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  3. A. decreasing B. underlines C. delivered D. missions E. because F. put off G. demand H. though I. play J. improving K. t

A. decreasing B. underlines C. delivered D. missions E. because F. put off G. demand H. though I. play J. improving K. t

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问题     A. decreasing B. underlines C. delivered D. missions E. because
    F. put off G. demand H. though I. play J. improving
    K. transferred L. careers M. tackle N. recovers O. partial
    "Young people ought not to be idle. It is very bad for them", said Margaret Thatcher many years ago. She was right: there are few worse things that society can do to its young than to leave them in uncertainty. Those who start their【C1】______ on the unemployment pension are more likely to have lower wages and more spells of joblessness later in life,【C2】______ they lose out on the chance to acquire skills and self-confidence in their formative years.
    Yet more young people are idle than ever. Depending on how you measure them, the number of young people without a job is nearly as large as the population of America. Two factors【C3】______ a big part. First, the long slowdown in the West has reduced【C4】______ for labour, and it is easier to【C5】______ hiring young people than it is to fire older workers. Second, in emerging economies population growth is fastest in countries with dysfunctional(失调的)labour markets, such as India and Egypt.
    The most obvious way to【C6】______ this problem is to reignite growth. That is easier said than done in a world plagued by debt, and is anyway only a【C7】______ answer. The countries where the problem is worst suffered from high youth unemployment even when their economies were growing. Throughout the recession companies have continued to complain that they cannot find young people with the right skills. This【C8】______ the importance of two other solutions: reforming labour markets and【C9】______ education These are familiar prescriptions, but ones that need to be【C10】______ with both a new vigour and a new twist.
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答案I
解析 空格处应填入动词原形作谓语。前两句指出一种现象，即现在无所事事的年轻人比以往更多，而下文随即罗列了导致这种现象的两个因素，词库中的动词play“发挥作用”代入后，play a big part表示“起很大的作用”。
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