Questions are based on the following passage. Youn
Questions are based on the following passage.
Young people always suffer in recessions. Employers stop (1) them; and theyoften get rid of new recruits because they are easier to sack. But during the (2) recessionsin the 1970s,1980s, and 1990s, older workers also got fired. This time is different. Duringthe financial crisis in 2008, and since, older people have done better than other age groups.
The researchers (3 )on movements in "non-employment" as a share of the totalpopulation in three age groups between the final quarters of 2007 and 2012. Whereas theaverage non-employment rate in the OECD ( 经济合作与发展组织) countries has risenby (4)% among young people and by 1.5% among 25- to 54-year-olds, it has 4 by 2%among the 55-64 age group.
Why have older employees done so well? Maybe the job protection mechanismhas played its role, but what has really changed is that firms now (5 )the full costs ofgetting rid of older staff.
Nowadays, older workers are healthier than they used to be and work isless(6)demanding.
They are also more( 7) to employers than prior generations for they have receivedbetter education.
Old workers now also have a sharper (8) to stay in employment because ofthe impact of the crisis on wealth. Many will argue that older workers have done betterat the(9) of the young. This is wrongheaded ( 执迷不悟的 ) . First, it is a false beliefthat a job gained for one person is a job lost for another. Second, young and old people areby and large not substitute in the workplace. They do different types of work in different typesof(10). There are plenty of things that can help the young jobless, but shunting ( 避开 )older workers out of the workplace is not one of them.
A.attractive
B.bear
C.charge
D.energetically
E.Expense
F.Fallen
G.Focus
H.Hiring
I.Incentive
J.Occupation
K.Physically
L.Previous
M.Productive
N.profitably
O.Sector
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正确答案:H
动词辨义题。根据空格前的动词stop和空格后的代词them可以判断,此处需要填入一个动名词,构成stopdoingsth.结构,意为“停止做某事”。备选词汇中只有hiring“雇用”符合此处语境,故选H。
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