How does the author view the Social Security system、

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• 1According to some politicians and scholars, senior citizen discounts will ________.

  A.make old people even more dependent on society

  B.intensify conflicts between the young and the old

  C.have adverse financial impact on business companies

  D.bring a marked increase in the companies revenues

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• 2What assumption lies behind the practice of senior citizen discounts、

  A.Businesses, having made a lot of profits, should do something for society in return.

  B.Old people are entitled to special treatment for the contribution they made to society.

  C.The elderly, being financially underprivileged, need humane help from society.

  D.Senior citizen discounts can make up for the inadequacy of the Social Security system.

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• 3We learn from the first paragraph that ________.

  A.offering senior citizens discounts has become routine commercial practice

  B.senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a decent life

  C.giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for the elderly

  D.senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount

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• 4What are American drug companies doing to protect their high profits、

  A.Labeling drugs bought from Canada as being fakes.

  B.Threatening to cut back funding for new drug research.

  C.Reducing supplies to uncooperative Canadian pharmacies.

  D.Attributing the raging epidemics to the ineffectiveness of Canadian drugs.

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• 5What should be the priority of America’s health-care system according to the author、

  A.To resolve the dilemma in the health-care system.

  B.To maintain America’s lead in the drug industry.

  C.To allow the vast majority to enjoy its benefits.

  D.To quicken the pace of new drug development.

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• 6Which of the following best summarizes the author’s main argument、

  A.Senior citizens should fight hard against age discrimination.

  B.The elderly are selfish and taking senior discounts for granted.

  C.Priority should be given to the economic needs of senior citizens.

  D.Senior citizen discounts may well be a type of age discrimination.

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• 7To the author, the auction of his great-grandfather is a typical example of ________.

  A.crime against humanity

  B.unfair business transaction

  C.racial conflicts in Georgia

  D.racial segregation in America

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• 8The barrier to democracy in 21st century America is ________.

  A.widespread use of racist stereotypes

  B.prejudice against minority groups

  C.deep-rooted socio-economic inequality

  D.denial of legal rights to ordinary blacks

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• 9What problem remains unsolved in the two Reconstructions、

  A.Differences between races are deliberately obscured.

  B.The blacks are not compensated for their unpaid labor.

  C.There is no guarantee for blacks to exercise their rights.

  D.The interests of blacks are not protected by law.

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• 10It is clear that the wealth enjoyed by most whites ________.

  A.has resulted from business successes over the years

  B.has been accompanied by black capital formation

  C.has derived from sizable investments in education

  D.has been accumulated from generations of slavery

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