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
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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