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______ unemployment and crime are high, it can be assumed that the latter is due to the former.
Britain has recently had a high level of unemployment but the same is true ______ many other countries.
Rising tides of unemployment claims across the state has led the governor to declare the economy to be in a state of emergency.
According to the article, what was the cause of the state’s high unemployment rate?
Practice 5 ● Look at the chart below. It shows a country’s unemployment rate, inflation rate and the rate of GDP growth during eight quarters on two successive years.
● Which quarter does each sentence (11-15) below the chart describe?
● For each sentence, mark one letter (A-H) on your Answer Sheet.
● Do not use any letter more than once.
11. In this quarter, the rate of GDP growth, like the unemployment rate, showed a fall, while the inflation rate demonstrated the opposite trend.
12. With a slight decline in both unemployment rate and inflation rate, the GDP growth rate reached its peak in this quarter.
13. This quarter saw the lowest point in the inflation rate and the unemployment continued to fall.
14. In this quarter, the inflation rate and the rate of GDP growth showed a rise, while that of the unemployment was just the opposite.
15. Despite the rise in the unemployment rate and the inflation rate, the rate of GDP growth continued to grow.
Structural unemployment 结构性失业
Britain has recently had a high level of unemployment but the same is true _____ many other countries.
Unemployment 失业
Voluntary unemployment 自愿失业