【C11】A．innovativeB．comfortableC．ambitiousD．energetic

【C10】

A．before

B．for

C．after

D．with

【C9】

A．partly

B．really

C．solely

D．wholly

【C8】

A．turning down

B．living on

C．putting off

D．looking forward to

【C7】

A．breach

B．divide

C．blunder

D．progress

【C6】

A．since

B．so

C．whereas

D．provided

【C5】

A．anxious

B．idle

C．sick

D．gloomy

【C4】

A．services

B．regulations

C．facilities

D．budgets

【C3】

A．corruption

B．disturbance

C．poverty

D．depression

【C2】

A．translated into

B．drained on

C．frowned at

D．resulted from

ve longer than ever before.【C1】______the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600m to 1.1 billion. The experience of the 20th century, when longer life【C2】______more years in retirement rather than more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will lead to slower economic growth and【C3】______, while the swelling ranks of pensioners will smash government【C4】______. But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the【C5】______old misses a new trend, the growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled. Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people,【C6】______older skilled folk are working longer. The【C7】______is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers are【C8】______retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce. Policy is【C9】______responsible. Many European governments have abandoned policies that used to encourage people to retire early. Longer life, combined with the replacement of generous pension plans【C10】______meaner ones, means that even the better-off must work longer to have a【C11】______retirement. But the changing nature of work also plays a big role. Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to【C12】______rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than their【C13】______. Technological change may well reinforce that shift: the skills that【C14】______computers, from management expertise to creativity, do not necessarily【C15】______with age. This trend will benefit not just【C16】______elderly people but also, in some ways, society as a whole. Growth will slow less dramatically than expected; government revenues will be in better【C17】______, as high earners pay taxes for longer. At the other end of the social scale, however, things look【C18】______. Manual work gets harder as people get older. The rapid innovation has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while【C19】______those of the unskilled. The consequences, for individuals and society, are【C20】______.

【C1】

A．Above

B．Over

C．Among

D．Before