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The nation's labor market softened slightly last month, with the unemploymentrate edging up to 4.6 percent as job growth slowed. The report issued by the LaborDepartment fits with widespread government 35. that the economy will slow to acooler but still-solid pace of growth this year after expanding rapidly last year.That is expected to cause the drum-tight job market to ease and inflation pressuresto 36. . The jobless rate ticked up in January from 4.5 percent in December butremains low by historical standards. Much of the increase occurred because hundredsof thousands of workers 37. the labor force last month, likely drawn by booming jobgrowth at the end of last year. Employers increased their 38. by 196,000 workers inNovember and by 206,000 in December, the department said, revising earlier estimates.Employers turned more cautious in January, adding a modest 111,000 jobs, the LaborDepartment said. Some of the biggest employment gains were in education, health care,finance, and other services, 39. was the case last year. Wage growth also slowed inJanuary, which should help ease concerns at the Federal Reserve that a tight jobmarket might drive inflation higher.
35.
(A) policies
(B) forecasts
(C) commitments
(D) infrastructures

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答案:B
難度:適中0.590909
統計:A(5),B(13),C(4),D(0),E(0)