問題詳情

IV. Passage Completion (8%)
 
(A) sour
(B) supercharged
(C) true
(D) outgrowing
(E) counterparts (AB) percentage (AC) brew (AD) dreary(BC) numbers (BD) translating (BE) advocates (CD) underline 

Africa is at a tipping point. Six out of 10 Africans are under 25. Between 2015and 2050, the youth population will almost double from almost 230m to 452m. Theirpotential to drive Africa’s progress goes far beyond 31 . As a group, they aremore adventurous, more entrepreneurial and spend longer in school than pastgenerations. They have set their sights higher, wanting to emulate 32 in othercontinents rather than achieve goals set by their parents.5But this demographic dividend is in danger of turning 33 : consider thefact that the more time young people in Africa spend in education, the more likelythey are to be unemployed. This failure draws attention to how the commodity cycleof recent years may have 34 the gross domestic product of many African states,but has created almost no jobs and greatly widened inequalities.It highlights the worrying mismatch between the skills our young people aretaught and those needed by the contemporary job market. This is a recipe forfrustration and anger. The same is 35 of the alarming disconnect betweendemocratic politics and young people. Again, there has been real progress on thecontinent with 109 elections in the decade since 2006, leading to 44 changes of power.But this is not 36 into greater faith in democracy. Scepticism about electedrepresentatives is growing. African citizens put their trust first in religious leaders,then the army and traditional leaders. Presidents come a distant fourth. An averageage gap of 44 years between the people and their leaders fuels a belief that those inpower disregard young peoples’ interests.This combination of a lack of economic opportunity and political may become atoxic 37 . Devoid of prospects and lacking any say over the direction of theircountries and futures, young people become attracted to other alternatives.As well as fuelling conflict and instability, terrorism can claim to be one ofAfrica’s fastest-growing business sectors, with increasing involvement in the drugstrade, human trafficking and the black market.These challenges 38 the crucial importance of wise leadership and goodgovernance for Africa’s future. Without them, high hopes can quickly lead to deepfrustrations. If the energy and ambition of Africa’s youth are wasted, they couldbecome a destabilizing force.
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參考答案

答案：B,C
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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