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
32
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.
From the last paragraph it can be concluded that the continuous growth of retired people
选项
A、will contradict future industrial development.
B、will stabilize the economies of such communities.
C、will spoil the relationship between the elderly and the young.
D、will be good for tourist industry.
答案
A
解析
本题考查事实细节。文章中第三段的最后两句提到:退休者注重所居住环境的优美、休闲,因此对于开办工厂,提供就业,发展经济所带来的噪音持抵触情绪。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/zYDd777K
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
Firstofall,successfullanguagelearnersare______.
Tourismisoneofthemostpromisingindustriesofthelastfewyears.Inmostcountriesthereareofficialorganizationstoenc
Accordingtothepassage,thewaywedress______.Theword"precedents"(Line1,Para.4)probablyrefersto______.
Peoplemayspendtimeinmakingdecisionsabout______.Programmeddecisiondifferfromroutinesinthat______.
WhichofthefollowingappliestothemanagementofhumanresourcesinAmericancompanies?Accordingtothearticle,whichoft
【61】ShipbuildingindustryleaderSouthKoreasufferedaslumpinordersofnearly40percentinthefirsthalfofthisyeara
Whatdoesthephrase"fromvariouscomersofthiscountry"probablymean?Whatdidtheboysayabouthisearlyuseofthelangu
Greenspacefacilitiesarecontributingtoanimportantextenttothequalityoftheurbanenvironment.Fortunatelyitisnolon
Whycan’tthelibraryissuelibrarycardstoeveryonewhoapplies?
London
随机试题
带电灭火必须使用不导电灭火剂,如()等。
证明:若|f(x)|在点a处可导,f(x)在点a处连续,则f(x)在点a处也可导.
党的十八届四中全会对全面推进依法治国作出了部署,明确提出社会主义法治最根本的保证是()
静脉肾盂造影对以下哪种疾病最有诊断价值
对医师是“仁者”最准确的理解是
A.白茅根、仙鹤草、藕节B.银花、连翘、牛蒡子C.麦冬、玄参、天冬D.黄芩、白茅根、芦根E.代赭石、竹茹、旋覆花咳血燥热伤肺证,若津伤较甚,见痰黏不易咳出,苔少,舌红乏津者,应加用
保险的内容不包括()。
安全发展必须做到“三个不能”,即()。
A、 B、 C、 C根据“昨天晚上雨下得很大。”可知答案为C。
•Readthearticlebelowaboutcorporatedownsizing.•Foreachquestion31-40,writeonewordinCAPITALLETTERS.
最新回复
(
0
)