Many skilled young people are being forced into part-time and unskilled work, the report says. It warns of a "crisis" with more than six million people so disillusioned they have given up looking for work. The ILO(International Labor Organization)wants governments to make job creation a priority. It wants more training schemes, and also tax breaks for employers.
"The youth unemployment crisis can be beaten but only if job creation for young people becomes a key priority in policymaking and private sector investment picks up significantly," said Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, executive director of the ILO's employment sector.
Since 2007, the number of young people without jobs has risen by four million - up from less than 12%, the Global Employment Trends for Youth Report says. Almost 13% of people aged between 15 and 24 - or almost 75 million - have no work, although this is slightly down on its peak in 2009.
In the European Union, one in five young people are looking for work, the report claims. Some 27.9% of youths were unemployed in North Africa last year —a rise of five percentage points on 2010. In the Middle East, the figure stood at 26.5% in the report's regional breakdown. Even in East Asia, perhaps the most economically active region, the unemployment rate was 2.8 times higher for young people than for adults, the report said.
But, the ILO report reveals, the true picture of youth unemployment is even more pessimistic. Many young people are extending their time in higher education because they cannot find jobs. Others are taking part-time unskilled work because they cannot find work in the fields they trained for.
The ILO says that more than six million young people worldwide have given up looking for work and are becomingly increasingly detached from society. By not using their skills they are losing them, the report says, and if there is no improvement in the jobs market soon, they may be not only unemployed, but unemployable.
The ILO suggests offering tax breaks to businesses hiring young people and offering more programmes to help kick-start careers.
小題1:Which of the following is true according to Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs?
A．Since 2007, the number of young people out of job has risen to 4 million.
B．Nearly 13% of the young people have no work.
C．Job creation should be made a key priority in policymaking.
D．The youth unemployment rate can never go down.
小題2:The various figures in paragraph 3 and 4 were used to show_______.
A．The employment situation is serious only in the European Union
B．The global youth employment situation is depressing
C．East Asia enjoys a high youth employment rate
D．Compared with the situation in 2009, the youth employment in 2007 is slightly better
小題3:According to ILO, the following are caused by high youth unemployment rate except_______.
A．The government calls on young people to take up whatever job is available
B．Many young people are making their time in higher education longer
C．Some young people are taking part-time unskilled work
D．Many young people have given up looking for work
小題4:The ILO offered many solutions to the crisis of youth unemployment, including_______.
a. making job creations a priority          b. more training schemes      
c. encouraging public investment           d. tax breaks for employers     
e. offering more entrepreneurship programmes to help start careers
A．a(chǎn) b c eB．b c d eC．a(chǎn) c d eD．a(chǎn) b d e

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:D

試題分析：國際勞工組織稱，全世界大約有13%的年輕人處于失業(yè)狀態(tài)，并且這種境況在未來4年之內(nèi)不會(huì)改善。因此，國際勞工組織建議對(duì)雇傭年輕人的企業(yè)給予稅收上的優(yōu)惠已經(jīng)提供更多的項(xiàng)目義幫助年輕人就業(yè)。
小題1:C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段“The youth unemployment crisis can be beaten but only if job creation for young people becomes a key priority in policymaking and private sector investment picks up significantly”可知解決年輕人失業(yè)的危機(jī)的辦法是“在政策制定上提供給年輕人就業(yè)的優(yōu)先權(quán)和個(gè)人投資的顯著增加”，故C項(xiàng)正確。
小題2:B推理判斷題。全球青年就業(yè)趨勢報(bào)告所列數(shù)據(jù)“自2007年以來，年輕人的失業(yè)人數(shù)已達(dá)400萬，到2009年達(dá)到高峰為750萬”說明“全球年輕人失業(yè)的形勢很嚴(yán)峻”。故B項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Many young people are extending their time in higher education because they cannot find jobs.”說明有B項(xiàng)所提到的因素；根據(jù)“Others are taking part-time unskilled work because they cannot find work in the fields they trained for.”說明有C項(xiàng)所提到的因素；根據(jù)“The ILO says that more than six million young people worldwide have given up looking for work and are becomingly increasingly detached from society.”說明有D項(xiàng)所提到的因素。故正確答案為A項(xiàng)。
小題4:D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文中就解決年輕人失業(yè)的問題沒有提到“鼓勵(lì)公共投資”的問題。故正確答案為D項(xiàng)。根據(jù)最后一段說明有“d”所說的內(nèi)容；根據(jù)“It wants more training schemes, and also tax breaks for employers.”說明有“b、e”所說的內(nèi)容；根據(jù)63題的答案說明有“a” 所說的內(nèi)容。
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