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注的新計劃。文章第一段介紹說東日本鐵路公司創(chuàng)造性地利用車站內(nèi)部及周圍房地產(chǎn)的計劃正引起越來越多人的關注。第二段具體介紹了這一計劃的內(nèi)容及好處，即適應信息時代的要求，把車站作為網(wǎng)上購物的物品收取地，這樣既為消費者提供了方便，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票的計劃及其優(yōu)點。

　　全文翻譯

　　通過國家鐵路系統(tǒng)的私有化創(chuàng)建起來的六大公司之一的東日本鐵路有限公司，正吸引著越來越多人的目光。在一個發(fā)展前景不振的行業(yè)，它創(chuàng)造性地利用車站內(nèi)部及周圍的房地產(chǎn)的計劃正引起人們的關注。

　　東日本鐵路在11月份公布的“車站復興”計劃中說：它將不僅把它的商業(yè)空地用于開商店和餐館，而且還要把這些商業(yè)空地用于更加適應信息時代的功能上去。它打算把車站作為網(wǎng)上所購物品如書籍、花卉和日用百貨等的收取地。該公司估算，在一個都市人嚴重依賴列車作為上下班交通工具的國度里，每天大約有1600萬人因各種原因來到它的車站。因此，在車站收取物品使消費者節(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)開始把車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)立專門的空間。

　　該公司還打算引入智能卡（在日本稱為IC卡，因為它們利用集成電路儲存信息）取代目前使用的磁卡作為車票和定期券，把各種不同的票券合為一體。這將為公司節(jié)省資金，因為IC卡的讀卡機比磁系統(tǒng)要便宜的多。IC卡使用的增加還將會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.