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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 20 for the "third age" , the【C20】______ 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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