Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, accordi

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问题     Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, according to a new study on population published recently.
    The current approach which【C1】______on younger people and on skills for employment is not【C2】______to meet the challenges of demographic(人口结构的)change, it says. Only 1% of the education budget is【C3】______spent on the oldest third of the population.
    The【C4】______include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in【C5】______, that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are【C6】______state pension age.
    【C7】______needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and resources【C8】______young people cannot meet the new【C9】______," says the report’s author, Professor Stephen McNair.
    The major【C10】______of our education budget is spent on people below the age of 25.【C11】______people are changing their jobs,【C12】______, partners and lifestyles more often than【C13】______, they need opportunities to learn at every age.【C14】______, some people are starting new careers in their 50s and later.
    People need opportunities to make a" midlife review" to【C15】______to the later stages of employed life, and to plan for the transition【C16】______retirement, which may now happen【C17】______at any point from 50 to over 90, says McNair.
    And there should be more money【C18】______to support people in establishing a【C19】______of identity and finding constructive【C20】______for the "third age" , the 20 or more years they will spend in healthy retired life.
【C13】

选项 A、ago
B、ever
C、previously
D、formerly

答案B

解析 习惯搭配。四个选项都有“之前”的意思,所以很难通过词义辨析选出正确答案。但与比较词than搭配时,应固定地使用ever,表示“比以前任何时候都……”,故B项为正确答案。previously意为“先前,以前”,formerly意为“从前,以前”,ago常与某一时间段搭配。
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