Unemployment will certainly be in double-digits next year--and may remain there for some time. And for every person who __1_ as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey, you can bet there’s another either too __2__ to look for work or working part time who’d rather have a full-time job or else taking home less pay than before. And there’s yet another person who’s more fearful that he or she will be the __3__ to lose a job.
__4__, 10 percent unemployment really means 20 percent underemployment or anxious employment, all of which translates __5__ into late payments on mortgages, credit cards, auto and student loans, and loss of health insurance. It also means sleeplessness for tens of millions of Americans, and, of course, __6__ purchases.
Unemployment of this magnitude and duration also translates into ugly __7__, because fear and anxiety are __8__ grounds for the political resentment against immigrants, blacks, the poor, government leaders, business leaders, Jews and other easy _9__. It’s already started. Next year is a mid-term election. Be prepared for worse.
So why is unemployment and underemployment so high? And why is it _10__ to remain high for some time? Because, as noted, people who are worried about their jobs or have no jobs, and who are also trying to _11__ from under a pil
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e of debt, are not going to do a lot of shopping. And businesses that don’t have customers aren’t going to do a lot of new _12__. And foreign nations also suffering high __13__ aren’t going to buy a lot of our goods and services. And without customers, companies won’t __14__. They’ll cut payrolls instead.
This brings us to the obvious question: Who’s going to buy the stuff we make or the services we provide, and therefore bring jobs back? There’s only one __15__ left: The government.
小题1: | A.keeps to | B.sticks to | C.shows up | D.attaches |
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小题2: | A.discouraged | B.timid | C.sure | D.upset |
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小题3: | A.first | B.next | C.last | D.only |
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小题4: | A.On the other hand | B.By contrast | C.As a whole | D.In other words |
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小题5: | A.enormously | B.definitely | C.exactly | D.directly |
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小题6: | A.fewer | B.more | C.better | D.worse |
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小题7: | A.economics | B.trades | C.politics | D.industries |
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小题8: | A.necessary | B.fertile | C.scarce | D.heated |
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小题9: | A.opponents | B.targets | C.victims | D.potentials |
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小题10: | A.due | B.able | C.equal | D.likely |
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小题11: | A.get out | B.get around | C.get into | D.get off |
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小题12: | A.programming | B.planning | C.investing | D.advertising |
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小题13: | A.signature | B.unemployment | C.crisis | D.inefficiency |
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小题15: | A.manufacturer | B.applicant | C.buyer | D.employer |
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