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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.
【C1】
选项 A、operates
B、focuses
C、counts
D、depends
答案B
解析 动词辨析。根据首段Older people must be given more chances和下文Only 1％of the education budget is…spent on the oldest…可知，本句应该是说现在只关注年轻人而老年人受到的关注不够。focus on意为“集中于，聚焦于”，符合语境，故B项为正确答案。depend on意为“依靠，依赖”，count on意为“依靠，指望”，operate on意为“对……实施手术”。
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