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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