4.For many years, people there had long believed that the world economy had ( ) them .They had become used to seeing their young people leave for jobs in other places.

　　A. passed ...off

　　B. passed ...on

　　C. passed ...out

　　D. passed ...by

　　【答案】D。句意为：多年来，那里的人们长期以来一直相信世界经济已经忽视了他们。他们已经习惯于看到年轻人去别的地方工作。A.顺利举行，B.传递，C.失去知觉、昏过去，D.不予理睬，忽视。所以答案选D。