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读中国2000年到2050年人口年龄性别构成图,回答4一5题。

小题1:2000年与2050年中国人口的年龄性别结构的共同特点是()

①人口总量庞大②人口增长快③少年人口男性多于女性④老年人口女性多于男性

A.①②

B.③④

C.①②③

D.①②③④小题2:据图判断,到2050年我国的人口状况是

A.60岁及以上老年人口比重较大

B.将面临青壮年劳动力严重短缺

C.出生率降至零,导致人口负增长

D.青壮年劳动力社会负担减轻

答案

小题1:B

小题2:A

小题1:人口年龄性别构成图没有人口总量、人口增长信息。

小题2:由图中横坐标可以读出60岁及以上各年龄段人口比重都较大,故青壮年劳动力社会负担很重。

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While some international couriers are showing signs of exhaustion, EMS (Express Mail Service), the generic name for the courier services of post offices, seems to be finding its stride. Known as Datapost in Britain, as Chronopost in France, and as A1-Barid al-Mumtaz in Saudi Arabia, EMS is now second in the international courier business (jointly with TNT Skypack). Last year it delivered 5.6 million items, weighing less than 20 kilograms each, across borders. That and its annual growth rate of around 5 percent have worried DHL, the market leader, enough for it to counter-attack in the Courts.
On October 26, a Dutch judge ruled against DHL on all three counts filed against the Dutch post office: that the three-initial name was too close to DHL’s; that the orange lines in the EMS logo were too similar to DHL’s dark red ones; and that the claim to the widest route system in the world was unfounded. DHL has threatened the Swiss post office with similar action, but it may reconsider after the Dutch ruling.
EMS has some advantages over the private couriers. One is a dense ready-made network of offices, especially in Europe, the avowed target area of the private couriers. Another advantage is a long tradition of working with customs authorities. In a business where minutes count, it pays to have good friends at customs. That advantage particularly irritates the private couriers because there is no legal way to combat such unquantifiable coziness.
The private courier services are also annoyed because in countries like Switzerland and Italy, where the post office is officially a monopoly, they pay it a fee. In Switzerland DHL says it pays more than SFr lm ($ 708,000) "to the competition" each year. In France the couriers have won a battle for exoneration.
Although governments are under little pressure to keep prices artificially low, EMS is often cheaper than the private couriers, but not always. A recent test in Britain (on a domestic route) showed Datapost about halfway between the least and the most expensive, but gave it full marks for speed and service.
Each national EMS is free to set its rates and follow its own rules on things like bulk discounts. The Universal Postal Union, based in Berne, determines how costs and revenues are split between sending and receiving countries, and standardizes procedures. More than 100 postal administrations have linked into the system—and more are coming, including Russia’s. That makes the feisty EMS particularly happy since its rivals have not been allowed to serve anywhere in Russia.

The word "stride" underlined in Paragraph 1 means ______.

A. advance
B. pride
C. position

D. route