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题干:KimiyukiSudashouldbeaperfectcustomerforJapan’scar-makers.He’sayoung,successfulexecutiveatanInternet-servicescompanyinTokyoandhasplentyofdisposable(1).HeusedtoownToyota’sHiluxSurf,asportutilityvehicle.Butnowheuses(2)subwaysandtrains.“It’snotinconvenientatall,”hesays.(3),“havingacarisso20thcentury.”Sudareflectsaworrisome(4)inJapan;theautomobileislosingitsemotionalappeal(5),amongtheyoung,whoprefertospendtheirmoneyonthelatestelectronicdevices.(6)mini-carsandluxuryforeignbrandsarestillpopular,everythinginbetweenis7.Lastyear’ssalesfell6.7percent,(7).6percent(8)youdon’tcountthemini-carmarket.Therehavebeen(9)one-yeardropsinothernations:salesinGermanyfell9percentin2007(10)ataxincrease.ButexpertssayJapanis(11)inthatsaleshavebeendecreasingsteadily(12)time.Since1990,yearlynew-carsaleshavefallenfrom7.8millionto5.4millionunitsin2007.Alarmedbythisstateof(13),theJapanAutomobileManufacturersAssociation(JAMA)(14)acomprehensivestudyofthemarketin2006.Itfoundthata(15)wealthgap,demographicchangesand(16)lackofinterestincarsledJapanesetoholdtheir(17)longer,replacetheircarswithsmallerones(18)giveupcarownershipaltogether.JAMA(19)afurthersalesdeclineof1.2percentthisyear.Someexpertsbelievethatifthetrendcontinuesformuchlonger,furtherconsolidationintheautomotivesectoris(20).
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