问答题

About 700,000 children in Mexico dropped out of school last year as recession-stricken families pushed kids to work, and a weak economic recovery will allow only a (36)_________improvement in the drop-out rate in 2010, a top education (37) _________said.   
Mexico’s economy suffered more than any other in Latin America last year, (38) _________an estimated 7 percent due to a (39) _________in U.S. demand for Mexican exports such as cars.   
The (40) _________led to a 4 percent increase in the number of kids who left (41) _________or middle school in 2009, said Juan de Dios Castro, who (42) _________the nation’s adult education program and keeps a close watch on drop-out rates.   
“(43) _________rose and that is a factor that makes our job more difficult.” Castro told Reuters in an interview earlier this month.   
(44)________.As a result, drop-out rates will not improve much, Castro said. “There will be some improvement, but not significant,” Castro said.   
(45)________. And children often sell candy and crafts in the streets or word in restaurants.   
(46)________. Mexico’s politicians have resisted mending the country’s tax, energy and labor laws for decades, leaving its economy behind countries such as Brazil and Chile.

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