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  3. A. necessity B. hanging on C. period D. improving E. halted F. bothered G. reasons

A. necessity B. hanging on C. period D. improving E. halted F. bothered G. reasons

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问题     A. necessity        B. hanging on        C. period        D. improving        E. halted
    F. bothered         G. reasons           H. counting on   I. performed        J. enlarged
    K. prepared         L. increasing        M. flexibility   N. interval         O. since
    A recent BBC documentary, "The Town That Never Retired", sought to show the effects of【C1】________ the state pension age by putting retirees back to work. Although the results were entertaining, they need not have【C2】________. Away from the cameras, unprecedented numbers of older people are staying in work. Since the start of the recession, the number of 16- to 24-year-olds in work has fallen by 597,000. Over the same【C3】________ the number of workers over the age of 65 has increased by 240,000.
    The graying of the British workforce dates back to around 2001,【C4】________ when the proportion of older people working has nearly doubled. But it has accelerated since the start of the recession. There are several【C5】________ why. Happily, people are living longer and healthier lives, which makes staying in work less discouraging than it was. Less happily, low interest rates, a stagnant stock market and the end of many defined-benefit pension schemes make it a financial【C6】________. And changing attitudes, spurred by rules against age discrimination, are making it easier than ever.
    Most older workers are simply【C7】________ at the office: 63% of workers over state pension age have been with their employer for more than ten years. Over two-thirds of them work part-time, mostly doing jobs that they once【C8】________ full-time. A big advantage is that they do not pay national insurance contributions—effectively a second income tax on younger workers.
    According to Stephen McNair, director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, this【C9】________ explains why older workers have not suffered so much in the slump. Instead of reducing the workforce, as in previous recessions, many firms have【C10】________ recruitment and cut working hours. At small businesses in particular, keeping on older workers is cheaper and less risky than training replacements.
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答案M
解析 空格前的this提示空格处应填入名词，作句子主语。文中的“this________”指代上文“到达退休年龄的人仍留在工作岗位”这一现象，这是对退休人员的灵活处理，可概括为flexibility“灵活性”。
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