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Read the passage below and fill in each blank with an
appropriate word.
Every single individual celebrating his or her 100th
birthday in Germany
a personal letter of
from the federal president. In 1965,
centenarians
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the Federal Republic were
many returns by the head of state. Currently,
they are about 17,000
5
the successors of the
incumbent president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will
6
be busier still. Demographic researchers that
by 2050, the life expectancy of newborns will be some
7
six years higher than it is today. Men will
reach an average age of 81, and women will turn 87.
The 8 that people are getting older is nothing
9
new. In 1900, the average lifespan
German
men was just 45. What is, however, relatively new is
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the fact tha
born.