Today most Chinese teenagers are happy to be favored by two parents and four grandparents

in their families. But have you ever thought about how to take care of four to twelve old people

when you grow up and get married? This could be a problem for most Chinese youths as China is

entering a new stage of an aging society.

An aging society refers to one where 10 percent or more of its population is over 60. By the end of 2007, Chinese over 60 years old have made up 11.7 percent of the nation’s total population.

“China is getting old before becoming rich,” said Cai Chuang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The population increase that has powered Chinese growth for three decades will give way over the next ten years to a rapid aging of the society. This will lead to weaker economic growth, because of a lack of labor resources.

As a result of the family planning policy, it is expected that the country’s total working population will decrease after 2015.

China is not the only country getting old. More that 60 countries have become aging societies and one in three people in the European Union is a senior citizen.

However, experts said that China doesn’t have a highly developed social security network to support the old. Social security is an insurance program protecting those in need, including the old, the disabled and others.

1．An aging society is a society that        .

      A．less that 10% of its population is over 60

       B．10% or more of its population is over 60

       C．there are four old people in a family

       D．most of its population is over 60

2．If China enters an aging society,       .

       A．there will not be enough labor resources

       B．the family planning policy will be ended

       C．everyone needs to take care of four to twelve old people

       D．China will have a highly developed social security network

3．What does Cai Chuang mean by saying “China is getting old before becoming rich.”?

       A．China will be an aging society, then be a developed country.

       B．China will be a rich country before being an aging society.

       C．An aging society will affect Chinese economy development.

       D．China will stop developing because of its aging problem.

4．The passage mainly talks about         .

      A．a(chǎn)n aging society                                   B．Chinese social problem

       C．family panning policy                           D．a(chǎn)ging problem in China

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What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same . The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship ,mechanics, and technology . It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing .In Egypt ,America ,China ,Japan and among the Arctic (北極的)people, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and way of life because toys imitate their surrounding. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.

Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use .The progress from the wheel to the cart to the automobile is a direct line of ways up. The progress from a rattle (拔浪鼓) used by a baby in 3000BCto one used by an infant today , however , is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.

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    A. their social roles are rigidly determined

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