people.
C．Making sure adequate income protection for older people.
D．Providing free health care for sick older people.
小題4:The author concludes in the last paragraph that ________.
A．governments have spent lots of time in solving the aging problem
B．population aging is a hard problem, but it needs to be solved urgently
C．people are too busy to solve the population aging problem
D．much time and effort will be lost in solving the aging problem

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D
小題5:B
1.根據(jù)一、二段可看出答案。over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries.排除A. B未說到。D 和第一段表述不符。 所以選C
2.從課文“One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
”可看出是A
3.從課文“In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not make sure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.”可看出D
4.看倒數(shù)第二段， 沒有說的是D
5.“社會(huì)老齡化是一困難的問題， 急需解決�！边@就是文章的結(jié)論。
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A．To seek help for Nauru’s problems.
B．To give a warning to other countries
C．To show the importance of money
D．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.
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A．Rich and powerful B．Modern and open
C．Peaceful and attractive D．Greedy and aggressive
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A．soil pollutionB．phosphate overmining
C．farming activity D．whale hunting
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A．Its leaders misused the money
B．It spent too much repairing the island
C．Its phosphate mining cost much money
D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.
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A．The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
B．The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously.
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B．show no respect and politeness to them
C．persuade them to recognize the bad effects
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A．Cheap and ugly things．B．Things people no longer use．
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D．It is held outdoors．
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D．They help relieve people of their life’s burdens.
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B．created goodwill between the nations
C．hardly showed any international friendship
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B．There should be no hockey matches organized by the Federation.
C．Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.
D．The International Hockey Federation should be dismissed forever.
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A．too much patriotism was displayed in the games
B．the announcement to prolong the match was wrong
C．the appeal jury was too hesitant in making the decision
D．the team was right in refusing to accept the silver medals
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B．They plan to employ more people.
C．They provide employees with more advanced equipment.
D．They organize lectures on how to reduce stress.
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C．White-collar workers suffer from information overload.
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