【单选题】

Unlike downturns past,European nations have kept unemployment figures low relative to the U.S. this time around becauseEurope’s labor markets have (67) to depend less on allowances than government schemes to put them back to work quickly. What’s more, (68) focusing solely on jumpstarting their economies (69) stimulus(刺激), as the U.S. has, NorthernEurope has thrown its (70) at keeping people at work--by any means (71) .

In the countries of northernEurope, that has (72) large and successful retraining schemes to get laid-off workers back into jobs quickly. (73) in nations like Germany, jobs have also been (74) by cutting hours. Rather than laying off workers, a number ofEuropean companies have chosen to cut (75) schedules by a third or more as part of larger government schemes to (76) mass layoffs.Companies save money on salaries (77) the government picks up the cost of the pay cuts, including payroll(工资总额) taxes. It’s successful, but it (78) to the national debt and also has the (79) to twistEuropean labor markets.
What’s more, economists note,European unemployment (80) tend to lag behind those of the U.S.-- meaning that whileAmerican unemployment will probably (81) this year, the bigEuropean economies will (82) numbers continue to rise into the years aheaD、
All these emphasize the fact (83) while NorthernEurope has handled the crisis (84) well up to now, the future is (85) bright. Indeed, economists say thatEurope’s usual slower-growth, higher-unemployment trend line will (86) in the years aheaD、
A．mostly
B．hardly
C．partially
D．occasionally