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The number of executive branch employees retiring this fiscal year, which en
The number of executive branch employees retiring this fiscal year, which en
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The number of executive branch employees retiring this fiscal year, which ends next month, is on track to be nearly twice the total who retired in 2009, according to government figures. And the rate looks certain to【C1】______In 2000, about 94,000 people age 60 and older worked for the government. Last year, the number was 262,000.
The wave of retirement is helping to bring down the size of the federal【C2】______and—where funding is available—could afford agencies the chance to hire younger workers with【C3】______skills. The retirement of clerks could clear the way for experts in cyber security and information technology.
But among those leaving are people with specific【C4】______that cannot easily be replaced—for instance, nuclear physicists at the Energy Department and a large number of air traffic controllers who were hired three decades ago. And with most hiring on hold, the【C5】______are already reshaping agencies that cannot replace most of the retirees or mentor and train new executives.
In some corners of government, the challenge is grim. By 2016,【C6】______42 percent of the Department of Housing and Urban Development workforce will be【C7】______to retire. At the Small Business Administration, it’s 44 percent.
There is no【C8】______retirement age for most civilian federal employees, but retiring is looking ever more attractive, employees say, with their salaries frozen for three years by Congress and public service【C9】______by many politicians.
"It finally got to the point where I got completely【C10】______said Richard Swensen, 60, who retired from the Agriculture Department last year after 38 years. "You get weary of work that doesn’t pay off."
A)abolished B)payroll C)mandatory D)previously
E)crucial F)departures G)huddles H)eligible
I)disappointed J)criticized K)institutions L)accelerate
M)presumably N)prevalent O)expertise [br] 【C4】
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O
解析
空格处后接定语从句,且在从句中充当主语,故应填入名词。根据破折号举例提及的nuclear physicists“核物理学家”和air traffic controllers“空中交通管制员”,可以推断有些退休人员具有难以取代的特殊“专长”,因此选用expertise。
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