Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
　　Population aging is a triumph of civilization. It is the 67 consequence of attaining desired smaller family sizes and longer lives, with many living beyond 100 years. This achievement, 68 , requires vital social and economic adjustments 69 expected future demographic (人口的) realities. In particular, population aging raises critical issues 70 economic growth, employment and retirement, 71 , health care and social support services. As a population ages, the 72 of elderly increases, and that of children decreases. For much of the past, children outnumbered (超過) the elderly by a factor of more than six to one. Today the ratio has 73 to about three children per one older person. 74 within the next few decades, perhaps by 2060, the world’s elderly population will begin to 75 the population of children, when each group is expected to 76 for slightly less than one-fifth of the world population. Developed countries have already moved well along this transformation. But a notable 77 is the comparatively young U.S. population, where the number of children is 50% 78 than those aged 65 and older.
　　Developing countries are now 79 a similar aging process, but 80 a much faster pace. Many developing countries that have experienced rapid fertility (人口出生率) are passing through this transition in a 81 of 25 years or less. As a(n) 82 of
　　such rapid changes, accommodating the necessary social and economic adjustments to older population age structures will likely be 83 more difficult for developing countries.
　　The wide 84 of consequence of population aging is of mounting 85 and significance for more developed countries — and are also 86 a worry for less developed countries.
　　67. A) indispensable C) inevitable
　　B) potential D) incredible
　　68. A) however C) otherwise
　　B) yet D) moreover
　　69. A) at C) over
　　B) with D) to
　　70. A) as for C) far from
　　B) such as D) by far
　　71. A) donations C) salaries
　　B) earnings D) pensions
　　72. A) portion C) proportion
　　B) rate D) percentage
　　73. A) declined C) descended
　　B) lessened D) slipped
　　74. A) But C) And
　　B) Or D) So
　　75. A) multiply C) assume
　　B) exceed D) reveal
　　76. A) account C) regard
　　B) call D) make
　　77. A) occasion C) excuse
　　B) expectation D) exception
　　78. A) smaller C) fewer
　　B) greater D) superior
　　79. A) going by C) going through
　　B) going under D) going with
　　80. A) at C) by
　　B) on D) within
　　81. A) extension C) rank
　　B) scale D) span
　　82. A) development C) contrast
　　B) consequence D) influence
　　83. A) even C) just
　　B) still D) only
　　84. A) amount C) range
　　B) extent D) scope
　　85. A) care C) consideration
　　B) attention D) concern
　　86. A) completely C) sincerely
　　B) increasingly D) absolutely

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