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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] 【C8】
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答案
C
解析
空格在句中作定语修饰retirement age。空格所在句前一分句讲“联邦政府对退休年龄无______规定”,后一分句以转折连词but引出“但是退休看起来吸引力更大”,可见联邦政府没有强制规定退休年龄,故选用mandatory。
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