Kane Tanaka broke her record as the world's oldest person. She celebrated her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan in 2020. Tanaka marked her birthday with a party on Sunday along with workers and friends at the nursing home, TV news from local broadcaster showed.

Now there are more and more old Japanese people. The number of new babies fell 5.9% last year to fewer than 900,000 for the first time. It worries the government too much in Japan. 

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1.Where did Tanaka celebrate her birthday?

A At home.

B At a TV station.

C At a nursing home.

D In the hospital.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句She celebrated her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan.可知，Tanaka在日本南部福冈市一家养老院庆祝她117岁生日，故选C。

2.When was Tanaka born?

A On December 9, 1903.

B On January 2, 1903.

C On February 2, 1922.

D On March 9, 1922.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段Tanaka在2020年庆祝117岁生日以及第二段第一句Tanaka’s birthday was on January 2可知，Tanaka出生在1903年1月2日，故选B。

3.There were _______ people in Tanaka’s family.

A 4

B 5

C 6

D 7

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后两句She married Hideo Tanaka in 1922. They had four children and adopted a fifth.可知，这对夫妇生育了四个孩子，并收养了另外一个孩子，因此Tanaka家里总计有2+4+1=7人，故选D。

4.________ may be a big problem in Japan.

A More jobs

B More new babies

C More young people

D More old people

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章第三段可知，现在越来越多的日本人变老了，新生婴儿数量下降，由此推测日本老年人众多，老龄化严重是日本国内的一大问题，故选D。