7．B They find it hard to balance career and family.

解析：compromise关键字找到第九段，关键字出现的句子前一句就是B选项。

8．be innovative and take risks than younger ones

解析：题目中old societies关键字对应到倒数第六段第三行，题目中的less inclined正好与原文中的more strongly disinclined形成对照，所以答案只需摘录之后的原文即可，即take risks than younger ones.

9．mostly have families

解析：题目中关键字intergenerational warfare对应到原文倒数第五段。第二句直接对第一句做出了解释，摘录即可。

10．military service

解析：要理解题目中less willing to 的含义，即不情愿，这样定位到倒数第三段第一句的reluctant， commit sth. tosth. ，空格内需要填写名词，参照原文，即military service.

Listening Comprehension

Section A

11. What can we infer from the conversation?

【答案】A The man is the manager of the apartment building

【解析】从对话中看出女士在找apartment building，不是男士。因此选A。

12. What is the woman eager to know?

【答案】B How the pictures will turn out.

【解析】女士想知道的是if the shots I took are as good as I thought. 照片是不是和她想的异样好。这里shots指照片。turn out指照片拍出来的效果。因此选B。

13. What does the man mean?

【答案】C The suitcase can be fixed in time.

【解析】男士说到find a handle后面提到 but that shouldn’t take too long说明不是没有handle可以匹配。因此排除A,B。