to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. 72 mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is 73. Last year sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent 74  you don’t count the mini-car market. There have been 75 one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 76  a tax increase. But experts say Japan is 77  in that sales have been decreasing steadily 78 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 79 , the Japan Automobile Manufactures Association (JAMA) 80 a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a 81 wealth gap, demographic (人口结构的) changes and 82 lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their 83  longer, replace their cars with smaller ones 84 give up car ownership altogether. JAMA 85 a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation (合并) in the automotive sector is 86. 

67. A) profit               B) payment             C) income                D) budget

68. A) mostly              B) partially             C) occasionally            D) rarely

69. A) Therefore           B) Besides              C) Otherwise              D) Consequently

70. A) drift           &n