1. Why does the author think population aging is a triumph of civilization?
A)Because it has created a better and longer life for human being.
B)Because it has increased the size of population.
C)Because it has adjusted the social and economic system.
D)Because it has attained the smaller family size.
考点:细节题
解析:文章第一段第一句提到Population aging is an impressive achievement that has greatly improved the quality and length of human life（人口老龄化是一项伟大的成就，它提高了人们生活质量，增加了人类的寿命），所以选A。because of you歌词
2. According to the passage, what will happen in 2060?
A)The elderly people will begin to outnumber the children in Germany.
B)The number of elderly people and children will be slightly less than 20 percent of the world population.
C)The problem of population aging will become more critical for the whole world.
D)The ratio between elderly people and children will be three to one.
考点:推断题
解析:文章第二段最后一句中提到perhaps by 2060, the world's elderly population will begin to exceed the population of children, when each group is expected to account for slightly less than one-fifth of the world population。由此可知，老年人的数量将会在2060年超过儿童的数量，也就是说老年人越来越多，这种现象也就意味着老龄化会更严重，所以选C。
3. Which of the following countries has a better situation in population aging now?
A)The United States.
B)France.
C)Germany.
D)Japan.
考点:细节题
解析:第三段第一句和第二句提到，发达国家的老年人的数量都已经超过儿童。而美国是一个特例，儿童的数量比65岁以上的老年人的数量多50%。由此可见，目前美国老龄化的情况相比起其他的发达国家要好一些，所以选A。
4. What will happen in the "red ink society"?
A)Young workers will outnumber the retired people.
B)There will be a favorable age structure.
C)The length of human life will rapidly prolong.
D)The budgets for pensions and health care will suffer the deficit.
考点:综合理解题
解析:red ink society指的是“赤字社会”。文章第六段说明目前退休金和医疗系统的预算有盈余（in the black），因为现在的年龄结构合理，工作者比退休的人多。而人们惧怕并防止red ink society的到来，证明red ink society的情况就应该正好和in the black相反，所以选D。
安全中红表示5. Which of the following measures would be the last choice for politicians?
A)Reducing the welfare of the old people.
B)Increasing the taxes.
水调歌头辛弃疾C)Raising the legal retirement age.
降低血糖的食谱D)Privatizing the current welfare system.
考点:推断题
解析:文章第八段在介绍解决老龄化的问题的第二个方法时提到most elected officials and politicians consider raising taxes as political suicide（很多通过民主选举上台的官员和政治家都认为增加赋税是一种政治自杀）。由此可推断出，对于从政人士来说最不想实施的政策就是增加税收，所以选B。
6. What do we learn about "PAYGO" from the passage?
A)It causes the decline of the recent world economy.
B)It has been replaced by the proposal of privatization.
C)It is disapproved by general public because of the recent economic recession.
D)It puts the burden of welfare for retired people on the shoulders of current workers.
考点:综合理解题
解析:文章第十段在介绍PAYGO系统时提到current workers pay for the benefits of current retired people（现有工人支付当前退休人员的收益）。D选项puts the burden of welfare for retired people on the shoulders of current workers是同义转述，所以选D。
7. What is the core issue of the population aging?
A)The number of the elderly people.
B)The pension and healthcare systems.
C)The length of human life.
D)The speed of population age.
新年活动考点:综合理解题
解析:整篇文章中讨论关于人口老龄化的时候，都是围绕着对经济的影响而进行的，主要针对养老金和医疗系统进行讨论。作者给出的四点建议也都是在讨论如何改善养老金和医疗系统，所以选B。
8. Among the options responding to population aging, the most popular one is to .
考点:细节题
解析:文章第十一段第二句提到More acceptable and frequently mentioned responses to population aging include increasing worker productivity and technical advances（在众多的选民和公众眼中最让人接受和最常提及的方法就是提高生产力和加强科技进步），所以填increasing worker productivity and technical advances。
9. To deal with the problem of population aging, the current policy for most governments is to .
考点:细节题
解析:文章第十二段第二句提到Current and intending efforts of most governments to raise birth rates to replacement levels（目前现行的努力是提高出生率），所以填raise birth rate。
10. To improve the proportion between labor force and retired people within a short time, the government should .
考点:细节题
767解析:文章第十二段第四句提到Increasing the immigrant workers, in contrast, would immediately impact the size of the labor force and increase the number of workers per retired people，由此可知，影响劳动力数量的最快的办法是增加移民劳动者，所以填increase the immigrant workers。
窗体顶端
1. What do we learn from this conversation?
A)The man took a part-time job without his boss' knowledge.
B)The man was too tired to take a part-time job.
C)The woman didn't want the man to take a part-time job.
D)The woman wanted the man to continue with his part-time job.
考点:细节题
解析:音频中，男士说有人将他在做兼职的事告诉了老板，因此他很不安，由此可知这位男士在背着老板做兼职，所以选A。
M: It sounds like they're tearing the walls down up there. That's all fine and good, but they don't realize that not everyone gets up before the crack of dawn. And today's Sunday! I'm going up there.