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2006年湖南高考阅读填空题练习阅读短文,根据所读内容在表格的空白处填上适当的单词或短语,每空不超过3个单词.Passage 1The population of the United States is ... 5356湖南高考阅读填空题练习2006年湖南高考阅读填空题练习阅读短文,根据所读内容在表格的空白处填上适当的单词或短语,每空不超过3个单词.Passage 1The population of the United States is ...  2006年湖南高考阅读填空题练习阅读短文,根据所读内容在表格的空白处填上适当的单词或短语,每空不超过3个单词.Passage 1The population of the United States is ... 2006年湖南高考阅读填空题练习 阅读短文，根据所读内容在表格的空白处填上适当的单词或短语，每空不超过3个单词。 Passage 1 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 nations 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 nations workforce. In 1989 there were 3.5 workers for every person 65 and older; by the year 2030, them will only be 2 workers for every person 65 and older. Title 76. Numbers of citizens 65 or older 77 By 2020 By 2030 39 million 51 million 65 million 78 79 Baby boomers’ old growing 80 81. 83. -- multigenerational family 82. 84. to citizens 65 or older 85. By 2030 3.5:1 2:1 Passa