[填空题]Today’s new Labor Department report showing that the economy lost jobs last month, the first loss this year, seems in stark contrast to where the president and the Congress are focusing their attentions. Congress has recessed without extending unemployment benefits, in large measure due to repeated Republican obstruction.
The economy is now presenting a strange dichotomy. The corporate sector has returned to rude health, with improved balance sheets and tons of cash. It has helped lead the recovery. (41) .
And yet Washington’s response seems to be a collective throwing up of hands. There are a few things the government can do about persistent long-term unemployment. First, it can lessen the pain it causes by expanding the safety net, extending unemployment-insurance benefits so that the long-term unemployed have a source of cash to help them stay current on rent, mortgage, and credit card bills. Second, it can respond to persistent long-term unemployment by enacting p

[填空题]Today’s new Labor Department report showing that the economy lost jobs last month, the first loss this year, seems in stark contrast to where the president and the Congress are focusing their attentions. Congress has recessed without extending unemployment benefits, in large measure due to repeated Republican obstruction.
The economy is now presenting a strange dichotomy. The corporate sector has returned to rude health, with improved balance sheets and tons of cash. It has helped lead the recovery. (41) .
And yet Washington’s response seems to be a collective throwing up of hands. There are a few things the government can do about persistent long-term unemployment. First, it can lessen the pain it causes by expanding the safety net, extending unemployment-insurance benefits so that the long-term unemployed have a source of cash to help them stay current on rent, mortgage, and credit card bills. Second, it can respond to persistent long-term unemployment by enacting p

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Today’s new Labor Department report showing that the economy lost jobs last month, the first loss this year, seems in stark contrast to where the president and the Congress are focusing their attentions. Congress recessed without extending unemployment benefits, in large measure due to repeated Republican obstruction.
The economy is now presenting a strange dichotomy. The corporate sector has returned to rude health, with improved balance sheets and tons of cash. It has helped lead the recovery. (41)______.
And yet Washington’s response seems to be a collective throwing up of hands. There are a few things the government can do about persistent long-term unemployment. First, it can lessen the pain it causes by expanding the safety net, extending unemployment- insurance benefits so that the long-term unemployed have a source of cash to help them stay current on rent, mortgage, and credit card bills. Second, it can respond to persistent long-term unemploy

[单项选择]A new health report today warned of the ______ tendency for newly qualified doctors to refuse practices in the country.
A. worry
B. worried
C. worries
D. worrying

[单项选择]—Will you be able to finish your report today
—______
A. I like it
B. I hope so
C. I’ll do so
D. I’d love it

[单项选择]The report listed as new basics （　）.
A. English, mathematics, computer, social studies
B. science, mathematics, social studies, foreign language
C. English, science, social studies, mathematics, computer
D. English, science, computer, social studies

[单项选择]Big Polluters Told to Report Emissions
The new rules would require 10,000 industrial sites and suppliers of petroleum products to submit the data beginning in 2011. Suppliers of fossil fuels(石油)will be asked to estimate how much carbon dioxide(二氧化碳), methane(甲烷) and other greenhouse gases are emitted when the fuels are burned by businesses and consumers in buildings and cars, the agency said.
The E. P. A. said it had no firm estimate on how many businesses had the training and systems in place to report on their emissions. But a large percentage of those covered by the new regulations are already required to report emissions under other programs sponsored by the agency, it said. The agency said it had also been reaching out to businesses and offering training in how the emissions can be measured.
The E. P. A. said the reposing system would provide vital data to businesses seeking to compare and control their emissions and better information to the government, which has b
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned