reading 7 part 2

Question 1

structure / composition / makeup

Answer 1

结构

(jiégòu)

Question 2

for a long time

Answer 2

长期以来

(chángqīyǐlái)

Question 3

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)

Answer 3

受到

(shòudào)

Question 4

sex ratio

Answer 4

性别比

(xìngbiébǐ)

Question 5

total / entire / overall / population (statistics)

Answer 5

总体

(zǒngtǐ)

Question 6

really / indeed

Answer 6

的确

(díquè)

Question 7

somewhat / rather / some

Answer 7

有一些

(yǒuyīxiē)

Question 8

small scale / small size

Answer 8

小型

(xiǎoxíng)

Question 9

declining birthrate

Answer 9

少子化

(shǎozǐhuà)

Question 10

clear / distinct / obvious

Answer 10

明显

(míngxiǎn)

Question 11

insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough

Answer 11

不足

(bùzú)

Question 12

to reduce; to decrease; to shrink

Answer 12

缩小

(suōxiǎo)

Question 13

empty nest / a home where the kids have grown up and moved out

Answer 13

空巢

(kōngcháo)

Question 14

new type; new kind

Answer 14

新型

(xīnxíng)

Question 15

ten thousand people

Answer 15

万人

(wànrén)

Question 16

the whole journey / all the way / of the same kind

Answer 16

一路

(yīlù)

Question 17

to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom

Answer 17

下行

(xiàxíng)

Question 18

newly born

Answer 18

新出生

(xīnchūshēng)

Question 19

since (a previous event)

Answer 19

以来

(yǐlái)