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  3. "Young people ought not to be idle. It is very bad for them," said Margaret Thatcher many years ago. She was right: there are fe

"Young people ought not to be idle. It is very bad for them," said Margaret Thatcher many years ago. She was right: there are fe

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问题     "Young people ought not to be idle. It is very bad for them," said Margaret Thatcher many years ago. She was right: there are few worse things (1)_____ society can do to its young(2)_____ to leave them in uncertainty. Those who start their (3)_____ on the unemployment pension are more likely to have lower wages and more spells of joblessness(4)_____ in life,(5)_____ they lose out on the chance to(6)_____ skills and self-confidence in their formative years.
     (7)_____ more young people are idle than ever. (8)_____ how you measure them, the number of young people without a job is nearly as large as the population of America. Two factors(9)_____ a big part. First, the long slowdown in the West has reduced(10)_____ for labour, and it is easier to (11)_____ hiring young people than it is to fire older workers. Second, in emerging economies population growth is fastest in countries with dysfunctional(失调的)labour markets,(12)_____ India and Egypt.
    The most obvious way to(13)_____ this problem is to reignite growth. That is easier said than done in a world plagued by debt, and is anyway only a(14)_____ answer. The countries where the problem is worst suffered from high youth unemployment(15)_____ their economies were growing.(16)_____ the recession companies have continued to complain that they cannot find young people with the right skills. This(17)_____ the importance of two other(18)______: reforming labour markets and improving education. These are (19)_____ prescriptions, but ones that need to be (20)_____ with both a new vigour and a new twist.
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选项 A、put off
B、put aside
C、put down
D、put away
答案A
解析 此处是导致年轻人就业难的原因，故推断空格处填入的词对年轻人就业不利，put off“推迟”符合语义逻辑，此处指“企业宁愿推迟招收年轻新员工，也不愿意解雇老员工”。put aside“撇开，储备”；put down“放下”；put away“放好”。
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