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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.
【C20】
选项 A、boosts
B、reflects
C、lowers
D、accompanies
答案C
解析 空格所在句和下一句分别用到not only和also，表明两句之间语义上存在递进关系，下一句用threatens表明失业问题对经济增长的消极影响，据此空格处也应选表示“消极影响”的词，故答案选C项lowers，表示无法让年轻人就业不仅会让今天的经济增长放慢，它还威胁到明天的增长。A项boosts“促进”；B项reflects“反应”和D项accompanies“陪伴”都不表示“消极影响”，故排除。
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