Wanen Buffett,who will host Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders'meeting on May 3rd,is an icon of American capitalism.At 83,he also epitomhes a sLriking demographic 1:for highly skilled people to go on working well int0 2 was once thought to be old age.Across the rich world,well-educated people 3 work longer than the less-skilled.Some 65%of American men aged 62-74 with a professional deUee are in the 4,compared with 3290 0f men with only a high-school certificate.In the European Union Lhe pattern is similar.This 5 is part of a deepening divide between the well-educated 6 and the unskiUed poor that is slicing 7 all age groups.Rapid innovation has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while 8 those of the unskilled.Those 8t the cop are working longer hours each year than those at the bottom.9 the well-qualified are extending their working lives,compared with those ofless-educated people.The 10,for indrviduals and society,are profound.The world is on the 11 rise in the number of old people,and they will live longer than ever before.12 the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double,from 600m to 1.1 billion.The 13 of the 20th century,when greater longevity translated into more years in retirement 14 more years at work,has persuaded many observers that this shift will 15 slower economic growth and"secular stagnation",while the 16 ranks of pensioners will bust government budgets.But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the 17 0ld misses a new trend,the 18 gap between the skilled and the unskilled.Employment rates are falling among younger unskiUed people,19 0lder skilled folk are working longer.The divide is most extreme in America,where well-educated baby-boomers are 20 retirement while many less-skilled youn-ger people have dropped out of the workforce.8选？
动词辨析题。文章不断强调受过高等教育的入和缺乏技能的人之间的差距，该句继续表达这样的观点：Rapid innovation has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while 8 those of the unskilled.其中while-词表示“而”，强调比较、对比，故前后的内容应该对立相反．也就是说上下文会出现反义词。上文说“快速的创新提高了高技术群体的收入”，其中raise“提高”为关键词，该空对应填人相反的词，肯定是“降低”之类的词。选项[A]declining“下降”，该项看似正确，但是decline表示“下降”时为不及物动词，故排除该项。[C]depressing强调“压抑，使沮丧”，与收入不搭配；[D]suppressing强调“镇压”，显然也与收入不搭，故排除这两项。[B]squeezing表示“挤压，压榨”，符合语义，故本题答案为[B]。
