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Read the article below about the UK retail sector. Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite p
Read the article below about the UK retail sector. Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite p
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2017-03-27
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Read the article below about the UK retail sector.
Choose the best word to fill each gap from A, B, C or D on the opposite page.
For each question(19-33), mark one letter(A, B, C or D)on your Answer Sheet.
There is an example at the beginning(0).
The Retail Sector
The retail sector is one of the UK’s biggest employment areas, accounting for one in nine of the(0)______.B______. It is also one of the fastest growing - more than a fifth of jobs【C1】______last year were in retail. Such rapid【C2】______in the tightest labour market for more than a generation should be【C3】______ up wages, but it is not.While the national【C4】______wage goes up by about 5% a year, in retail it goes up by 3.5%.
The consequences of low wages and far from brilliant conditions is rapid staff turnover. About half the staff employed in retail leave every year. This【C5】______ is way above even those sectors such as nursing, which are said to be in a recruitment 【C6】______. Part of the problem is that the employers themselves are under considerable financial【C7】______.Retail is suffering a long-term slide independent of the【C8】______ and falls of the economy. One of the reasons for this is consumer expectations. With the growth of e-commerce, customers look for bigger and better bargains and insist on【C9】______for money.
There are some pluses for employees, however. Low wages and high turnover make retail a youthful sector. Real managerial【C109】______ can be attained by the mid-20s, so school-leavers or recent graduates need only wait a short time before gaining promotion. And despite the problems, the retail sector does, on occasion,【C11】______ some of the more progressive career 【C12】______ programmes. The supermarket chain Robertsons, for example, has a community service scheme that trains staff in team-building through work on neighbourhood projects. And clothes retailer P & R has an impressive【C13】______when it comes to employing older people. It pursues a【C14】______of employing mature people with long【C15】______of the products, as it believes they provide better customer service.
Example:
A company B workforce C personnel D organisation
【C6】
选项
A、emergency
B、disaster
C、trouble
D、crisis
答案
D
解析
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