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A．$41,600
B．$47,000
C．$52,000
D．$61,000
E．$75,000
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21ST CENTURY CONSUMER
Here's a statistical snapshot of the American consumer: Median income, at ＄ 40,816 per household, is more princely than almost any nation's, and many of us have the stuff to show for it. But we also have record levels of credit-card debt, and we make more trash than ever. And the typical family has only ＄ 71,600 in assets, including equity in the family home. This list comes from recent government and industry data.
WHAT WE DO
Jobs. Men work about 42 hours a week; women, 36 hours. In 53 percent of married couples, both spouses work.
TV. The TV is on 7 hours and 29 minutes a day at home. Viewing ranges from 3 hours for teens to 5 hours for women over 18.
See advertising. The average American is exposed to 247 commercial messages each day.
Eat. 928 meals per year at home, up from 917 a year earlier; 141 meals at restaurants, up from 139 the year before.
10 million U.S. households (10 percent) were "food insecure," or did not always have enough food to meet basic needs.
Prepare meals. Families spend 16 minutes to a half-hour a day; singles, 15 minutes or less.
Buy more stuff. The typical American spends about 3 hours a week hunting and gathering in stores.
Make music. 40 percent of households have two or more members who play a musical instrument; 53 percent of households own an instrument.
Travel. 66 million pleasure trips; 17 million business trips--76 percent by auto, 18 percent by air, the rest by train, bus, or ship. Typical trip length: 1 to 2 nights. Favorite activity: shopping.
Make messy. Each American generates 4.46 pounds of municipal waste per day, 66 Percent more than in 1960.
Think about getting rid of stuff. 101 million adults have used items--worth an estimated $87 each—that they'd like to sell.
Volunteer. 56 percent of American adults donate 3 1/2 hours each week to nonprofit groups.
WHAT WE OWN
Houses. 67.7 percent of American households own a home. About 1 percent have no bathroom, while 38 percent have 2 or more.
2.3 million people, or 1 percent of the U.S. population, are likely to experience a spell of homelessness at least once during a year.
Wheels. 92 percent of households own autos or motorcycles; 60 percent have more than one. The typical car is 9.4 years old and uses 548 gallons of gas a year.
Appliances. 99.8 percent of households have a refrigerator; 93 percent, a microwave oven; 81 percent, a washing machine; 81 percent, a blender; 78 percent, an automatic coffee maker; 76 percent, a fan 57 percent, a dishwasheri 50 percent, an outdoor gas grill; 47 percent, a food processor；45 percent, a garbage disposal；32 percent, room air conditioners；21 percent, a coffee grinder; 12 percent, a pulsating shower head; and 2 percent, an aromatherapy machine.
TV sets. We have 2.4 TVs per household. 60 percent of teens, 48 percent of schoolchildren, and 24 percent of toddlers have a TV set in their bedroom. Computers.There are 1.2 per home for offline households, and 1.5 for the 45 percent of households tied in to the Internet.
Telephones. About 17 percent of households have more than 1 phone line.
Cell phones. More than 105 million subscribe. Pets. We have 59 million cats, 56 million fish, 53 million dogs, 13 million birds, 6 million rabbits and ferrets, 4.8 million rodents, and 4 million reptiles, on which we spend $23 billion yearly.
Allowances. Nearly half of all kids get an allowance. Average weekly take: $5.82.
ranks first in number of pets owned by the Americans.
A．fish
B．cats
C．birds
D．dogs
Mostly, this explosive growth has occurred democratically. The online penetration and computer ownership increases extend across all the demographic levels-by race, geography, income, and education.
We view these trends as favorable without the slightest question because we clearly see computer technology as empowering. In fact, personal growth and a prosperous U.S. economy are considered to be the long-range rewards of individual and collective technological power.
