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Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable __1__. He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses __2__ subways and trains. “It’s not inconvenient at all,” he says. __3__, “having a car is so 20th century.”

Suda reflects a worrisome __4__ in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, __5__ among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. __6__ mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is __7__. Last year sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent __8__ you don’t count the mini-car market. There have been __9__ one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 __10__ a tax increase. But experts say Japan is __11__ in that sales have been decreasing steadily __12__ time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.

Alarmed by this state of __13__, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) __14__ a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a __15__ wealth gap, demographic (人口结构) changes and __16__ lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their __17__ longer, replace their cars with smaller ones __18__ give up car ownership altogether. JAMA __19__ a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation in the automotive sector is __20__.

1 . [A] profit [B] payment [C] income [D] budget

2 . [A] mostly [B] partially [C] occasionally [D] rarely

3 . [A] Therefore [B] Besides [C] Otherwise [D] Consequently

4 . [A] drift [B] tide [C] current [D] trend

5 . [A] remarkably [B] essentially [C] specially [D] particularly

6 . [A] While [B] Because [C] When [D] Since

7 . [A] surging [B] stretching [C] slipping [D] shaking

8 . [A] unless [B] if [C] as [D] after

9 . [A] lower [B] slighter [C] broader [D] larger

10. [A] liable to [B] in terms of [C] thanks to [D] in view of

11. [A] unique [B] similar [C] mysterious [D] strange

12. [A] over [B] against [C] on [D] behind

13. [A] mess [B] boo [C] growth [D] decay

14. [A] proceed [B] relieved [C] launched [D] revised

15. [A] quickening [B] widening [C]strengthening [D] lengthening

16. [A] average [B] massive [C] abundant [D] general

17. [A] labels [B] cycles [C] vehicles [D] devices

18. [A] or [B] until [C] but [D] then

19. [A] concludes [B] predicts [C] reckons [D] prescribes

20. [A] distant [B] likely [C] temporary [D] immediate

参考答案：1-5 CABDD 6-10 ACBDC 11-15 AADCB 16-20 DCABB

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