Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, accordi

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问题     Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, according to a new study on population published recently.
    The current approach which【C1】______on younger people and on skills for employment is not【C2】______to meet the challenges of demographic(人口结构的)change, it says. Only 1% of the education budget is【C3】______spent on the oldest third of the population.
    The【C4】______include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in【C5】______, that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are【C6】______state pension age.
    【C7】______needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and resources【C8】______young people cannot meet the new【C9】______," says the report’s author, Professor Stephen McNair.
    The major【C10】______of our education budget is spent on people below the age of 25.【C11】______people are changing their jobs,【C12】______, partners and lifestyles more often than【C13】______, they need opportunities to learn at every age.【C14】______, some people are starting new careers in their 50s and later.
    People need opportunities to make a" midlife review" to【C15】______to the later stages of employed life, and to plan for the transition【C16】______retirement, which may now happen【C17】______at any point from 50 to over 90, says McNair.
    And there should be more money【C18】______to support people in establishing a【C19】______of identity and finding constructive【C20】______for the "third age" , the 20 or more years they will spend in healthy retired life.
【C20】

选项 A、ranks
B、assets
C、ideals
D、roles

答案D

解析 名词辨析。由前面的identity“身份”可知,本空格所填词应与其意义相近,D项role意为“角色;作用”,符合语境,为正确答案。rank意为“等级;军衔”,asset意为“资产”,ideal意为“理想”。
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