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Young women and men are among the world's greatest assets. They bring energy, talent and creativity to economies and create the foundations for future development. But today's 1___ also represent a group 2 serious vulnerabilities in the world of work. In recent years slowing global employment growth and increasing unemployment, underemployment and disillusionment have_ 3__ young people ___4__. As a result, today's youth are faced__ 5 __ a growing deficit of decent work opportunities and high levels of economic and social uncertainty.
This report adds to growing evidence of a global situation in which young people face increasing difficulties when entering the __6___ force market. One of the ___7___ findings of the report is that a global deficit of decent work opportunities has resulted in a situation in which one out of three youth in the world is ___8___ seeking but unable to find work (the unemployed), has given up __9___ the job search entirely (the discouraged) or is working but still living below the US$2 a day ___10___ line (the working poor). This second version of the GET Youth updates the key world and regional youth labor market indicators, but offers original research as well, __11____ a careful estimation of the number and share of youth who work but are living in households of less than US$1 or 2 a day (the so-called youth working poor). The working poor youth estimate can serve ___12___ a proxy for income-related underemployment and therefore fits nicely __13____ the framework presented in the report for ___14__ youth who are most at risk to __15___ from degrees of exclusion from decent work and therefore a framework for identifying whom would benefit most from targeted interventions.
Without the right foothold __16___ which to start out right in the labour market, young people are ___17___to make choices that will improve their own job prospects and those of their future dependents. This, __18___, perpetuates the cycle of insufficient education, low-productivity employment and working poverty from one generation to the next. The report, therefore, adds urgency __19___ the UN call for development of strategies aimed to give young people a chance to make ___ 20 __ of their productive potential through decent employment.
1. [A]youth [B]youths [C]youthes [D]the youth
2. [A]of [B]with [C]about [D]in
3. [A]beat [B]hit [C]hurt [D]attack
4. [A]worst [B]hardest [C]the worst [D]the hardest
5. [A]to [B]up [C]with [D]up to
6. [A]work [B]job [C]employment [D]labor
7. [A]principle [B]principal [C]prior [D]previous
8. [A]either [B]neither [C]both [D]/
9. [A]with [B]to [C]about [D]on
10. [A]poor [B]poverty [C]impoverished [D]needy
11. [A]included [B]including [C]and [D]with
12. [A]like [B]/ [C]as [D]to be
13. [A]in [B]within [C]of [D]for
14. [A]realizing [B]organizing [C]acknowledging [D]identifying
15. [A]suffer [B]be suffered [C]being suffered [D]suffering
16. [A]in [B]of [C]from [D]about
17. [A]unable [B]less able [C]more able [D]able
18. [A]after all [B]therefore [C]in turn [D]however
19. [A]with [B]on [C]upon [D]to
20. [A]most [B]the most [C]a most [D]much
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