01：名校高中自主招生词汇—词汇填空专练-2022年上海名校高中自主招生英语直通车.docx

第01讲： 名校高中自主招生词汇—— 语篇填空 专练 词汇 语篇填空 样题以及答案分析 Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. 词汇样题A A. shape B. encourage C. global D. trend E. extreme F. dramatically G. really H. squeeze I. nature J. harvest K. necessarily The world is facing an increasing rise in the number of old people, and they will live longer than ever before. Over the next 20 years the ___1___ population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600 million to 1.1 billion. The experience of the 20th century, when greater longevity (寿命) translated into more years in retirement rather than more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will lead to slower economic growth, while the rapidly expanding number of retirees will ___2___ government budgets. But the concept of a sharp division between the working young and the idle old misses a new ___3___: the growing gap between the skilled and unskilled. Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people, but older skilled folk are working longer. The divide is most ___4___ in America, where well-educated older people are putting off retirement while less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce. Policy is partly responsible. Many European governments have abandoned policies that used to ___5___ people to ret