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A. necessity B. hanging on C. period D. improving E. halted F. bothered G. reasons H. counting on I. performed J. enlarged
A. necessity B. hanging on C. period D. improving E. halted F. bothered G. reasons H. counting on I. performed J. enlarged
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2021-02-26
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A. necessity B. hanging on C. period D. improving E. halted
F. bothered G. reasons H. counting on I. performed J. enlarged
K. prepared L. increasing M. flexibility N. interval O. since
A recent BBC documentary, "The Town That Never Retired", sought to show the effects of 【C1】______ the state pension age by putting retirees back to work. Although the results were entertaining, they need not have【C2】______. Away from the cameras, unprecedented numbers of older people are staying in work. Since the start of the recession, the number of 16- to 24-year-olds in work has fallen by 597,000. Over the same【C3】______ the number of workers over the age of 65 has increased by 240,000.
The graying of the British workforce dates back to around 2001,【C4】______ when the proportion of older people working has nearly doubled. But it has accelerated since the start of the recession. There are several【C5】______ why. Happily, people are living longer and healthier lives, which makes staying in work less discouraging than it was. Less happily, low interest rates, a stagnant stock market and the end of many defined-benefit pension schemes make it a financial 【C6】______. And changing attitudes, spurred by rules against age discrimination, are making it easier than ever.
Most older workers are simply【C7】______ at the office: 63% of workers over state pension age have been with their employer for more than ten years. Over two-thirds of them work part-time, mostly doing jobs that they once【C8】______ full-time. A big advantage is that they do not pay national insurance contributions—effectively a second income tax on younger workers.
According to Stephen McNair, director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce, this 【C9】______ explains why older workers have not suffered so much in the slump. Instead of reducing the workforce, as in previous recessions, many firms have【C10】______ recruitment and cut working hours. At small businesses in particular, keeping on older workers is cheaper and less risky than training replacements.
【C3】
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答案
C
解析
空格应填入名词。前后两个句子是对照的两种情况,故“Over the same______”也与上文的Sincethe start of the recession对应,Since the start of the recession是一段时间,故选period“时期”。
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