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  3. Warren Buffett, who will host Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 3rd, is an icon of American capitalism. A

Warren Buffett, who will host Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 3rd, is an icon of American capitalism. A

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问题     Warren Buffett, who will host Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 3rd, is an icon of American capitalism. At 83, he also epitomizes a striking demographic【C1】________: for highly skilled people to go on working well into【C2】________was once thought to be old age. Across the rich world, well-educated people【C3】________work longer than the less-skilled. Some 65％ of American men aged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the【C4】________, compared with 32％ of men with only a high-school certificate. In the European Union the pattern is similar.
    This【C5】________is part of a deepening divide between the well-educated【C6】________and the unskilled poor that is slicing【C7】________all age groups. Rapid innovation has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while【C8】________those of the unskilled. Those at the top are working longer hours each year than those at the bottom.【C9】________the well-qualified are extending their working lives, compared with those of less-educated people. The【C10】________, for individuals and society, are profound.
    The world is on the【C11】________rise in the number of old people, and they will live longer than ever before.【C12】________the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600m to 1. 1 billion. The【C13】________of the 20th century, when greater longevity translated into more years in retirement【C14】________more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will【C15】________slower economic growth and "secular stagnation", while the【C16】________ranks of pensioners will bust government budgets.
    But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the【C17】________old misses a new trend, the【C18】________gap between the skilled and the unskilled. Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people,【C19】________older skilled folk are working longer. The divide is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers are【C20】________retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce.  
【C20】
选项 A、giving up
B、going against
C、driving away
D、putting off
答案D
解析 词组辨析题。A项giving up放弃；B项going against反对；C项driving away驱赶，赶走；D项putting off推迟。上文说：older skilled folk are working longer；该句说：well-educated baby-boomers are________retirement.其中，skilled=well-educated；older folk=baby-boomers；故本题________retirement=working longer。显然，“工作得更久”等同于“推迟退休”。而“放弃退休”和“反对退休”相比之下比较不符合逻辑与表达习惯，故本题选择D项putting off。故答案为D项。
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