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The U.S. birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950’s, resulting in a sma
The U.S. birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950’s, resulting in a sma
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The U.S. birthrate began to decline in the middle 1950’s, resulting in a smaller college-age population starting in the middle 1970’s. Something else happened in the 1970’s: the price of oil increased tremendously, driving up the price of al most everything and making Americans aware that their large automobiles used a lot of gasoline. At the same time, foreign car 【S1】______ had begun to produce small fuel-efficient cars in large quantities for the 【S2】______ market. Suddenly, the large, gas-guzzling American cars were no longer 【S3】______ to American buyers, who began buying foreign cars by the thousands. The American automobile industry went into a 【S4】______. Thousands of automotive workers were 【S5】______ off, as were thou sands of people in industries indirectly connected with the auto-industry. People who are laid off tend to keep what money they have for 【S6】______, like food and housing. They do not have the extra money needed to send their children to college. Their children cannot pay their own college costs, because during a recession they cannot find jobs. High 【S7】______ means that more state 【S8】______ must be used for social service—unemployment benefits and to aid dependent children, for example—than during more prosperous times. It also means, that the states have fewer funds than usual, because people are paying fewer taxes. Institutions of higher education 【S9】______ on two major sources of income to keep them functioning: tuition from students and funds from the states. At the present time, there are fewer students than in the past and fewer state funds available for higher education. The colleges and universities are in 【S10】______.
Word Bank:
A. necessities I. contend
B. export J. unemployment
C. funds K. recession
D. recycle L. trouble
E. attractive M. integrated
F. catered N. laid
G. depend O. stretched
H. manufacturers
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答案
H
解析
联系前后可知,此空要填一个名词。因为美国的油价大幅上升,本土的汽车需要耗大量的油。与此同时,外国的汽车生产商们开始大规模生产一些省燃料的小型汽车用于出口。所以此空填manufacturers,制造商的意思。
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