【高考调研】2016届高考英语总复习 题组层级快练（八）外研版必修2.docVIP

题组层级快练(八) Ⅰ.完形填空 It is said that being unemployed for a long period is bad for your health. Studies have shown that ___1___ work can be associated with a drop in life expectancy and a ___2___ in psychological problems such as depression and anxiety. For the long-term unemployment, there are ___3___ rates of several dangerous health problems, which ___4___ that the unemployment crisis is also a public-health crisis. The numbers, ___5___ by Gallup on Wednesday, show that the longer someone is unemployed, the more ___6___ he is to be obese or have high blood pressure. As Gallup notes, there are probably ___7___ factors here: some unemployed people ___8___ do things that cause health problems, but others may have existing health issues that ___9___ it hard for them to find or keep ___10___. There is also a considerable ___11___ in the obesity rates between people who have been unemployed for a year and those who ___12___ without work for less than two weeks. The unemployment ___13___ last reported by Department of Labor was 6.3 percent, ___14___ the unemployment rate isn’t quite a useful ___15___ now. Another indicator is the labor force participation rate, which was just short ___16___ 63 percent in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. There were 9.8 million Americans out of a(n)___17___ in May, according to the BLS. Nearly a third of these people — 3.4 million — were the ___18___ unemployed. And their health issues were being ___19___ by a health care system that, we were reminded earlier this week, was considered both massively expensive and ___20___. 1. A. getting B. keeping C. losing D. finding 2. A. rise B. fall C. change D. lift 3. A. lower B. higher C. greater D. wider 4. A. advises B. recommends C. promises D. suggests 5. A. released B. added C. engaged D. involved 6. A. possible B. impossi