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.
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答案D
解析 空格前为指示代词this，而空格后为介词of短语，因此空格处应填入名词单数。上一段提到全球年轻人失业比例几乎占到1／4，而有工作但只是在非正规经济中工作的年轻人几乎占一半，这表明，年轻人失业已是很普遍的社会问题，故选epidemic“流行，泛滥”。本题E项具有一定的干扰性，但existence“存在”代入，无法跟上文提到的“几乎占一半”这种强调失业人多的数据形成呼应，不如D项好，故也排除。
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