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Pay and productivity, it is generally assumed, should be related. But the relationship seems to weaken 【C1】______people get olde
Pay and productivity, it is generally assumed, should be related. But the relationship seems to weaken 【C1】______people get olde
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2019-05-09
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Pay and productivity, it is generally assumed, should be related. But the relationship seems to weaken 【C1】______people get older.
Mental ability declines with age. That is the same for the brainy and the dim—and not【C2】______for humans: it is measurable even for fruit flies. 【C3】______minds that keep lively will suffer less than the lazy. In general, the more education you have, the more productive your old 【C4】______will be.
Some 【C5】______decline faster than others. According to most studies, people’ s numerical and reasoning abilities are at their best in their 20 s and early 30 s. 【C6】______abilities—those that depend on knowledge—may improve with age.
For most workers, decreased abilities will 【C7】______to lower productivity: only a minority will find know-how and knowledge outweighs their failing powers. Even those employees who remain highly productive will be likely to shine only in a narrow 【C8】______.
Academics notice this. It is less clear that employers do. Studies of supervisors-ratings show no clear correlation 【C9】______age and perceived productivity. When other employees-views are【C10】______into account though, the picture changes: these ratings suggest that workers in their 30s are the 【C11】______productive and hardworking, with scores falling thereafter.
That is 【C12】______up by studies of work samples, which find lower productivity among the oldest employees. A study for America’ s Department of Labor showed job performance peaking at 35, and【C13】______declining. It varied by industry: the fall was slower in footwear, but faster in furniture.
Intellectual occupations are harder to measure, but the picture is the same. Academics seem to publish 【C14】______as they age. Painters, musicians and writers show the same tendency. Their output peaks in their 30s and 40s. The only【C15】______is female writers, who are most productive in their 50s.
【C5】
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abilities
解析
该段段意为“有些…下降比其他的要快。根据多数研究,人们的数字和推理能力表现最好的时候是……他们二三十岁左右。那些依赖于知识的……能力,可能随着年龄增长而提高。”因此可知此段说的是人的某些能力。不难推测出应填abilities。
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