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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

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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

[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

[单项选择]A new United Nation’s report is predicting ________.
A. economic growth in Latin America this year will be slower than anticipated
B. economic growth in Latin America this year will reach four percent
C. economic growth in Latin America this year will be faster than anticipated
D. direct investment will increase this year

[单项选择]Are a firm’s demand for labor and a firm’s demand for physical capital more elastic in the long run or in the short run Demand for labor more elastic in the: Demand for physical capital more elastic in the:（）①A. short run short run ②B. long run long run ③C. short run long run
A. ①
B. ②
C. ③

[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