DEMAND FOR ELDERLY CARE SERVICES IN CHINA RISING RAPIDLYThe number of elderly people age

第1题

阅读短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个正确答案。DEMAND FOR ELDERLY CARE SERVICES IN CHINA RIS

阅读短文，从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个正确答案。

DEMAND FOR ELDERLY CARE SERVICES IN CHINA RISING RAPIDLY

The number of elderly people aged above 60 increased. Demand for elderly care services in China will continue to rise due to the increasing aging population. The number of elderly people aged above 60 was over 200 million in 2012, and will be 300 million in 2025 and 400 million in 2034, according to experts.

It will be a tough challenge for China to deal with, due to the increasing rates of urbanization and a DECREASING birth rate. The Chinese people will be facing a big challenge if we do not have enough money when we get older.

The United Nations defines an aging society as one that has 10 percent of its population at or above the age of 60.

When most developed countries were classed as an aging society, their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita stood at between 5,000 to 10,000 U.S. dollars or above. However, China became an aging society in 2001, and its GDP per capita was only 1,000 U.S. dollars. It was 6,000 U.S. dollars in 2012. China’s economic foundation for an elderly society is fragile.

On Sept. 13.2013, the State Council issued a guideline to speed up the development of China’s elderly care services, hoping to complete a social care network for its elderly by 2025.

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1. What does the word “decreasing” in Paragraph 2 mean？{A、B、C}

A. It means “falling”.

B. It means “rising”.

C. It means “peaking”.

2. What does GDP stands for？

A. Government Document Publishing Service.{A、B、C}

B. Gross domestic product.

C. General domestic product.

3. What was China’s GDP per capita in 2012？ {A、B、C}

A. It was 1,000 U.S. dollars.

B. It was 6,000 U.S. dollars.

C. It was 10,000 U.S. dollars.

4. Why is China’s economic foundation for an elderly society fragile？{A、B、C}

A. Because of its increasing aging population and its low GDP per capita.

B. Because when China was classed as an aging society, our gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is high.

C. Because of its decreasing aging population and its high GDP per capita.

5. The passage implies that {A、B、C}

A. Chinese government can do nothing to deal with the challenge of the increasing aging population

B. Chinese people don’t need enough money when they get older

C. The Chinese social care network is expected to be completed in the near future

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Who are more likely to use community services to care for the elderly in the family？A．The

Who are more likely to use community services to care for the elderly in the family？

A．The sick.

B．The poor.

C．The parents.

D．The adult children.

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第3题

Who are more likely to use community services to care for the elderly in the family？A．The

Who are more likely to use community services to care for the elderly in the family？

A．The sick.

B．The poor.

C．The parents.

D．The adult children.

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第4题

Who are more likely to use community services to care for the elderly in the family？[A

Who are more likely to use community services to care for the elderly in the family？

[A] The sick.

[B] The poor.

[C] The parents.

[D] The adult hildren.

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第5题

What would be the best title for the text？ .[A] Care for the Elderly[B] The Best Commu

What would be the best title for the text？ .

[A] Care for the Elderly

[B] The Best Community Services

[C]The High Cost of Nursing Homes

[D] How to Improve Parent-Child Relationships

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第6题

Samuel H. Preston, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, studied how the Americ

an family is changing. He reported that by the time the average American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. This finding shows the change in lifestyles (生活方式) and duties of aging Americans. The average middle-aged couple can look forward to caring for elderly parents some time after their own children have grown up.

Because Americans are living longer than ever, more researchers and social workers have begun to study care giving to improve care of the elderly. When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use community (社区) services, such as adult (成人) daycare centres. If the care givers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other business. However, the wife of an elderly person is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home. Social workers discovered that the reason for this difference was fear of becoming poor. An ill elderly person may live for years, and medical care and nursing homes are very expensive. An elderly couple's savings can disappear very quickly. The other half, usually the wife, can be left in poor living conditions. As a result, she often tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can.

An example of changes in American lifestyles is that______.

A．they prefer to have more children

B．the elderly like living with their children

C．the middle-aged couples have different caregiving duties

D．the average age for American couples to have children is 40

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第7题

Samuel H. Preston, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, studied how the Americ

an family is changing. He reported that by the time the average American couple reaches 40 years of age, they have more parents than children. This finding shows the change in lifestyles (生活方式) and duties of aging Americans. The average middle-aged couple can look forward to caring for elderly parents some time after their own children have grown up.

Because Americans are living longer than ever, more researchers and social workers have begun to study care giving to improve care of the elderly. When people care for an elderly relative, they often do not use community (社区) services, such as adult (成人) daycare centres. If the care givers are adult children, they are more likely to use such services, especially because they often have jobs and other business. However, the wife of an elderly person is much less likely to use support services or to put the dependent person in a nursing home. Social workers discovered that the reason for this difference was fear of becoming poor. An ill elderly person may live for years, and medical care and nursing homes are very expensive. An elderly couple's savings can disappear very quickly. The other half, usually the wife, can be left in poor living conditions. As a result, she often tries to take care of her husband herself for as long as she can.

An example of changes in American lifestyles is that______.

A．they prefer to have more children

B．the elderly like living with their children

C．the middle-aged couples have different caregiving duties

D．the average age for American couples to have children is 40

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