Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services co

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问题    Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan’s car-makers. He’s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable【C1】______. He used to own Toyota’s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses【C2】______subways and trains. "It’s not inconvenient at all," he says.【C3】______. "having a car is so 20th century."
   Suda reflects a worrisome【C4】______in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal【C5】______. among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices.【C6】______mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is【C7】______. Last year’s sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent【C8】______you don’t count the mini-car market. There have been【C9】______one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007【C10】______a tax increase. But experts say Japan is【C11】______in that sales have been decreasing steadily【C12】______time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007.
   Alarmed by this state of【C13】______. the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA)【C14】______a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a【C15】______wealth gap, demographic changes and【C16】______lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their【C17】______longer, replace their cars with smaller ones【C18】______give up car ownership altogether. JAMA【C19】______a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation in the automotive sector is【C20】______.
【C16】

选项 A、average
B、massive
C、abundant
D、general

答案D

解析 句中提到由于人口结构的变化(日本的老龄化现象严重),和人们对汽车的兴趣的(普遍)缺乏,汽车销售愈发困难。可以推想,如果这种兴趣的缺失只局限在少部分人之中,是不足以影响整个汽车行业的,必然是相当数量的人不再对购买汽车感兴趣才会带来整个行业的寒冬,所以根据这个逻辑,只有选项[D]general(普遍的)正确。选项[A]average(平均的), [B]massive(厚重的,大规模的), [C]abundant(丰富的),都不符合题意。
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