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Part V Cloze
Employers fear they will be unable recruit students with the skills they need as the economic recovery kicks in, a new survey 67_______.
Nearly half of organizations told researchers they were already struggling to find 68_______ with skills in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), 69_______ even more companies expect to experience 70_______ of employees with STEM skills in the next three years.
The Confederation of British Industry 71_______ 694 businesses and organizations across the public and 72_______ sectors, which together employ 2.4 million people.
Half are 73_______ they will not be able to fill graduate posts in the coming years, while a third said they would not be able to 74_______ enough employees with the right A-level skills.
"75_______ we move further into recovery and businesses plan 76_______ growth, the demand for people with high-quality skills and qualifications will 77_______," said Richard Lambert, director general, CBI. “Firms say it is already hard to find people with the right 78_______ or engineering skills. The new government must make it a top 79_______ to encourage more young people to study science-related 80_______."
The survey found that young people would improve their job prospects 81_______ they studied business studies, maths, English and physics or chemistry at A-level. The A-levels that employers 82_______ least are psychology and sociology. And while many employers don't insist on a 83_______ degree subject, a third prefer to hire those with a STEM-related subject.
The research 84_______ worries about the lack of progress in improving basic skills in the UK 85_______. Half of employers expressed worries about employees' basic literacy and numeracy(计算) skills, while the biggest problem is with IT skills, 86_______ two-thirds reported concerns.
67. A submits B reveals C launches D generates
68. A audience B officials C partners D staff
69. A while B because C for D although
70. A exits B shortages C absences D departures
71. A surveyed B searched C exposed D exploited
72. A collective B private C personal D civil
73. A confronted B conformed C concerned D confused
74. A bind B attain C transfer D recruit
75. A Lest B Unless C Before D As
76. A with B for C on D by
77. A dominate B stretch C enforce D intensify
78. A creative B technical C narrative D physical
79. A priority B option C challenge D judgment
80. A procedures B academies C thoughts D subjects
81. A until B since C whereas D if
82. A rate B discuss C order D observe
83. A typical B positive C particular D general
84. A highlighted B prescribed C focused D touched
85. A masses B workforce C faculty D communities
86. A what B whom C where D why
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