In just eight years, by 2010, there will be 58 million jobs in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau 1 between now and 2010 some 22 million new jobs will be created. And 36 million more 2 will result from retirements and others who drop out of the workforce.

Nearly all that job 3 , incidentally, will come in the service sector. Manufacturing jobs will grow at only 4 of a percent annually. That’s not because those jobs are going overseas, by the way. Blame the slow growth in manufacturing 5 the fast growth in manufacturing productivity.

Ed Potter, president of the Employment Policy Foundations in Washington, said the foundation’s analysis of job growth and what’s 6 happening in education show we could be as 7 as 3.5 million professionals at the end of this decade.

Despite the current recession and layoffs, a 8 of employers by the National Association of Manufacturers found 80 percent of companies say a severe shortage of qualified job 9 already exists. And 60 percent of those companies said the lack of skilled workers is 10 their ability to produce goods and services they could sell.

1. A. persists B. predicts

C. interprets D. distinguishes

2. A. openings B. people

C. employees D. occupations

3. A. seekers B. interviews

C. growth D. application

4. A. three-tenths B. third-ten

C. third-tenth D. thirds-ten

5. A. for B. with

C. on D. above

6. A. reliably B. currently

C .fortunately D. definitely

7. A. many B. strong

C. on D. short

8. A. survey B. lot

C. show D. group

9. A. increase B. candidates

C. decline D. interviewers

10. A. influencing B. effecting

C. affecting D. enhancing

参考答案：1.B 2.A3.C4.A5.A6.B7.D8.A9.B10.C