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石景山区2014高考英语阅读理解暑假训练（12）及答案 Labour force is the part of a nation’s population that works for pay or is actively looking for work. This group produces most of the nation’s goods and services, and its size and productivity determine the nation’s economic (经济) growth. The labour force of the United States increased from about 2 million in 1800 to about 118 million in the mid 1990’s. This growth helped turn the United States from a largely agricultural country to all advanced industrial one. The United States government uses the term “labour force” for people at least 16 years old who have jobs or are actively looking for jobs, including those in the armed forces. Groups not in the labour force include disabled persons, full - time housewives, retired people, and students. The labour force also does not include discouraged ones who have given up looking for work because they think none can be got. The United Nations (UN) uses the term “economically active population” instead of labour force, the economically active population includes people of all ages who hold jobs or are looking for jobs. The percentage (百分比) of teenagers and old people in this group are much higher in many developing countries than they are in industrial nations. 41. Labour force includes those whom_______. A. serve in the government or in the army B. are too old to go on working C. have completely stopped looking for jobs D. are not working and don’t try to get jobs 42. We may conclude from the passage that ____. A. the USA has been an industrial country all along B. the US labour force of today is over 60 times as large as in 1800 C. a nation’s development depends on the size and quality of its labour force D. the greater the size of labor force of a nation is, the more advanced the nation will be 43. The passage mainly tells us _____. A. what labour force is B. the importance of labour force C. the changes in labour force D. the differences between “labour force” and “economically active populati