Now for the not-so-good news. The government's analysis spells out so-called digital divide. That is, the digital explosion is not booming at the same pace for everyone. Yes, it is true that we are all plugged in to a much greater degree than any of us have been in the past. But some of us are more plugged in than others and are getting plugged in far more rapidly. And this gap is widening even as the pace of the information age accelerates through society.
Computer ownership and Internet access are highly classified along lines of wealth, race, education, and geography. The data indicates that computer ownership and online access are growing more rapidly among the most prosperous and well educated: essentially, wealthy white people with high school and college diplomas and who are part of stable, two-parent households.
The highest income bracket households, those earning more than $75,000 annually, are 20 times as likely to have access to the Internet as households at the lowest income levels, under $10, 000 annually. The computer penetration rate at the high-income level is an amazing 76.56 percent, compared with 8 percent at the bottom end of the scale.
Technology access differs widely by educational level. College graduates are 16 times as likely to be Internet surfers at home as are those with only elementary-school education. If you look at the differences between these groups in rural areas, the gap widens to a twenty-six-fold advantage for the college-educated.
From the time of the last study, the information access gap grew by 29 percent between the highest and lowest income groups, and by 25 percent between the highest and lowest education levels.
In the long run, participation in the information age may not be a zero sum game, where if some groups win, others must lose. Eventually, as the technology matures we are likely to see penetration levels approach all groups equally. This was true for telephone access and television ownership, but eventually can be cold comfort in an era when tomorrow is rapidly different from today and unrecognizable compared with yesterday.
How many U. S. households have linked to Internet today？
A．More than 25 percent.
B．By 29 percent.
C．More than 42 percent.
D．More than 50 percent.
1 Information is the primary commodity in more and more industries today.
2 By 2005, 83% of American management personnel will be knowledge workers. Europe and Japan are not far behind.
3 By 2005, half of all knowledge workers (22% of the labour force) will choose "flextime, flexplace" arrangements, which allow them to work at home, communicating with the office via computer networks.
4 In the United States, the so-called "digital divide" seems to be disappearing. In early 2000, a poll found, that, where half of white households owned computers, so did fully 43 of African American households, and their numbers were growing rapidly. Hispanic households continued to lag behind, but their rate of computer ownership was expanding as well.
5 Company-owned and industry-wide television networks are bringing programming to thousands of locations. Business TV is becoming big business.
6 Computer competence will approach 100% in US urban areas by the year 2005, with Europe and Japan not far behind.
7 80% of US homes will have computers in 2005, compared with roughly 50% now.
8 In the United States, 5 of the 10 fastest-growing careers between now and 2005 will be computer related. Demand for programmers and systems analysts will grow by 70%. The same trend is accelerating in Europe, Japan, and India.
9 By 2005, nearly all college texts and many high school and junior high books will be tied to Internet sites that provide source material, study exercises, and relevant news articles to aid in learning. Others will come with CD-ROMs that offer similar resources.
10 Internet links will provide access to the card catalogues of all the major libraries in the world by 2005. It will be possible to call up on a PC screen millions of volumes from distant libraries. Web sites enhance books by providing pictures, sound, film clips, and flexible indexing and search utilities.
11 Implications: Anyone with access to the Internet will be able to achieve the education needed to build a productive life in an increasingly high-tech world. Computer learning may even reduce the growing American prison population.
12 Knowledge workers are generally better paid than less-skilled workers. Their wealth is raising overall prosperity.
13 Even entry-level workers and those in formerly unskilled positions require a growing level of education. For a good career in almost any field, computer competence is a must. This is one major trend raising the level of education required for a productive role in today's work force. For many workers, the opportunity for training is becoming one of the most desirable benefits any job can offer.
Information technology is expected to have impact on all the following EXCEPT
A．American management personnel.
B．European management personnel.
C．American people's choice of career.
D．traditional practice at work.
A、scarce for households but plentiful for economies
B、plentiful for households but scarce for economies
C、scarce for households and scarce for economies
D、plentiful for households and plentiful for economies
A、markets and government
B、households and government
C、firms and government
D、households and firms
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