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【B1】______on younger people and on skills for employment not 【B2】______ to meet the challenges of demographic change, it says. Only 1% of the education budget is【B3】______spent on the oldest third of the population.
    The 【B4】______ include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in【B5】______, that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are【B6】______state pension age.
    "【B7】______needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and resources【B8】______young people cannot meet the new【B9】______, " says the report’ s author, Professor Stephen McNair.
    The major【B10】______of our education budget is spent on people below the age of 25. 【B11】______people are changing their jobs,【B12】______, partners and lifestyles more often than【B13】______, they need opportunities to learn at every age. 【B14】______ some people are starting new careers in their 50s and later.
    People need opportunities to make a "midlife review" to【B15】______to the later stages of employed life, and to plan for the transition【B16】______retirement which may now happen【B17】______at any point from 50 to over 90, says McNair.
    And there should be more money【B18】______to support people in establishing a【B19】______of identity and finding constructive 【B20】______ for the "third age", the 20 or more years they will spend in healthy retired life.
【B4】

选项 A、regulations
B、obstacles
C、challenges
D、guidelines

答案C

解析 考查名词辨析。此段只有一句话,包含3个由that引导的并列的同位语从句,进一步阐述上一段提到的the challenges of demographic change,即老年人比年轻人多的情况。regulation意为“规则,规章”;obstacle意为“障碍”;challenge意为“挑战”;guideline意为“方针”。结合选项可知,此处选C.challenges,属于原词复现。
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