[单项选择]Census data for Prenland show that unmarried Prenlandic men in their thirties outnumber unmarried Prenlandic women in that age group by about ten to one. Most of these men do wish to marry. Clearly, however, unless many of them marry women who are not Prenlandic, all but a minority will remain unmarried.
The argument makes which of the following assumptions
A. Emigration from Prenland is more common among women than among men.
B. A greater proportion of Prenlandic women in their thirties than of Prenlandic men of the same age would prefer to remain unmarried.
C. It is unlikely that many of these unmarried Prenlandic men will marry women more than a few years older than themselves.
D. Prenland has a high rate of divorce.
E. (E) Most of the unmarried Prenlandic men are unwilling to marry women who are not Prenlandic.

[填空题]There are a stream of data to show that academic cheating in the country’ s high schools and colleges is ______.

[单项选择]The latest census is encouraging.
A. count
B. statement
C. agreement
D. estimate

[单项选择]

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Census night is November 8. Remember to fill in the census form you received in the mail to make sure that you and your family members are (144) .Tick off one of the boxes asking you whether you are married or, if you are single, and specify the number of (145) you have if you are married, in the space provided. Previous census forms have been quite confusing, and (146) residents did not respond accurately, leading to the gross under-reporting of our actual

144（）
A. accepted
B. counted
C. granted
D. understood

[单项选择]The Census Bureau reported that the median family income, after adjustment for inflation, increased 1.6 percent in 1983. Poverty normally declines when family income goes up, but the national poverty rate remained at its highest level in eighteen years in 1983. The Census Bureau offered two possible explanations: the lingering effects of the deep and lengthy 1981-1982 recession, and increases in the number of people living in families headed by women and in the number of adults not living with any relatives. Both groups are likely to be poorer than the population as a whole.
Which of the following conclusions can be properly drawn from this report
A. The national poverty rate has increased steadily over the last eighteen years.
B. The national poverty rate will increase when there are lingering effects of an earlier recession.
C. The median family income can increase even though the family income of some subgroups within the population declines or fails to increase.
D. The category of adults not living with any relatives is the most critical group in the determination of whether the economy has improved.
E. (E) The median family income is affected more by changes in family patterns than by the extent of expansion or recession of the national economy.

[填空题]The results of census have always been the compromise of certain groups of interest.

[单项选择]The census of 1851 recorded half of the population of Britain as living in towns—the first society in human history to do so. Over the (1) 70 years, the population of Britain had risen at an unprecedented (2) , passing the levels reached in earlier period of (3) when the population had been decimated by epidemics such as the Black Death.
But was there any reason for (4) The towns offered a better chance of work and (5) wages than the countryside, (6) many families were trapped in dire poverty and seasonal employment. On the other hand, the countryside was (7) . A baby born in a large town with a population of more than 100,000 in the 1820s might (8) to live to 35; in the 1830s, life expectancy was down to a (9) 29. A comparison between a desperately unhealthy large town and a small market town (10) the costs of migrating in search of work and prosperity. In 1851, a boy born in inner Liver
A. early
B. former
C. previous
D. precedented