The company also plans to introduce __14__cards—known in Japan as IC cards because they use integrated circuit for__15__information__16__ train tickets and commuter passes__17__the magnetic ones used today，integrating them into a/an __18__pass. This will save the company money，because__19__for IC cards are much less expensive than magnetic systems. Increased use of IC cards should also__20__the space needed for ticket vending.

　　1.[A] perspectives [B] outlooks [C] prospects [D] spectacles

　　2.[A] creatively [B] originally [C] authentically [D] initially

　　3.[A] displayed [B] demonstrated [C] embarked [D] unveiled

　　4.[A] go beyond [B] set out [C] come around [D] spread over

　　5.[A] applications [B] enterprises [C] functions [D]performances

　　6.[A] districts [B] vicinities [C] resorts [D] locations

　　7.[A] acquired [B] purchased [C] presided [D] attained

　　8.[A] lodgers [B] tenants [C] dwellers [D] boarders

　　9.[A] for [B] in [C] of [D] as

　　10.[A] figures [B] exhibits [C] convinces [D] speculates

　　11.[A] deprives [B] retrieves [C] spares [D] exempts

　　12.[A] conjunction [B] convenience [C] department [D] ornament

　　13.[A] delegated [B] designated [C] devoted [D] dedicated

　　14.[A] clever [B] smart [C] ingenious [D] intelligent

　　15.[A] checking [B] gathering [C] holding [D] accommodating

　　16.[A] as [B] for [C] with [D] of

　　17.[A] but for [B] as well as [C] instead of [D] more than

　　18.[A] unique [B] single [C] unitary [D] only

　　19.[A] devices [B] instruments [C] readers [D] examiners

　　20.[A] reduce [B] narrow [C] dwarf [D] shrink

　　答案

　　1.C 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.D 7.B 8.C 9.A 10.A

　　11.C 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.C 16.A 17.C 18.B 19.C 20.A

　　總體分析

　　本文介紹了東日本鐵路公司引人關(guān)注的新計(jì)劃。文章第一段介紹說(shuō)東日本鐵路公司創(chuàng)造性地利用車(chē)站內(nèi)部及周?chē)�房地產(chǎn)的計(jì)劃正引起越來(lái)越多人的關(guān)注。第二段具體介紹了這一計(jì)劃的內(nèi)容及好處，即適應(yīng)信息時(shí)代的要求，把車(chē)站作為網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物的物品收取地，這樣既為消費(fèi)者提供了方便，又提高了遞送物品的安全性。第三段介紹了該公司引入智能卡代替目前使用的各種磁卡作車(chē)票的計(jì)劃及其優(yōu)點(diǎn)。

　　全文翻譯

　　通過(guò)國(guó)家鐵路系統(tǒng)的私有化創(chuàng)建起來(lái)的六大公司之一的東日本鐵路有限公司，正吸引著越來(lái)越多人的目光。在一個(gè)發(fā)展前景不振的行業(yè)，它創(chuàng)造性地利用車(chē)站內(nèi)部及周?chē)�的房地產(chǎn)的計(jì)劃正引起人們的關(guān)注。

　　東日本鐵路在11月份公布的“車(chē)站復(fù)興”計(jì)劃中說(shuō)：它將不僅把它的商業(yè)空地用于開(kāi)商店和餐館，而且還要把這些商業(yè)空地用于更加適應(yīng)信息時(shí)代的功能上去。它打算把車(chē)站作為網(wǎng)上所購(gòu)物品如書(shū)籍、花卉和日用百貨等的收取地。該公司估算，在一個(gè)都市人嚴(yán)重依賴列車(chē)作為上下班交通工具的國(guó)度里，每天大約有1600萬(wàn)人因各種原因來(lái)到它的車(chē)站。因此，在車(chē)站收取物品使消費(fèi)者節(jié)省了路途而且也不像往家里遞送那樣容易丟失。東日本鐵路已經(jīng)開(kāi)始把車(chē)站的便利店用于這一目的，但它打算為網(wǎng)上貨物的遞送創(chuàng)立專(zhuān)門(mén)的空間。

　　該公司還打算引入智能卡（在日本稱(chēng)為IC卡，因?yàn)樗鼈兝�用集成電路�?chǔ)存信息）取代目前使用的磁卡作為車(chē)票和定期券，把各種不同的票券合為一體。這將為公司節(jié)省資金，因?yàn)镮C卡的讀卡機(jī)比磁系統(tǒng)要便宜的多。IC卡使用的增加還將會(huì)減少售票所占用的空間。

　　八、老齡化

　　Aging poses a serious challenge to OECD（Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development）countries，in particular，how to pay for future public pension liabilities. And early retirement places an__1__burden on pension financing. There is no easy solution，but__2__retirement could help.

　　Early retirement may seem like a worthy individual goal，but it is a socially__3__one，and makes the present public pension system difficult to sustain for long. The__4__reason is that more people are retiring early and living longer. That means more retirees depending on the__5__of those in work for their income. The__6__is worrying. In the next 50 years，low fertility rates and__7__life expectancy in OECD countries will cause this old-age dependency rate to roughly double__8__size. Public pension payments，which afford 30-80% of total retirement incomes in OECD countries，are__9__to rise，on average，by over three percentage points in GDP and by as much as eight percentage points in some countries.__10__is the pressure on pension funds that there is a danger of today‘s workers not getting the pensions they expected or felt they__11__for.