In the next 40 years , the percentage of people in the United States over the age of

65 is expected to double . __71__the needs of this part of the populations a _72_ to the ingenuity of America . To a _73_ degree , a society is judged by __74_ it cares for those who can no longer care _75_themselves .

High technology _76_ the most startling advances in helping the elderly . In _77_ to the well-known artificial heart implantation, there are efforts underway to _78_ artificial lungs , livers , and bones . An electric ear is _ 79_ seventy-five percent effective . The implants will _80_ better medical care by _81_ minute does of drugs into the body continuously .

For the older people ,even the simplest tasks can be difficult , _82_ impossible to perform. . American business have responded _83_ their needs with a _84_ of inexpensive but useful _85_ Companies have designed extra-efficient can openers that _86_ people whose hands have become _87_ weak to open cans easily . There are devices that allow people to pull on a pair of socks _88_straining their backs . Combs with long handles and U-shaped back brushes are _89_ for those who can not reach as _90_ as they could when they were young .

71. A) Seeing B) Meeting C) Facing D) Matching

72. A) chance B) challenge C) call D) change

73. A) valuable B) comprehensive C) considerate D) considerable

74. A) how B) why C) who D) whom

75. A) with B) to C) upon D) for

76. A) protects B) profits C) proclaims D) promises

77. A) relation B) contrast C) addition D) proportion

78. A) discover B) promote C) assemble D) develop

79. A) thus B) still C) already D) yet

80. A) permit B) persist C) serve D) pursue

81. A) removing B)releasing C) relieving D) replacing

82. A) always B) usually C) eventually D) sometimes

83. A) to B) at C) with D) on

84. A) set B) variety C) series D) group

85. A)production B)produce C) products D) sales

86. A)enable B) make C) cause D) encourage

87. A) so B) very C) too D) rather

88. A) by B)without C) in D) through

89. A) valuable B) ready C) near D) available

90. A) long B) good C) far D) much