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1、试卷代号：2157中央广播电视大学2012-2013学年度第二学期“开放专科”期末考试英语阅读（3)试题2013年7月注意事项一、将你的学号、姓名及分校（工作站）名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。二、仔细阅读每题的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案必须写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上无效。三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。PartIReadPassageIanddecidethemeaningofthefollowingwordswi
2、ththehelpofthecontext.Theparagraphinwhichthewordappearsisindicatedinbrackets.WriteA,B,orConyouranswersheet.(30points,3pointseach)PassageIAgingCrisisinChina1"Aging,"saysAlexKaiche,HeadoftheProgrammeonAgingattheLondonSchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicine,"is
3、thenumberoneproblemintheworld.Andifitisnotaddressednow,therewillbeseriousconsequences."Itisthe"numberoneproblem"becausethenumbersofpeopleover60一andparticularlythoseover80一aregrowingfast.TherapidagingtrendinChina'spopulationalsoposesimmediatechallengesto
4、Chinesesociety.HowcanChinafacethischallenge?Asthesocialstructurechangesintermsofdemographics,sowilltradition.2In1959therewere200millionpeopleover60intheworld,accountingfor8percentofthetotalpopulation.ItispredictedthatinChina,by2000,thenumberofretiredpeo
5、plewillbeseveraltimesthatofthemid-90's.In2020theywillhaveincreasedbyseveraltimesagain.Theproblemisthatasmoreandmorepeoplelivelongerandtheirnumbersincreasebothinactualnumbersandrelativetothegeneralpopulation,therewillbefewerpeopletocareforthem.Thedepende
6、ncyratio,asitiscalled,isalsoaffectedbythefactthatwomen,whohavebeenthetraditionalcaretakersoftheelderly,arebecomingmorecareer-orientedandarenotathometocarefortheirparents.3Onesolutionisseniorhomes.Traditionally,itisconsideredaChinesevirtueforchildrentota
7、kecareoftheirparents.Butifpeopleareworkinglonghours,olderparentsfeellonelyathome.Atseniorcitizencentres,theycangetgoodcarefromthenurses,whoarealsowillingtolistentotheirstories."WhenIfirstcamehere,Icomplainedaboutmydaughter'sdecision.Butgradually,Ibegant
8、olikethisplace,"WeiWenkuei,86,said."Thenursesaremoreattentivethanahousemaid,andthefoodisgood."WeiisstayingatthePeixinSeniorCitizenscentreinNanshiDistrict.ThereareonlythreeseniorcentresintheDongjiaduNeighbourhoodinNanshiDistrict,w
