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
外语
One important aspect of retirement for most people is deciding where to live. In the past, this was not an issue because most el
One important aspect of retirement for most people is deciding where to live. In the past, this was not an issue because most el
admin
2010-07-06
60
问题
One important aspect of retirement for most people is deciding where to live. In the past, this was not an issue because most elderly persons remained at home where they could be close to family. In contemporary times, parents and grown children go their separate ways, staying in touch through the telephone and, more recently, through e-mail. Every year, more than 400,000 adults who are 55 or older move out of their home state and relocate.
Florida leads all states in the proportion of elderly people-19 percent over 65 years of age, most of whom relocated from other places. Thus, Florida cities have become known as retirement centers. Among those prominently mentioned are Boca Raton, Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Naples, and Ocala where between 20 and 25 percent of the residents is over 65 years of age. Two other Florida cities, Saint Petersburg and Sarasota, have even higher proportions-25 percent and 32 percent respectively. Other cities that have gained reputations as retirement centers with large number of elderly are Savannah, Georgia, Prescott and Scottsdale, Arizona, Palm Springs, California, and Asheville, North Carolina. Even tourist centers like Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, where residents pay no income tax and no inheritance or estate taxes, are attracting growing numbers of seniors.
There are also many smaller private development communities that are-packaged as state-of-the-art retirement communities with such amenities as golf courses, lakes for fishing and boating, cultural and recreation activities. They go by such names as Sun City Grand near Phoenix, Arizona, Sun City Palm Desert near Palm Springs California, Sun City Summerland near Las Vegas, Nevada, and Ford’s Colony close to Williamsburg, Virginia among others.
To the extent that the proportion of retired elderly people in towns and regions continues to grow, certain consequences tend to follow. Where such communities are essentially residential, their revenue base depends largely on the individual wealth of their residents. For this reason, the economies of such communities are becoming increasingly dependent on the rise and fall of pensions, Social Security, and Medicare payments. Retirees are also likely to block future industrial development efforts since their priorities emphasize nice climate and attractive places to live and recreate. They are inclined to reject the noise and congestion that comes with new factories and the jobs they bring to the economy.
What does the word "amenities" in Paragraph 3 mean?
选项
A、Things that make life easy and pleasant.
B、Activities.
C、Interests.
D、Agreeable features of places.
答案
A
解析
本题考查语义理解。“amenities”指令人舒适东西。具体可见文中第三段的第二行“such amenities as golf courses,lakes for fishing and boating,cultural and recreation activities.(诸如高尔夫球场、供钓鱼和划船的湖、文化娱乐活动之类的令人舒适的设施)”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/sYDd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
ThewomanisgoingtotalktoProfessorSmithabout______.
【61】【62】
"Equalitybetweenwomenandmenisnolongeranegotiableissue."ThesearestrongwordsofGertrudeMongellaofTanzania,theS
Accordingtothepassage,thewaywedress______.Fromthethirdparagraphofthepassage,wecanconcludethatyoungadultst
WhichofthefollowingappliestothemanagementofhumanresourcesinAmericancompanies?Accordingtothearticle,whichoft
Whenitcomestofoods,Americaisnotjustthefattestcountryonearthbutprobablythemostschizophrenicaswell--hometoth
Smogissomethingcombinedbysmokeandfog.Londonisalwaysknownforits"blackfogs".Inthewinterof1952,amilkywhitef
【B1】Swedenhasgotapopulationofonly8million,butitisalargecountrywithanareaof450,000squarekilometers.【B2】The
Thehealth-careeconomyisfullwithunusualandevenuniqueeconomicrelationship.Oneoftheleastunderstoodinvolvesthepec
Aestheticsisbroaderinscopethanthephilosophyofart,whichcomprisesoneofitsbranches,Itdealsnotonlywiththenatur
随机试题
分析企业中的业务支持对象及目标,明确所需要的信息系统是系统规划流程阶段中的()
铺置无菌台时,无菌单应至少下垂
对长期卧床的患者,为预防皮肤形成压疮,不能采取的措施是
高血压患者遵从医嘱服药的强化因素是
下列丸剂包衣材料中,属于药物衣的有()。
何谓闭环控制系统?何谓开环控制系统?哪一种控制系统功能较好?
下列关于非执业会员的说法中,正确的是()。
根据现行会计制度的规定,下列交易或事项中,不影响股份有限公司利润表中营业利润金额的是( )。
材料:下面是某教师在“凡尔赛一华盛顿体系”一课设计的教学导入:师:第一次世界大战的性质如何?结果怎样?生:它是一场帝国主义战争,结果是以德国为中心的同盟国集团战败。师:第一次世界大战使主要资本主义国家的实力发生了怎样
教师可以综合应用一些方法来帮助学生形成或改变态度和品德。常用且有效的方法包括()。
最新回复
(
0
)