25.What can we learn from the text?

　　A.Trump is more tolerant to immigrants.  B.Trump minds more about keeping his public image perfect.

　　C.Trump is thought to be more complex and flexible in politics.

　　D.Trump is considered more straightforward and narrow-minded.

　　26.What does the last paragraph imply?

　　A.Trump will do better than Hillary.  B.Hillary is the least unpleasant candidate.

　　C.Both Trump and Hillary are immoral,but the former is better.

　　D.Trump is going to be the worst president in the history of the USA.

　　27.What’s the best title of this passage?

　　A.Trump’s shocking win.                                    B.Trump’s new policy to the USA.

　　C.Different congratulations on Trump’s win.     D.The advantages Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

　　C

　　In Japan,more than a quarter of the population is over 65,a figure set to rise to 40 percent by 2050.

　　That means authorities need to think about ways to keep seniors healthy and active for longer but also about how to cope with labor shortages.

　　At Cross Heart,more than half of the 119 caregivers are over 60,and 15 of them are over 70.The foundation that runs this nursing home and others in Kanagawa Prefecture has raised the official retirement age to 70 but allows employees to keep working until 80 if they want to and can.

　　Although older workers have constraints-some can’t do the heavier tasks -they also offer advantages over younger workers who want time off for their children,said nursing home director Kaori Yokoo.

　　“Plus,because they’re close in age,they can relate to each other more,” she said.For the older workers,the money is a nice benefit,but the main motivation is the activity and sense of community.

　　Hiroko Akiyama.at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Gerontology,said a Japanese 65-year-old is in much better physical and mental shape than a 65-year-old a few decades ago.“They are full of energy,and healthy and long-living,” she said.Her research has found that working helps keep seniors that way.

　　Meanwhile,researchers are working on robots that can lift the elderly out of beds and wheelchairs.

　　Still,Japan can’t rely only on seniors or,potentially,robots to staff its nursing homes,where the need will only grow as the population ages,analysts say.

　　Japan has agreements with Indonesia,Vietnam and the Philippines under which applicants who complete job training and pass a Japanese language test can work at a Japanese nursing home.But many Japanese also express deep concern about cultural differences.

　　28.From the text we can learn that in Japan      .A.money will be spent increasing the skills of the workforce

　　B.young people are willing to care for children but not seniors

　　C.aging caregivers will increasingly become a usual trend D.high-level nursing homes are in great need

　　29.What does the underlined word “constraints” in Paragraph 4 mean?

　　A.failures.                 B.benefits.                C.experiences.                 D.drawbacks.

　　30.What is the main reason for the old to work for nursing homes?

　　A.To meet their physical and mental needs.              B.To earn some money for their families.

　　C.To show love and respect for seniors.                    D.To reduce the young’s burden.

　　31.How many aspects does the writer mention to increase the workforce?A.2 B.3. C.4. D.5.

　　D

　　In the James Bond movie Skyfall,there is a frightening moment when the bad guy of the film removes his prosthetic (假體) mouth to show his damaged face.We are scared,but amazed at the possibility.Could it be possible to replace parts of our body and even improve on the original? Rex,the Bionic (仿生) Man,brings together scientists working on the latest research to test the limits of prosthetic technology.

　　Built by leading UK roboticists Richard Walker and Matthew Godden from Shadow Robot,Rex is currently on display at London’s Science Museum.The two-metre tall artificial man has 28 of the latest artificial limbs and organs and cost almost $1 million to make.Walker describes how their work began about two years ago when the production company got in touch with him.His team hoped to obtain the very latest prosthetics and build a human from it.As Walker says,“see if it stands up and walks!” Their objective was to show people

　　the latest artificial body parts,all of which can be used in the real world.Rex was born after two and a half months of  late nights and lots of pizza.Then there are the more conventional (常規(guī)) prostheties like the artificial hand,which uses signals from nerves in the human body for picking up holding things.

　　Walker is very surprised by how well technology is being used to build organs to function effectively when the original organ fails.If the Bionic Man can be built again in five years’ time,Walker predicts that we will be even more surprised by what prosthetic technology can do for our life.