reading 8 part 1

Question 1

convention / usual practice

Answer 1

惯例

(guànlì)

Question 2

aging (population)

Answer 2

老龄化

(lǎolínghuà)

Question 3

depth / advanced stage of development

Answer 3

深度

(shēndù)

Question 4

super- / ultra- / hyper-

Answer 4

超级

(chāojí)

Question 5

to liken to / to compare to

Answer 5

比为

(bǐwéi)

Question 6

government / official (approved or issued by an authority)

Answer 6

官方

(guānfāng)

Question 7

proportion / specific gravity

Answer 7

比重

(bǐzhòng)

Question 8

in the years of / during those years / period (of decade)

Answer 8

年间

(niánjiān)

Question 9

percentage point

Answer 9

百分点

(bǎifēndiǎn)

Question 10

now / nowadays / modern

Answer 10

现今

(xiànjīn)

Question 11

about to; on the point of; soon

Answer 11

即将

(jíjiāng)

Question 12

roughly / about

Answer 12

大概

(dàgài)

Question 13

not reaching / insufficient / less than

Answer 13

不到

(bùdào)

Question 14

course of events; process

Answer 14

进程

(jìnchéng)

Question 15

to subside / to sink / to cave in

Answer 15

塌陷

(tāxiàn)

Question 16

(economics) demographic dividend

Answer 16

人口红利

(rénkǒuhónglì)

Question 17

to speed up / to expedite

Answer 17

加速

(jiāsù)

Question 18

to disappear; to fade away

Answer 18

消失

(xiāoshī)

Question 19

to step into / to enter

Answer 19

步入

(bùrù)

Question 20

to approach; to get close

Answer 20

接近

(jiējìn)

Question 21

sudden; abrupt; unexpected

Answer 21

突然

(tūrán)

Question 22

to challenge / challenge

Answer 22

挑战

(tiǎozhàn)