文档介绍：2014年12月英语四级考试真且试卷(1)
Questions36to一，arebasedanthefollowingpassage.
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句
June,
认
rcrowningbabyboomers(二战后生
育顶峰期出生的人)A)
asthegreatestvictimsoftherecessionanditsdreadful
consequences.
TheseAmericansintheir50sandearly60s一thosenearretirementagewhodonot
yethaveaccesstoMedicareandSocialSecurity一havelostthe
mostearnings
powerofanyagegroup,withtheirhouseholdincomes10percent
belowwhatthey
madewhentherecoverybeganthreeyearsago,accordingto
SentierResearch,a
fellsharplyatthe
worstpossibletime:
aresupportingboth
agedparentsandunemployedyoung-adultchildren,earningthem
theunlucky
nickname"GenerationSqueeze."
Newresearchsuggeststhattheymaydiesooner,becausetheirhealth,income
Asecurityandmentalwell-beingwerebattered(重创)byrecessionat
acrucialtimein
thatpeoplewho
losttheirjobsinthefewyearsbeforebecomingqualifiedforSocial
Securitylostup
tothreeyearsfromtheirlifeexpectancy(预期寿命)，largely
becausetheynolonger
hadaccesstoaffordablehealthcare.
UnemploymentratesforAmericansnearingretirementarefarlowerthanthosefor
youngpeople,whoarerecentlyoutofschool,withfewerskills
andashorterwork
,olderworkershaveamuchharder
timefinding
,theaveragedurationof
unemploymentforolder
peoplewas53weeks,comparedwith19weeksforteenagers,
accordingtotheLabor
Department'sjobsreportreleasedonFriday.
[F]Thelengthyprocessispartlybecauseolderworkersaremore
likelytohavebeen
laidofffromindustriesthataredownsizing,like
restofthepopulation,olderpeoplearealsomorelikelyto
owntheirownhomesand
belessmobilethanrenters,whocanmovetonewjobmarkets.
[G]Olderworkersaremorelikelytohaveadisabilityofsomesort,
perhapslimitingthe
inclined,atleast
initially,totakejobsthatpayfarle