reading 5 part 1

Question 1

to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) / (fig.) to usher in

Answer 1

迎来

(yínglái)

Question 2

migrant worker

(who moved from a rural area of china to a city to find work)

Answer 2

农民工

(nóngmíngōng)

Question 3

current situation

Answer 3

现状

(xiànzhuàng)

Question 4

changes / vicissitudes

Answer 4

变迁

(biànqiān)

Question 5

hereafter / in the future / from now on

Answer 5

今后

(jīnhòu)

Question 6

outlook / prospect / to look ahead / to look forward to

Answer 6

展望

(zhǎnwàng)

Question 7

tendency / trend / path

Answer 7

走势

(zǒushì)

Question 8

labor force / manpower

Answer 8

劳动力

(láodònglì)

Question 9

to grow / to increase

Answer 9

增长

(zēngzhǎng)

Question 10

engine

Answer 10

引擎

(yǐnqíng)

Question 11

total / sum / aggregate

Answer 11

总数

(zǒngshù)

Question 12

(China) National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

Answer 12

国家统计局

(Guójiā Tǒngjìjú)

Question 13

latest / newest

Answer 13

最新

(zuìxīn)

Question 14

total / overall amount

Answer 14

总量

(zǒngliàng)

Question 15

to decrease / to reduce / to lower

Answer 15

减少

(jiǎnshǎo)

Question 16

to decline / to go down / to decrease

Answer 16

下降

(xiàjiàng)

Question 17

steady / stable

Answer 17

稳定

(wěndìng)

Question 18

growth rate (esp. in economics)

Answer 18

增长率

(zēngzhǎnglǜ)

Question 19

first / first time / for the first time

Answer 19

首次

(shǒucì)

Question 20

pearl river delta

Answer 20

珠三角

(Zhū Sānjiǎo)

Question 21

manufacturing industry

Answer 21

制造业

(zhìzàoyè)

Question 22

to wither / to dry up (of a plant)

Answer 22

萎缩

(wěisuō)

Question 23

to drop / to fall

Answer 23

降

(jiàng)

Question 24

abbr. for jiangsu and zhejiang

Answer 24

江浙

(Jiāng Zhè)

Question 25

short name for shanghai

Answer 25

沪

(Hù)

Question 26

Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province)

Answer 26

京津冀

(Jīng Jīn Jì)

Question 27

amount / quantity

Answer 27

数量

(shùliàng)

Question 28

a big margin / substantially

Answer 28

大幅

(dàfú)

Question 29

gender / sex

Answer 29

性别

(xìngbié)

Question 30

to monitor

Answer 30

监测

(jiāncè)

Question 31

investigation / poll / survey

Answer 31

调查

(diàochá)

Question 32

the male sex / a male

Answer 32

男性

(nánxìng)

Question 33

the female sex / a woman

Answer 33

女性

(nǚxìng)

Question 34

steadily / a steady pace

Answer 34

稳步

(wěnbù)

Question 35

average; on average

Answer 35

平均

(píngjūn)

Question 36

to rise / to go up / to ascend

Answer 36

上升

(shàngshēng)

Question 37

senior

Answer 37

年长

(niánzhǎng)

Question 38

pension

Answer 38

养老金

(yǎnglǎojīn)

Question 39

due to / as a result of

Answer 39

由于

(yoúyú)

Question 40

have no choice or option but to

Answer 40

不得不

(bùdébù)

Question 41

proportion / scale

Answer 41

比例

(bǐlì)

Question 42

data / numbers / digital

Answer 42

数据

(shùjù)

Question 43

for futher details, refer to

Answer 43

详见

(xiángjiàn)

Question 44

this text / article / the main body of a book

Answer 44

本文

(běnwén)

Question 45

chart / diagram

Answer 45

图表

(túbiǎo)

Question 46

three-year college / junior college / professional training college

Answer 46

大专

(dàzhuān)

Question 47

degree / level

Answer 47

程度

(chéngdù)