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The population of the United States is growing older and will continue to do so.

According to a report, 39 million Americans will be 65 or older by the yew 2010, 51 million by 2020, and 65 million by 2030.

The "graying" of the United States is mainly due to the fact that people in the U. S. living longer. As a matter of fact, the number of U.S. citizens 85 years old and older is growing six times as fast as the rest of the population. It is also largely due to the old-growing of the "baby boomers," the generation born after World War II. In 1957, over 4.3 million babies were born. More than 75 million Americans were born between 1946 and 1964, the largest generation in U.S. history. In less than twenty pears, millions of them will become elderly people.

The "graying" of the U.S. will greatly affect the nation's family and workforce. One likely development will be a gradual change in the family unit; it will move away from the nuclear family and towards a multigenerational family. The other likely development will be a change m the proportion (比例) of the nation's workforce. In 1989 there were 3.5 workers for every person 65 and older; by the year 2030, there will only be 2 workers for every person 65 and older.

Title 76. Graying USA_

Numbers of citizens 65 or older	77.	By 2020	By 2030
	39 million	51 million	65 million
78. Causes/reasons	79.
	Baby boomers’ old growing
80. Effects/Results	81.	83. -- multigenerational family
	82.	84. to citizens 65 or older
		85.	By 2030
		3.5:1	2:1

76. graying U.S. 77. By 2010 78. Causes/ Reasons

79. Citizens’ Longer living 80. Effects/ Results

81. Family unit change 82. Workforce 83. Nuclear family

84. workers 85. In 1989

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Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the popula??tion in America ________.

A. has made people feel younger B. has changed people’s social position

C. has changed people’s understanding of age D. has slowed down the country’s social development

2. The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

A. a society B. America C. a place D. population

3. “Act your age” means people should ________.

A. be active when they are old B. do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect to their parents young or old D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age

4. If a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.

A. normal B. wonderful C. unbelievable D. unreasonable

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many　ways — edu??cation, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

It can be learned from the text that the aging of the popula??tion in America ________.

A. has made people feel younger

B. has changed people’s social position

C. has changed people’s understanding of age

D. has slowed down the country’s social development

The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

A. a society B. America C. a place D. population

“Act your age” means people should ________.

A. be active when they are old

B. do the right thing at the right age

C. show respect to their parents young or old

D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age

f a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.

A. normal B. wonderful C. unbelievable D. unreasonable

America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — edu?cation, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.
A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop work?ing isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

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1. A.
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2. B.
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3. C.
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  has slowed down the country’s social development
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3. C.
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1. A.
  be active when they are old
2. B.
  do the right thing at the right age
3. C.
  show respect to their parents young or old
4. D.
  take more physical exercises suitable to their age
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f a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.
1. A.
  normal
2. B.
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3. C.
  unbelievable
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The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

“Act your age” means people should ________.

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