Extracurricular Reading
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Hiring Outlook Remains Dim with Scarring in the Economy
As unemployment claims keep pouring in，new job postings are____1__，and an end to some benefits is_____2_．
The number of new state unemployment claims dipped last week，but job losses____3__to batter the economy as rising coronavirus cases pushed some regions of the country to reverse course and reimpose shutdown orders on businesses．
Although hiring nationwide has____4__up in recent weeks，most of the payroll gains were temporarily laid-off workers who were rehired．The pool of_____5___whose previous jobs have disappeared and who must search for new ones has grown．Finding new jobs will be more__6__．There’s been scarring in the economy．
Recent readings from employment sites also point to more lasting damage to the labor__7__．Overall job openings at ZipRecruiter rose last week，for instance，but the number of new jobs posted declined for the fourth week in a row．“For now，at least，that suggests the increase in vacancies is being_____8___by a slowdown in hiring，not an increase in labor demand，”said Julia Pollak，ZipRecruiter’s labor economist．“Recent jobs reports are encouraging，but the increase in employment entirely reflects rehires of workers on temporary layoffs，”she added．“The recovery in new hiring has yet to begin．”
The_____9___the pandemic dampens or halts shopping，dining out，travel and business operations，the more___10___it is that jobs put on a brief hold simply vanish．
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＼Banked Cloze＼
Directions：Read the above passage through carefully and select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the following word bank．
＼Further Reflection on Reading＼
Directions：Think about and answer the following questions．
1．After you read the above three passages，what ideas impress you the most？
2．Search for the information on the Internet to find out what the new trends in economic development are．