2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题含答案解析(6)

ment.Theyknowtheyneedtosave,buthowmuch?Andwhatexactlyaretheysavingfor要tospendmoretime36thegrandkids,gotravelling,orstartanothercareer?Itturnsoutthathusbandsandwivesmayhavedifferentideasaboutthesubject.

Thedeepestdivideisinthewayspousesenvisagetheirlifestyleintheirlateryears.FidelityIn-vestmentsInc.found41percentofthe500couplesitsurveyed38onwhetherbothoratleastonespousewillworkinretirement.Wivesaregenerallyrightregardingtheirhusbands爷retirementage,butmen39theagetheirwiveswillbewhentheystopworking.Andhusbandsareslightlymoreabouttheirstandardoflivingthanwivesare.

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Ifyouareself-employedorinajobthatdoesn爷thaveastandardretirementage,youmaybemoreapttodelaythinkingabouttheseissues.Itisoftena44retirementdatethatprovidesthecat鄄alyst渊催化剂冤tostartplanning.Gettinglaidofforacceptinganearly-retirementcanforceyourhand.Butdon爷twaituntilyougetaseverance渊遣散费冤checktobeginplanning.

注意院此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答遥

Directions:Inthissection,youaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinformationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinformationisderived.Youmaychooseaparagraphmorethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecorrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.

WhatIfMiddle-ClassJobsDisappear?

A冤ThemostrecentrecessionintheUnitedStatesbeganinDecemberof2007andendedinJuneof2009,accordingtotheNationalBureauofEconomicResearch.However,twoyearsaftertheof-ficialendoftherecession,fewAmericanswouldsaythateconomictroublesarebehindus.Theunemploymentrate,inparticular,remainsabove9%.Somelabourmarketindicators,suchastheproportionoflong-termunemployed,areworsenowthanforanypost-warrecession.

六级

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