2005年湖南高考英语阅读填空真题

一、阅读填空题

短文阅读，根据所读内容在文后10个空格里填上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。注意每空一超过3个单词。

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 year 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. are 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 years, 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 in 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: 1. ________

Number of citizens 65 or older	2. _______	By 2020	By 2030
	39 million	51 million	65 million
3. ________	4. ________
	Baby boomers’ old-growing
5. ________	6. _______	8. ________ → multigenerational family
	7. _______	9. ________ to citizens 65 and older
		10. ________	By 2030
		3.5:1	2:1

二、阅读填空参考答案

1. Graying U.S.                                 2. By 2010     

3. Causes/ Reasons                           4. Citizens' longer living

5. Effects / Results                            6. Family unit change

7. Workforce proportion change        8. Nuclear family 

9. Workers                                        10. In 1989