Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan's carmakers. He's a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable ___67___. He used to own Toyota's Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses ___68___ subways and trains. "It's not inconvenient at all," he says. ___69___, "having a car is so 20th century."
Suda reflects a worrisome ___70___ in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, ___71___ among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. ___72___ minicars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is ___73___. Last year sales fell 6.7 percent—7.6 percent ___74___ you don't count the minicar market. There have been ___75___ one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2021 ___76___ a tax increase. But experts say Japan is ___77___ in that sales have been decreasing steadily ___78___ time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2021.
Alarmed by this state of ___79___, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association ___80_
Suda reflects a worrisome ___70___ in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, ___71___ among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. ___72___ minicars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is ___73___. Last year sales fell 6.7 percent—7.6 percent ___74___ you don't count the minicar market. There have been ___75___ one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2021 ___76___ a tax increase. But experts say Japan is ___77___ in that sales have been decreasing steadily ___78___ time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2021.
Alarmed by this state of ___79___, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association ___80_
__ a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found a ___81___ wealth gap, demographic（人口结构的）changes and ___82___ lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their ___83___ longer, replace their cars with smaller ones ___84___ give up car ownership altogether. JAMA ___85___ a further sales decline of 1.2 percent in 2021. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation（结构） in the automotive sector is ___86___.
67. A) profit B) payment C) income D) budget
68. A) mostly B) partially C）occasionally D) rarely
69) A) Therefore B) Besides C) Otherwise D) Consequently
70. A) drift B) tide C) current D) trend
71. A) remarkably B) essentially C) specially D) particularly
英语四级考试时间202172. A) While B) Because C) When D) Since
73. A) surging B) stretching C) slipping D) shaking
74. A) unless B) if C) as D) after
67. A) profit B) payment C) income D) budget
68. A) mostly B) partially C）occasionally D) rarely
69) A) Therefore B) Besides C) Otherwise D) Consequently
70. A) drift B) tide C) current D) trend
71. A) remarkably B) essentially C) specially D) particularly
英语四级考试时间202172. A) While B) Because C) When D) Since
73. A) surging B) stretching C) slipping D) shaking
74. A) unless B) if C) as D) after
75. A) lower B) slighter C) broader D) larger
76. A) liable to B) in terms of C) thanks to D) in view of
77. A) unique B) similar C) mysterious D) strange
78. A) over B) against C) on D) behind
79. A) mess B) boom C) growth D) decay
80. A) proceeded B) relieved C) launched D) revised
81. A) quickening B) widening C) strengthening D) lengthening
82. A) average B) massive C) abundant D) general
83. A) labels B) cycles C) vehicles D) devices
84. A) or B) until C) but D) then
85. A) concludes B) predicts C) reckons D) prescribes
86. A) distant B) likely C) temporary D) immediate
Keys
67-71 C A B D D 72-76 A C B D C 77-81 A A D C B 82-86 D C A B B
76. A) liable to B) in terms of C) thanks to D) in view of
77. A) unique B) similar C) mysterious D) strange
78. A) over B) against C) on D) behind
79. A) mess B) boom C) growth D) decay
80. A) proceeded B) relieved C) launched D) revised
81. A) quickening B) widening C) strengthening D) lengthening
82. A) average B) massive C) abundant D) general
83. A) labels B) cycles C) vehicles D) devices
84. A) or B) until C) but D) then
85. A) concludes B) predicts C) reckons D) prescribes
86. A) distant B) likely C) temporary D) immediate
Keys
67-71 C A B D D 72-76 A C B D C 77-81 A A D C B 82-86 D C A B B
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