抗击疫情英语热文 做中考英语选词填空70：新冠疫情导致美国四成低收入劳动者失业.docx

 【2020 抗击疫情热点】做中考英语选词填空 70：新冠疫情导致美国四成低收入 劳动者失业 选词填空：（新冠疫情导致美国四成低收入劳动者失业） 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思 完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。 40% of low-income Americans lost their jobs due to the pandemic 重点词汇 according to 据; 按; 依照; 按照; 根据 economic downturn 经济低迷；经济不景气；经济滑坡 household income 家庭收入 work over 研究，检查；重做；殴打 annual survey 年度调查 only since which apply off however between who among able early 40% of lower-income Americans lost work as the coronavirus pandemic began its assault on the US economy, according to the Federal Reserve. ne in 5 adults who were working in February reported being laid 1 or furloughed （暂时解雇 ）in March or early April, according to a Fed report published Thursday. 2 , the economic downturn disproportionately affected lower-income Americans. Thirty-nine percent of people with a household income below $40,000 lost work over that period, according to the report, an annual survey of US household finances. Conversely, that was true for just 19% of Americans with a household income 3 $40,000 and $100,000, according to a Fed spokesperson. For those with an income exceeding $100,000, the disparity was even greater:4 13% lost work. This data doesn’t capture the millions of Americans  5 have lost their jobs since early April. More than 36 million Americans have6 for unemployment benefits over the past two months. The unemployment rate soared to 14.7% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the highest level 7 the Great Depression（大萧条时期）, when the unemployment rate is estimated to have exceeded 20%. The leisure and hospitality industry, 8 pays the lowest average hourly wage compared with other industries, has experienced the most layoffs compared with other sectors of the economy, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Employment loss has substantially impacted the financial well-being of families, according to the Fed. 9 those who lost a job or had their hours reduced, 70% reported an income decline, impacting their ability to pay bill