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Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, accordi

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问题     Older people must be given more chances to learn if they are to contribute to society rather than be a financial burden, according to a new study on population published recently.
    The current approach which【C1】______on younger people and on skills for employment not 【C2】______ to meet the challenges of demographic change, it says. Only 1% of the education budget is【C3】______spent on the oldest third of the population.
    The 【C4】______ include the fact that most people can expect to spend a third of their lives in【C5】______, that there are now more people over 59 than under 16 and that 11.3 million people are【C6】______state pension age.
    "【C7】______needs to continue throughout life. Our historic concentration of policy attention and resources【C8】______young people cannot meet the new【C9】______, " says the report’ s author, Professor Stephen McNair.
    The major【C10】______of our education budget is spent on people below the age of 25. 【C11】______people are changing their jobs,【C12】______, partners and lifestyles more often than【C13】______, they need opportunities to learn at every age. 【C14】______ some people are starting new careers in their 50s and later.
    People need opportunities to make a "midlife review" to【C15】______to the later stages of employed life, and to plan for the transition【C16】______retirement which may now happen【C17】______at any point from 50 to over 90, says McNair.
    And there should be more money【C18】______to support people in establishing a【C19】______of identity and finding constructive 【C20】______ for the "third age", the 20 or more years they will spend in healthy retired life.
【C2】
选项 A、superior
B、regular
C、essential
D、adequate
答案D
解析 考查形容词辨析。由空后的to meet the challenges…可知，本句应该是说，目前只关注年轻人和工作技能的做法是不足以应对人口结构的变化的，选项中的D．adequate意为“足够的，满足需求的”，符合句意，故为答案。superior意为“优越的”；regular意为“有规律的”；essential意为“基本的”，都与句意不符。
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