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The Economist calculates that around the world almost 290 million 15- to 24-year-olds are neither working nor studying: almost a

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问题     The Economist calculates that around the world almost 290 million 15- to 24-year-olds are neither working nor studying: almost a quarter of the planet’s youth. On the other hand, many of the "employed" young have only informal and【C1】________jobs. In rich countries more than c. third, on average, are on temporary【C2】________which make it hard to【C3】________skills. In poorer ones, according to the World Bank, a fifth are【C4】________family labourers or work in the informal economy.【C5】________, nearly half of the world’s young people are either【C6】________the formal economy or contributing less【C7】________than they could.
    What has caused this【C8】________of joblessness? Young people have long had a raw【C9】________in tne labour market. Two things make the problem more【C10】________now. The financial crisis and its consequence had an unusually big【C11】________on them. Many employers【C12】________the newest hires first, so a【C13】________raises youth joblessness disproportionately.
    Second, the emerging economies that have the largest and fastest-growing【C14】________of young people also have the【C15】________labour markets. Almost half of the world’s young people live in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. They also have the highest【C16】________of young people out of work or in the informal sector.
    In rich countries with generous welfare states this【C17】________a heavy burden on taxpayers. One estimate suggests that, in 2011, the economic loss from【C18】________young people in Europe【C19】________to $ 153 billion, or more than 1 % of GDP. And failure to employ the young not only【C20】________growth today. It also threatens it tomorrow.
【C1】
选项 A、regular
B、alternate
C、continuous
D、intermittent
答案D
解析 由并列连词and可知，空格处应填入与informal并列的形容词，且与前面的employed相呼应，根据上下文可知，很多年轻人既不工作也不学习，在富裕国家中，平均而言，有超过三分之一的人签的是临时合同，因此空格应填入temporary的近义词，故答案选D项intermittent“间歇的”。A项regular“有规律的”；B项alternate“交替的”和C项continuous“连续的”均与informal和temporary语义相差甚远，故均排除。
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