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Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A) origins E) spending l) discouraged M) report B) raise F) rate J) resumes N) recovery C) additional G) scarce K) out-of-work O) celebrate D) decreasing H) rise L) protecting As is the case with so many economic indicators these days, the damage to the work force caused by the recession is deep, wide and ongoing. And unemployment is on the _26_, jumping from 9.4 percent in July to 9.7 percent in August. For several survey groups, the unemployment _27_ is already in double digits(数位). Worse, hiring is not expected to rebound anytime soon, even f overall economic growth _28_ this year. Employers are likely to fill any _29 workseds by adding hours to workweets and ending worker vacations. Vage gains, which are always kept down when jobs are _30_ and unemployment is high, will be an even longer time. Without job growth and pay raises, consumer _31_ will not review(复苏) substantially because alternative sources of spending power-home equity and credit cards-are largely tapped out. And without an surge in spending, businesses will not add workers, and so on, in a decidedly bad cycle. It has become commonplace to explain each miserable job _32_ by saying that a resurgence(苏醒) in employment always lags general economic _33_. Will administration officials and lawmakers fight for new laws to make it easier to form unions, which are especially important in raising and _34_ the jobs of low-income workers? Will efforts to improve the educational system also include services efforts to train and retrain people for new jobs? Help is wanted for _35_ Americans.
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank before the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please write down the corresponding letter for each item in the blanks. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A) origins E) spending l) discouraged M) report B) raise F) rate J) resumes N) recovery C) additional G) scarce K) out-of-work O) celebrate D) decreasing H) rise L) protecting As is the case with so many economic indicators these days, the damage to the work force caused by the recession is deep, wide and ongoing. And unemployment is on the _26_, jumping from 9.4 percent in July to 9.7 percent in August. For several survey groups, the unemployment _27_ is already in double digits(数位). Worse, hiring is not expected to rebound anytime soon, even f overall economic growth _28_ this year. Employers are likely to fill any _29 workseds by adding hours to workweets and ending worker vacations. Vage gains, which are always kept down when jobs are _30_ and unemployment is high, will be an even longer time. Without job growth and pay raises, consumer _31_ will not review(复苏) substantially because alternative sources of spending power-home equity and credit cards-are largely tapped out. And without an surge in spending, businesses will not add workers, and so on, in a decidedly bad cycle. It has become commonplace to explain each miserable job _32_ by saying that a resurgence(苏醒) in employment always lags general economic _33_. Will administration officials and lawmakers fight for new laws to make it easier to form unions, which are especially important in raising and _34_ the jobs of low-income workers? Will efforts to improve the educational system also include services efforts to train and retrain people for new jobs? Help is wanted for _35_ Americans.
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详细解析及答案
背景信息
这段文章讨论了经济衰退对劳动力市场的影响,特别是失业率的上升和经济复苏的缓慢。文章提到了失业率的增加、雇佣情况的不乐观、工资增长的缓慢以及消费者支出的受限,形成了一个不良的经济循环。
逐空解析
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26. unemployment is on the 27
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述失业率的变化趋势。根据上下文,失业率在上升,因此选择“rise”(上升)。
- 答案:H) rise
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27. the unemployment 27 is already in double digits
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述失业率的具体数值。根据上下文,失业率已经达到了两位数,因此选择“rate”(率)。
- 答案:F) rate
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28. even if overall economic growth 28 this year
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述经济 growth 的可能性。根据上下文,即使经济在今年有所增长,雇佣情况也不会很快反弹,因此选择“resumes”(恢复)。
- 答案:J) resumes
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29. Employers are likely to fill any 29 workseds
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述工作需求的增加。根据上下文,雇主可能会通过增加工时和结束工人休假来填补任何额外的工作需求,因此选择“additional”(额外的)。
- 答案:C) additional
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30. Vage gains, which are always kept down when jobs are 30
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述工作市场的状况。根据上下文,当工作稀缺时,工资增长总是被抑制,因此选择“scarce”(稀缺的)。
- 答案:G) scarce
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31. consumer 31 will not review substantially
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述消费者的支出。根据上下文,没有就业增长和工资提高,消费者的支出不会大幅复苏,因此选择“spending”(支出)。
- 答案:E) spending
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32. to explain each miserable job 32
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述就业报告。根据上下文,每次糟糕的就业报告都用就业复苏滞后于整体经济复苏来解释,因此选择“report”(报告)。
- 答案:M) report
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33. employment always lags general economic 33
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述经济的整体状况。根据上下文,就业复苏总是滞后于整体经济复苏,因此选择“recovery”(复苏)。
- 答案:N) recovery
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34. raising and 34 the jobs of low-income workers
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述工会的作用。根据上下文,工会在提高和保护低收入工人的工作方面尤为重要,因此选择“protecting”(保护)。
- 答案:L) protecting
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35. Help is wanted for 35 Americans
- 解析:这里需要一个词来描述需要帮助的人群。根据上下文,需要帮助的是失业的美国人,因此选择“out-of-work”(失业的)。
- 答案:K) out-of-work
最终答案
- H) rise
- F) rate
- J) resumes
- C) additional
- G) scarce
- E) spending
- M) report
- N) recovery
- L) protecting
- K) out-of-work