首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Last September, the U.S. government announced that its birthrate fell to "another record low". Morally speaking, there’s nothing
Last September, the U.S. government announced that its birthrate fell to "another record low". Morally speaking, there’s nothing
admin
2017-02-17
23
问题
Last September, the U.S. government announced that its birthrate fell to "another record low". Morally speaking, there’s nothing wrong with this. It’s【C1】______. in a way. All over the world, birthrates tend to fall a-long with economic development.
The thing about an increasingly childless economy is that it has major implications for【C2】______. It is confirmed by a new data from a Gallup survey【C3】______on the average daily spending of families. Even after you control for income, age, education, and【C4】______status, families with young kids spend more every day.
What are parents spending on? Not just books, toys, and games. The Department of Agriculture【C5】______surveys the many ways we spend on our kids, to the tune of about $14,000 a year. The【C6】______majority of money goes to the【C7】______: housing, food, transportation, and education. Housing is kind of funny, because young children tend not to have their housing units,【C8】______the parents are extremely well-off and the children are terribly misbehaved. The survey estimates the housing portion of spending by trying to【C9】______a few factors: the cost of an extra bedroom, the cost of moving into safer【C10】______with better schools, and the cost of buying homes with larger yards.
It is【C11】______that on economic growth, some of the most discussed variables on editorial pages and cable news are policy choices like tax rates or international events. But buried【C12】______these headlines is the glacier of demographics, the steady and unyielding force of human numbers to【C13】______the economy. The【C14】______in U.S. birthrates in recent years has almost certainly had a negative effect on consumer spending (and,【C15】______, lower birthrates are probably an outcome of the recession). In particular, childless couples don’t need space for more kids so they’re less【C16】______to buy homes in the suburbs,【C17】______demand for housing that badly needs to sell more homes. In other words,【C18】______families and less household formation【C19】______the U.S. economy of housing and transportation spending, which has historically accounted for half of family【C20】______.
【C20】
选项
A、assets
B、events
C、troubles
D、expenditures
答案
D
解析
空格所在句是非限制性定语从句,which在从句中作主语,指代主句中的housing and transportation spending(住房和交通上的开支)。因此,空格处需词是从句的宾语,应跟spending意义相关。D项expenditures意为“费用,开支”,符合语义要求。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/g0EZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Fat:whatisitgoodfor?Absolutelynothing,orsoyoumightthink.Butobesityseemstoprotectmiceagainstafatalformofm
Fat:whatisitgoodfor?Absolutelynothing,orsoyoumightthink.Butobesityseemstoprotectmiceagainstafatalformofm
Itwasanadmissionofculturaldefeat;butthenHongKongisnothingifnotpragmaticaboutsuchthings.【F1】OnJune6thitsedu
Itwasanadmissionofculturaldefeat;butthenHongKongisnothingifnotpragmaticaboutsuchthings.【F1】OnJune6thitsedu
科学研究的方法与人类思维的关系——1993年英译汉及详解【F1】Themethodofscientificinvestigationisnothingbuttheexpressionofthenecessarymodeof
现代政府依赖专家人才——2000年英译汉及详解Governmentsthroughouttheworldactontheassumptionthatthewelfareoftheirpeopledependslargely
现代政府依赖专家人才——2000年英译汉及详解Governmentsthroughouttheworldactontheassumptionthatthewelfareoftheirpeopledependslargely
随机试题
左心衰的主要临床症状出现的病理基础为肺循环淤血和_______。
可导致急性胰腺炎的急性传染病是
心源性休克可用腰麻血压降低时可用
下列属于实物资产清查范围的是()。
按《营业税暂行条例》规定,下列可以余额计征营业税的有()。
根据精神分析理论,下列现象不属于潜意识的是()
域名MH.B1T.EDU.CN中主机名是()。
Нина–неторопливаядевочка,ивсебылиудивлены,чтоонасобираетгрибы_____.
Onlythreestrategiesareavailableforcontrollingcancer:prevention,screeningandtreatment.Lungcancercausesmoredeaths
OnlyonceinhislifehadDouglaspermittedhimself______controlofhisemotions.
最新回复
(
0
)