B．government budgets will decrease

　　C．more people will try to receive higher education

　　D．there will be more competition in the job market

　　解析：选A　细节理解题。根据第二段的最后一句"The experience of the 20th century ... slower economic growth, while the swelling (渐增的) ranks of pensioners will create government budget problems"可知，选A。

　　3．According to the text, what is the result of policy changes in European countries?

　　A．Unskilled workers may choose to retire early.

　　B．More and more people have to go abroad to hunt for jobs.

　　C．People may be able to use computers to do more complicated work.

　　D．Even wealthy people must work longer to live comfortably in retirement.

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据最后一段的第三句"Even the better­off must work longer to have a comfortable retirement"可知，欧洲国家政策的变化导致富有的人也必须工作更长时间才能过上舒服的退休生活，故选D。

　　4．The underlined word "know­how" in the last paragraph probably refers to "________"．

　　A．a completely different environment

　　B．practical knowledge and technical skills

　　C．a better understanding of policy changes

　　D．the courage to face difficulties and dangers

　　解析：选B　词义猜测题。根据最后一段的最后一句"Technological change may well reinforce (强化) that shift: the skills that complement (补充) computers, from management know­how to creativity, do not necessarily decline with age"可知，know­how是对skills的限定修饰，由此可推知，know­how指相应的技能和知识，故选B。

　　B

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