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上海市晋元高级中学2015届高三英语下学期开学考试（寒假作业检测）试卷（含解析） II. Grammar and Vocabulary（26） Section A（16） Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. A The lack of job prospects in the UK is forcing young people ____25______(consider) a move abroad to look for work, a survey claims. More than half of 18 to 25-year-olds ___26_______(question) said they were seriously considering emigrating. Australia is the most popular destination followed by Canada and China. It found that nearly 65 per cent of young people are contemplating relocating abroad, with 52 per cent saying that it was a “serious” consideration. Adrian Jacob, of Student Currency Exchange, which ___27______(survey) 1,982 young people, said: “Job prospects in the UK are extremely gloomy for young people with youth unemployment at its highest____28______records began and things dont look like theyre going to improve anytime soon”. ‘It makes sense ____29_____ young people are looking to go _____30_____ there are more job opportunities and quite probably a better quality of life.’ The findings come after figures recently revealed that more 16 to 24-year-olds are out of work than ever before. Total unemployment reached a 17-year high, jumping by 27,000 in the three months to January - yet more evidence of the economic slow-down. __31_______ number of young people out of work increased by 30,000 to 974,000, the highest since records began in 1992, with a record rate of 20.6 per cent. The number of people classed as economically inactive also increased - up by 43,000 to 9.33 million, including 2.3 million looking after a family. The total claiming Jobseekers Allowance fell by 10,200 last month to 1.45 million, _____32_____(big) reduction since last June. B Many of us spend a large chunk of our waking li