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Young people always suffer in recessions. Employers stop【C1】______them because they are easier to sack. But in【C2】______episodes, such as the recessions of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, older workers were also fired. This time is【C3】______. During the financial crisis in 2008, and【C4】______, they have done better than other age groups. Why have older employees been【C5】______to young people? In some countries they benefit from job protection not【C6】______to younger workers, but that did not really help them in past recessions. What has changed is that firms now【C7】______the full costs of getting rid of older staff. In the past early-retirement schemes made it【C8】______to push grey-haired workers out of the door. These have【C9】______stopped. Older workers are healthier than they used to be and work is less【C10】______demanding. They are also more【C11】______to employers than prior generations. Todays 55- to 64-year-olds -belong to the post-war baby-boomers who benefited from better education than their【C12】______. Older workers now have a sharper【C13】______to stay in employment because of the impact of the crisis on【C14】______. In Britain, workers who rely on private pensions have been【C15】______affected by lower returns on their investment. Many will argue older workers have done better at the【C16】______of the young. That view is wrongheaded. Young and old people are【C17】______not substitutes in the workplace. They do different types of work in different types of occupation: younger people gravitate to IT firms,【C18】______older folk tend to be employed in more traditional industries. There are a【C19】______of things that should be done to help the young jobless, but【C20】______older workers is not one of them.

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B．firing

C．commenting

D．dismissing

During the 19th century, it was common to hear people

in Europe and America say that the sources of the sea were S1. ______

unlimited. For example, a noted American biologist in the

mid 19th century commented that none of the great sea

fisheries are to be exhausting. Today though, there is S2. ______

evidences that the resources of the sea are as seriously S3. ______

endangered as that of the land and the air, and that the S4. ______

endangered species include Herring and Carp as well as the

African Elephant, Indian Tiger, and the American Eagle.

Further, the threats to fish are more alarmed in some ways S5. ______

than the threats to animals and birds. This is because of fish S6. ______

is a much needed food resource and people throughout the

world depend on fish as an important part of their dish, and

the decline in the fish supply could have extensive effects in S7. ______

hunger and population. Fishermen in the North Atlantic

alone annual harvest 20 billion pounds of fish to satisfy food S8. ______

demands, but it is important to recognize that these practices

cannot continue without depleting fish storage within the next

few years. Sea resources are rapid declining in many parts of the S9. ______

world, and the problem cannot ignore. We can predict that food S10. ______

supplies in the sea cannot last forever.

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Formal economic forecasting is usually based on a (1)_____ theory as to how the economy works. Some theories are complicated, and their application requires an elaborate (2)_____ of cause and effect. Others are relatively simple, (3)_____ most developments in the economy to one or two basic factors. Many economists, for example, believe that changes in the supply of money (4)_____ the rate of growth of general business activity. Others (5)_____ a central role to investment in new facilities—housing, industrial plants, highways, and so forth. In the United States, where consumers (6)_____ such a large share of economic activity, some economy believe that consumer decisions to (7)_____ or save provide the principal (8)_____ to the future course of the entire economy. Obviously the theory that a forecaster applies is of (9)_____ importance to the forecasting process; it (10)_____ his line of investigation, the statistics he will regard as most important, and many of the techniques he will apply.

Although economic theory may determine the general (11)_____ of a forecast, judgment also often plays an important role. A forecaster may decide that the circumstances of the moment are (12)_____ and that a forecast produced by the (13)_____ statistical methods should be modified to take account of special current circumstances. This is particularly necessary when some event outside the Usual run of economic activity has an a (14)_____ economic effect. For example, forecasts of 1987 economic activity in the United States were more accurate when the analyst correctly foresaw that the exchange value of the dollar would (15)_____ sharply during the year that consumer spending would slacken, and that (16)_____ rates would rise only moderately. None of these conclusions followed (17)_____ purely economic analysis; they all required judgment as to future decisions (18)_____, an economist may decide to adjust an economic forecast that was made by traditional methods to take account of other unique (19)_____; he may, for example, decide that consumers will (20)_____ their spending patterns because of special circumstances such as rising price of imports or fear of threatened shortages.

A．specific

B．peculiar

C．unique

D．unified

serve impeachment arbiters federal consent life term provide legislative dishonest practice range qualified special other In the United States system, the judge acts as an impartial referee in an adversary judicial process. In this role, the judge has a wide 1_____ of responsibilities depending on whether he sits on the 2_____ or state bench, the structure of the judicial body served, the rules and regulations of the jurisdiction, and the general environment of the jurisdiction. Generally, judges are seen as powerful 3_____ and managers in the system. They usually 4____ on a full time, full salary basis. Most jurisdictions require that a judge be a 5_____ lawyer and some require a specific period in 6_____ of the law. Generally, however, no 7_____ specific qualifications are required. Federal judges are appointed for 8 _____, on good behavior, by the President with the advice and 9_____ of the Senate. In the state system, judges are usually chosen by one of four methods, depending on the State or a jurisdiction within a State: popular election, gubernatorial appointment, 10_____ election, and merit selection. Most state judges serve for a 11_____ ranging from four years to life. No 12_____ pre-appointment training or education is required for judges, but a trend is developing in both federal and state systems to 13_____ continuing in-service training to them. Unqualified, disabled, or 14_____ judges may be removed by 15_____or, in some states, by special hearing boards.