Labor Market Decline
The decline of the labor market is easy to misinterpret （interpret）. There are many reasons for that. During the 1970s, large numbers of women and young adults _____（1）（bear） during the baby boom entered into the work force. That _____（2）（result） in too many workers for the jobs available and depressed wages. The decline also has something to do with the explosive _____（3）（grow） in world trade since 1960. As _____（4）（manufacture） technologies have become more mobile, production jobs have _____（5）（move） from the U.S. to countries where wages are low. In _____（6）（add）, technology itself has helped to cause the shifts in the job market. For example, _____（7）（few）American workers are needed to make steel today than in the past, because new _____（8）（machine） have made many of their tasks _____（9）（necessary）. Finally, the high rate of _____（10）（employment）caused by these factors has tended to drive wages down further.
【正确答案】：1. born
2. resulted
3. growth
4. manufacturing
5. moved
6. addition
7. fewer
8. machines
9. unnecessary
10. unemployment
【题目解析】：1. 由空前的名词women and young adults可知，空格处需要填一个动词的过去分词作后置定语修饰前面的名词。动词bear的过去分词形式为born。故答案为born。
2. 由空前的指示代词that可知，空格处需要填一个动词，作句子的谓语。该句的时态为一般过去时，动词result需加上“-ed”。故答案为resulted。
3. 由空前的形容词explosive可知，空格处需要填一个名词。动词grow的名词形式为growth。故答案为growth。
4. 由空后的名词technologies可知，空格处需要填一个形容词，与technologies构成“制造业技术”。动词manufacture的形容词形式为manufacturing。故答案为manufacturing。
5. 由空前的助动词have可知，空格处需要填一个动词的过去分词。动词move的过去分词形式为moved。故答案为moved。
6. 由空前的介词in可知，空格处需要填一个名词。动词add的名词形式为addition。in addition为固定搭配，意为“除此之外”。故答案为addition。
7. 由空后的than可知，空格处需要填一个形容词的比较级。few的比较级为fewer。故答案为fewer。
8. 由空前的形容词new和空后的谓语动词have made可知，空格处需要填一个名词复数形式。名词machine的复数形式为machines。故答案为machines。
9. 由空前的名词tasks可知，空格处需要填一个形容词作后置定语修饰前面的名词。根据句意，新的机器使很多体力劳动变得没有必要。故答案为unnecessary。
10. 由空前的介词of可知，空格处需要填一个名词。根据句意，这些因素导致的高失业率使工资进一步下降。故答案为unemployment。
