Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.
The world needs to do more to prepare for the impact of a rapidly ageing population, the UN has warned - particularly in developing countries. Within 10 years the number of people aged over 60 will pass one billion, a report by the UN Population Fund said. The demographic shift will present huge challenges to countries’ welfare, pension and healthcare systems. The UN agency also said more had to be done to tackle "abuse, neglect and violence against older persons".
The number of older people worldwide is growing faster than any other age group. The report, Ageing in the let Century: A Celebration and a Challenge, estimates that one in nine people around the world are older than 60. The elderly population is expected to swell by 200 million in the next decade to surpass one billion, and reach two billion by 2050. This rising proportion of older people is a consequence of success - improved nutrition, sanitation, healthcare, education and economic well-being are contributing factors, the report says.
But the UN and a charity that also contributed to the report, Help Age International, say the ageing population is being widely mismanaged. "In many developing countries with large populations of young people, the challenge is that governments have not put policies and practices in place to support their current older populations or made enough preparations for 2050," the agencies said in a joint statement.
The number of the elderly rises because of the following reasons, EXCEPT ________.
A. sanitation
B. medical care
C. economic well-being
D. finance
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Đáp án D
Số người già đang tăng lên bởi vì các nguyên nhân sau, ngoại trừ _______.
A. hệ thống vệ sinh B. chăm sóc y tế
C. phuc lợi xã hội D. tài chính
Từ khóa: The number of the elderly rises/ reasons/ except
Căn cứ thông tin đoạn 2:
“This rising proportion of older people is a consequence of success - improved nutrition, sanitation, healthcare, education and economic well- being are contributing factors, the report says.” (Báo cáo cho biết tỉ lệ ngườigià tăng lên là kết quả của sự thành công được đóng góp từ cải thiện dinh dưỡng, hệ thống vệ sinh, y tế giáo dục và phúc lợi xã hội).
The archaeological excavation _____ to the discovery of the ancient city lasted several years.
I don't know what to say to break the _____ with someone I've just met at the party.
We take _____ in doing the washing-up, cleaning the floor and watering the flowers.
After graduating from university, I want to ______ my father's footsteps.
Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine and _____ in China for thousands of years.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the question.
By mid-century, there will likely be 9 billion people on the planet, consuming ever more resources and leading ever more technologically complex lives. What will our cities be like? How much will artificial intelligence advance? Will global warming trigger catastrophic changes, or will we be able to engineer our way out of the climate change crisis?
Making predictions is, by nature, a dicey business, but to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Smithsonian magazine Big Think asked top minds from a variety of fields to weigh in on what the future holds 40 years from now. The result is our latest special series, Life in 20 50. Demographic changes in world population and population growth will certainly be dramatic. Rockefeller University mathematical biologist Joel Cohen says it's likely that by 2050 the majority of the people in the world will live in urban areas, and will have a significantly higher average age than people today. Cities theorist Richard Florida
thinks urbanization trends will reinvent the education system of the United States, making our economy less real estate driven and erasing the divisions between home and work.
Large migrations from developing countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Mexico, and countries in the Middle East could disrupt western governments and harm the unity of France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, and the United Kingdom under the umbrella of the European Union.
And rapidly advancing technology will continue ever more rapidly. According to Bill Mitchell, the late director of MIT's Smart Cities research group, cities of the future won't look like "some sort of science -fiction fantasy" or "Star Trek" but it's likely that "discreet, unobtrusive" technological advances and information overlays, i.e. virtual reality and augmented reality, will change how we live in significant ways. Self-driving cars will make the roads safer, driving more efficient, and provide faster transports. A larger version of driverless cars-driverless trucks-may make long haul drivers obsolete.
Meanwhile, the Internet will continue to radically transform media, destroying the traditional model of what a news organization is, says author and former New York Times Public Editor, Daniel Okrent, who believes the most common kinds of news organizations in the future will be "individuals and small alliances of individuals” reporting and publishing on niche topics.
What topic does the passage mainly discuss?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Having deciding on the topic of the presentation, he started finding relevant information for it.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Then the strangest thing happens - Will and Marcus strike up an unusual friendship.
The director informed that no candidate ______ all the criteria for the administrative position.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
You can feel more at ease by taking part in group dating. It’s the only way.
Australia is the greenest country in the world _____ the people are environmentally friendly.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
A cost-effective way to fight crime is that instead of making punishments more severe, the authorities should increase the odds that lawbreakers will be apprehended and punished quickly.
I have a _____ schedule this semester - classes from Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 7 PM!
In India, in the old days, _____ girl’s family used to give _____ boy's family a gift like money or jewellery.
