Warren Buffett,who will host Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders'meeting on May 3rd,is an icon of American capitalism.At 83,he also epitomizes a striking demographic（1）:for highly skilled people to go on working well into（2）was once thought to be old age.Across the rich world,well-educated people（3）work longer than the less-skilled.Some 65%o of American menaged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the（4）compared with 32%of men with only a high-school certificate.In the European Union the pattern is similar This（5）is part of a deepening divide between the well-educated（6）and the unskilled poor that is slicing（7）all age groups.Rapid innovation has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while（8）those of the unskilled.Those at the top are working longer hours each year than those at the bottom（9）the l1-qualified are extending their working lives,compared with those of less-educated people.The（10）for individuals and society,are profound The world is on the（11）rise in the number of old people,and they will live longer than ever efore.（12）the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double from 600m to 1.1 billion The（13）of the 20th century,when greater longevity translated into more years in retirement（14）more years at work,has persuaded many observers that this shift will（15）slower economic growth and"secular stagnation",while the（16）ranks of pensioners will bust government budgets But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the（17）old misses a new trend,the（18）gap between the skilled and the unskilled.Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people,（19）older skilled folk are working longer.The divide is most extreme in America,where well-educated baby-boomers are（20）retirement while many less-skilled youn but overseas job markets and foreign government policies favor technology experts From a long-term perspective,it is a positive thing that more than 80 percent of those who pursue education overseas return to China after completing their studies and contribute to the country's economy But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the（17）old misses a new trend,the（18）gap between the skilled and the unskilled.Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people,（19）older skilled folk are working longer.The divide is most extreme in America,where well-educated baby-boomers are（20）retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce.（5）选？
词汇辨析题。A.gap差距;B.similarity相似;C.concept概念;D.phenomenon现象。上文提到n the European Union the pattern is similar.该空有可能填人similarity,但是读完整个句子可知第二段首句讨论的是之前关于受过高等教育群体和缺乏技能群体的对比,与上一段的最后一句关系不大,故排除B.项。本句内其实有答案提示,因为本句为主系表结构,在主系表结构中,主语等同于表语。原文说:This5 is part of a deepening di-vide…该空为主语,表语为part of a deepening divide,其中dide表示“分歧,差异”,与“8ap词同义,故A.为正确答案。另外,该题与最后一段第18题附近出现的the gap between也遥相呼应。
