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In the following text，some sentences have been removed．For Questions 41—45．choose the most suitable one from the list A．G to fit into each of the numberedblanks.There are two extra choices，which do not fit in any of the blanks．Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET．(10 points)
America’s great labor market slump continues to cast its pall over the economy．leavingone lonely group in particular shrouded in shadows．Over 6m Americans.more than 40％ofall those unemployed，have now been out of work for more than six months．Most Of these．4.5m，haven’t worked for a year or more．This crisis of long．term joblessness is unprecedented in the post—war period．
Lacklustre growth is the main problem．The pace of new hiring crashed during therecession and has scarcely recovered since．Although America’S unemployment rate is down a percentage point from its peak，this is little cause for cheer．(41) ______ Many of the latter have given up hope．For the first time in decades，jobless workers are more likely to droD out of the labor force(and cease to be counted as unemployed)than to get a job．Bit by bit，alarge mass of American workers is losing touch with the labor market．
One might expect unemployment to carry less stigma after a deep recession—bad times．rather than personal shortcoming，being the more likely reason for a sacking．Yet a worker’s lifetime earnings are hurt more by a job loss in a weak economy．(42)______The unemployed increasingly face discrimination in the hiring queue．often enough that Barack Obama proposes to ban the practice．Such a rule might encourage employers not to hire at all，for fear of legal action．
Still．there are some signs that the long-term jobless can be coaxed back into the working world．(43)______The ranks of the unemployed are often replenished by those moving from outside the labor force--that is，from not looking for work at all—into active job seeking．The long—term unemployed pay close attention to the state of the job market and resume their job search in optimistic periods．A burst of optimism early this year，corresponding to a period when employment was growing by more than 200，000 jobs a month，coincided with a surge of workers back into the labor force to seek work．This may have reversed in recent months．In July，just l0％of workers polled by Gallup said it was a good time to find a decent job，down from l7％in April．The horizon has only grown cloudier since then．
Policymakers are slowly beginning to respond to the crisis．(44)______Mr．Obamaproposes to increase the program’s flexibility．Benefits could be used to supplement wages at businesses that cut hours rather than lay off workers，for instance．The president also seems fond of state—level programs like“Georgia Works”，which pay benefits to jobless workers engaged in training．Should Congress approve，such measures could light the path back to work for many jobless Americans．
The Federal Reserve is also paying heed．At a speech in late August，Chairman BenBernanke warned that long—term unemployment could harm the economy’s long—run growth prospects，though since then he has done little to help．(45)______
A．Nothing would be so effective as a strong economy and a tight labor market．Despitegrowing interest in their troubles，that seems a distant prospect for those languishing on the edge of the working world．
B．An experienced worker laid off when unemployment is at 9％faces a reduction inlifetime earnings nearly twice that of someone sacked when the rate is 5％．according to new work by Steven Davis and Till von Wachter．
C．The unemployment rate in different sectors varies greatly．The department that suffers most is manufacturing and the fall in manufacturing in the past few years is a majorfactor behind growing wage inequality．
D．Barack Obama’s proposed American Jobs Act would reauthorize for another year current emergency unemployment benefits，which help to support consumption among the jobless，reducing poverty and propping up demand．
[E]Workers are escaping unemployment more slowly than at any time since 1948．The long—term unemployed are struggling most；in the year to June，the newly jobless were three times more likely to find new work in a given month than the long—term unemployed．
[F] Compared with workers newly laid off，the long-term unemployed have strongermotivatlon to take Part in train programs and go back to the labor force for fear of losing the right to eaioy unemployment insurance benefits．
[G ]New research by economists Michael Elsby and Rob Valletta shows that movement in and out of the labor force is actually more fluid than has been previously assumed．
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