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  3. Warren Buffett, who will host Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 3rd, is an icon of American capitalism. A

Warren Buffett, who will host Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 3rd, is an icon of American capitalism. A

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问题    Warren Buffett, who will host Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 3rd, is an icon of American capitalism. At 83, he also epitomizes a striking demographic【C1】______: for highly skilled people to go on working well into【C2】______was once thought to be old age. Across the rich world,well-educated people【C3】______work longer than the less-skilled. Some 65% of American men aged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the【C4】______, compared with 32% of men with only a high-school certificate. In the European Union the pattern is similar.
   This【C5】______is part of a deepening divide between the well-educated【C6】______and the unskilled poor that is slicing【C7】______all age groups. Rapid innovation has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while【C8】______those of the unskilled. Those at the top are working longer hours each year than those at the bottom.【C9】______the well-qualified are extending their working lives, compared with those of less-educated people. The【C10】______, for individuals and society,are profound.
   The world is on the【C11】______rise in the number of old people, and they will live longer than ever before.【C12】______the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600m to 1.1 billion. The【C13】______of the 20th century, when greater longevity translated into more years in retirement【C14】______more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will【C15】______slower economic growth and "secular stagnation" , while the【C16】______ranks of pensioners will bust government budgets.
   But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the【C17】______old misses a new trend, the【C18】______gap between the skilled and the unskilled. Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people,【C19】______older skilled folk are working longer. The divide is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers are【C20】______retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce.
【C5】
选项 A、gap
B、similarity
C、concept
D、phenomenon
答案A
解析 词汇辨析题。[A]gap差距；[B]similarity相似；[C]concept概念；[D]phenomenon现象。上文提到In the European Union the pattern is similar．该空有可能填入similarity，但是读完整个句子可知，第二段首句讨论的是之前关于受过高等教育群体和缺乏技能群体的对比，与上一段的最后一句关系不大，故排除[B]项。本句内其实有答案提示，因为本句为主系表结构，在主系表结构中，主语等同于表语。原文说：This 5 is part of a deepening divide…该空为主语，表语为part of a deepening divide，其中divide表示“分歧，差异”，与“gap”一词同义，故[A]为正确答案。另外，该题与最后一段的the gap between也遥相呼应。
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