教育部考试中心模拟试题汇编：2010年考研英语完型填空（8）

八、老龄化

Aging poses a serious challenge to OECD (Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, in particular, how to pay for future public pension liabilities. And early retirement places an__1__burden on pension financing. There is no easy solution, but__2__retirement could help.

Early retirement may seem like a worthy individual goal, but it is a socially__3__one, and makes the present public pension system difficult to sustain for long. The__4__reason is that more people are retiring early and living longer. That means more retirees depending on the__5__of those in work for their income. The__6__is worrying. In the next 50 years, low fertility rates and__7__life expectancy in OECD countries will cause this old-age dependency rate to roughly double__8__size. Public pension payments, which afford 30-80% of total retirement incomes in OECD countries, are__9__to rise, on average, by over three percentage points in GDP and by as much as eight percentage points in some countries.__10__is the pressure on pension funds that there is a danger of today's workers not getting the pensions they expected or felt they__11__for.

Action is needed,__12__simply aiming to reduce the__13__(and cost) of public pensions, or trying to__14__the role of privately funded pensions within the system, though necessary steps, may be__15__to deal with the dependency challenge. After years of__16__early retirement schemes to avoid__17__and higher unemployment, many governments are now looking__18__persuading people to stay in work until they are older. Surely, the thinking goes, if we are healthier now and jobs are physically less__19__and unemployment is down, then perhaps the__20__rate should rise anew.

1.［A］ unsolvable ［B］ additional ［C］ unsustainable ［D］ undue
2.［A］ delaying ［B］ retaining ［C］ detaining ［D］ hindering
3.［A］ ultimate ［B］ unattainable ［C］ specific ［D］ expensive
4.［A］ substantial ［B］ essential ［C］ potential ［D］ controversial
5.［A］ donating ［B］ sponsoring ［C］ subsidizing ［D］ funding
6.［A］ outlook ［B］ outcome ［C］ outbreak ［D］ outset
7.［A］ prolonging ［B］ expanding ［C］ soaring ［D］ rising
8.［A］ in ［B］ on ［C］ by ［D］ for
9.［A］ conceived ［B］ reckoned ［C］ expected ［D］ meant
10.［A］ As ［B］ Such ［C］ So ［D］ It
11.［A］ should pay ［B］ paying ［C］ be paid ［D］ would pay
12.［A］ but ［B］ for ［C］ and ［D］ thus
13.［A］ multitude ［B］ implementation ［C］ application ［D］ generosity
14.［A］ exaggerate ［B］ augment ［C］ magnify ［D］ multiply
15.［A］ insufficient ［B］ influential ［C］ inefficient ［D］ intrinsic
16.［A］ advancing ［B］ previous ［C］ ahead ［D］ preceding
17.［A］ suspensions ［B］ abundances ［C］ redundancies ［D］ discrepancies
18.［A］ for ［B］ to ［C］ about ［D］ at
19.［A］ turbulent ［B］ strenuous ［C］ compact ［D］ intricate
20.［A］ dependency ［B］ fertility ［C］ present ［D］ mortality


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