单选题What does Richard Besdine mean in paragraph 3?A The large amount of the elderly has created a big problem in America.B The number of the elderly has been growing beyond the capacity of America.C America is not ready to cope with the growing number of t
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The large amount of the elderly has created a big problem in America.
The number of the elderly has been growing beyond the capacity of America.
America is not ready to cope with the growing number of the elderly.
America is not the ideal place for the elderly to spend the rest of their lives.
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第三段Richard Besdine说如今银色浪潮的第一波已经开始拍打美国的海岸，但是美国还没有一个协调的或战略性的对策。说明美国还没有准备好应对这一大潮。银色浪潮指的是老年人口的增长。
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C. refuse to talkD. seek help
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第2题：
What does the phrase “clam up” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
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B．show respect
C．refuse to talk
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正确答案：C
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what does “lifebuoy with light and smoke” mean?
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B．witch
C．weatherman
D． a kind of Englishman
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What does the author mean by “most people are literally having a ZZZ” (Lines 2-3, Paragraph 5)?
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第15题：
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