2. 外语
  3. A. amounted B. appealing C. automatically D. epidemic E. existence F. gain G. imposes H. intermittent I.

A. amounted B. appealing C. automatically D. epidemic E. existence F. gain G. imposes H. intermittent I.

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问题    A. amounted  B. appealing    C. automatically    D. epidemic    E. existence
   F. gain    G. imposes    H. intermittent     I. lay      J. led
   K. lowers   L. pressing    M. productively    N. sack     O. worst-run
   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 a third, on average, are on temporary contracts which make it hard to 【C2】______ skills. In poorer ones, according to the World Bank, a fifth are unpaid family labourers or work in the informal economy. All in all, nearly half of the world’s young people are either outside the formal economy or contributing less 【C3】______than they could.
   What has caused this 【C4】______ of joblessness? Young people have long had a raw deal in the labour market. Two things make the problem more 【C5】______ now. The financial crisis and its consequence had an unusually big effect on them. Many employers 【C6】______ the newest hires first, so a recession raises youth joblessness disproportionately.
   Second, the emerging economies that have the largest and fastest-growing populations of young people also have the 【C7】______ labour markets. Almost half of the world’s young people live in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. They also have the highest share of young people out of work or in the informal sector.
   In rich countries with generous welfare states this 【C8】______ a heavy burden on taxpayers. One estimate suggests that, last year, the economic loss from disengaged young people in Europe  【C9】______ to $153 billion, or more than 1% of GDP. And failure to employ the young not only  【C10】______ growth today. It also threatens it tomorrow.
【C7】
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答案O
解析 空格前为定冠词the，而空格后为名词短语labour markets，因此空格处应填入形容词作定语。新兴经济体劳务市场状况是造成大量年轻人失业的第二个原因，肯定是不好的。本句定语从句中用了最高级the largest and fastest-growing修饰宾语populations，而主句谓语have前又有also，推测此空也应用形容词最高级修饰主句宾语labour markets，词库中形容词中的worst-run“经营最差的”符合要求。
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