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 not 【C2】______ to meet the challenges of demographic 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.
【C7】

选项 A、Identifying
B、Learning
C、Instructing
D、Practicing

答案B

解析 考查动名词辨析。这段话是文章开头提到的新研究的发起人所言,他重申了自己的观点,即老年人也应该有学习的机会。Learning与第一段出现的learn属于原词复现,故选B.Learning。Identify意为“识别,鉴别”;Instruct意为“教导,指示”;Practice意为“实践,实习”,均不符合题意。
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