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Unemployment provides a chance for you to rethink ______
A．what you find and how to keep it
B．what you want and how to get it
C．how best you can do the new job
D．how best you can sort out a new job
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更多“Unemployment provides a chance for you to rethink ______A．what you find and how to keep it”相关的问题
第1题
A．the larger amount of children
B．the cuts of schools and health services
C．the unemployment rate increases
D．the housing benefit changes
第2题
第3题
In 1972 there were critics who said that the State's action in allowing unemployment to rise was a faithless act, a breaking of the social contract between society and the worker. Yet in the main any contribution by employers to unemployment such as laying off workers in order to introduce technological changes and maximize profits tended to be ignored. And it was the unemployed who were accused of failing to honor the social contract, by not fulfilling their duty to society to work. In spite of general concern at the scale to the unemployment statistics, when the unemployed were considered as individuals, they tended to attract scorn and threats of punishment. Their capacities and motivation as workers and their value as members of society became suspect. The unemployed were accused of being responsible for their own workless condition, and doubts were expressed about the State' s obligation either to provide them with the security of work or to support them through Social Security.
Underlying the arguments about unemployment and the unemployed is a basic disagreement about the nature and meaning of work in society. To what extent can or should work be regarded as a service, not only performed by the worker for society but also made secure for the worker by the State, and supported if necessary？ And apart from cash are there social pressures and satisfactions which cause individuals to seek and keep work, so that the workless need work rather than just cash？
What the author proposes to examine is ______.
A．how far the unemployed are to blame for their failure in working and how far it is the State' s fault
B．to what extent the State should insist on the unemployed working if they fail to do so
C．whether being at work is a social duty which the State should ensure everybody carries out
D．whether work should be obligatory, and if so, whether the State or the individual is responsible for the enforced obligation
第4题
One consequence is that jobless benefits for an estimated 780, 000 Americans will abruptly stop tomorrow, even though most recipients have not yet exhausted their benefits. President Bush failed to show any leadership on this matter during the November Congress. Later, he finally askedCongress to extend the program for these workers and to make the benefits effective from Dec. 28.
That's not enough. The way unemployment insurance typically works is that states provide laid-off workers with 26 weeks of benefits, followed by 13 weeks of federal aid. Under Mr. Bush's scheme, federal benefits would be extended only for those who were already receiving them on Dec. 28. The extension would not cover the jobless workers who will exhaust their regular state-funded benefits after Dec. 28 — an estimated 95, 000 every week — but will receive no federal help unless the program is re-authorized. By the end of March , 1.2 million workers could fall into this catego？ry.
The Senate saw this problem coming, and under the leadership of Hillary Rodham Clinton for New York and Don Nickles of Oklahoma, passed a bill that would not only have covered people al？ready enrolled in the federal program but provided 13 weeks of assistance for those losing their state benefits in the new year. The House, for largely trivial reasons, refused to go along.
Bill Frist, the new Senate majority leader, says he is looking for ways to put a kinder, gentler face on the Republican Party. Passing the Clinton-Nickles bill would be a good way to begin. The House should then follow suit. One of the House's complaints last year was that, at $ 5 billion, the Clinton-Nickles bill was too expensive. That's ridiculous, considering the costs of the tax cuts that House Republicans have in mind.
The unemployment rate last month stood at 6 percent, the highest since mid-1994. The country could use a $ 5 billion shot in the arm right about now. So could a lot of increasingly desperate peo？ple.
According to the author, the proposed extension is
A．what the coming Congress should reconsider.
B．excluded from the economic stimulus packages.
C．a relief program carefully designed by the House.
D．put forward by both Republicans and Democrats.
第5题
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With a new Congress drawing near ,Democrats and Republicans are busily designing competing economic stimulus packages. The Republicans are sure to offer tax cuts ,the Democrats – among other things - financial relief for the states. There is one measure ,however ,that would provide not only an immediate boost to the economy but also immediate relief to those most in need :a carefully crafted extension of the federal unemployment insurance program. The Senate approved such an extension before it adjourned in November. The House of Representatives refused to go along. It was among the greatest failures of the 107th Congress.
One consequence is that jobless benefits for an estimated 780,000 Americans will abruptly stop Tomorrow ,even though most recipients have not yet exhausted their benefits. President Bush failed to show any leadership on this matter during the November Congress. Later, he finally asked Congress to extend the program for these workers and to make the benefits effective from Dec.28.
That's not enough. The way unemployment insurance typically works is that states provide laid- off workers with 26 weeks of benefits, followed by 13 weeks of federal aid. Under Mr. Bush's scheme ,federal benefits would be extended only for those who were already receiving them on Dec. 28. The extension would not cover the jobless workers who will exhaust their regular state-funded benefits after Dec.28 - an estimated 95,000 every week - but will receive no federal help unless the program is re-authorized. By the end of March,1.2 million workers could fall into this catego-ry.
The Senate saw this problem coming ,and under the leadership of Hillary Rodham Clinton for New York and Don Nickles of Oklahoma ,passed a bill that would not only have covered people al- ready enrolled in the federal program but provided 13 weeks of assistance for those losing their state benefits in the new year. The House ,for largely trivial reasons ,refused to go along.
Bill Frist ,the new Senate majority leader ,says he is looking for ways to put a kinder ,gentler face on the Republican Party. Passing the Clinton-Nickles bill would be a good way to begin. The House should then follow suit. One of the House's complaints last year was that ,at $ 5 billion ,the Clinton-Nickles bill was too expensive. That's ridiculous ,considering the costs of the tax cuts that House Republicans have in mind.
The unemployment rate last month stood at 6 percent ,the highest since mid-1994. The country could use a $ 5 billion shot in the arm right about now. So could a lot of increasingly desperate peo-ple.
46. According to the author,the proposed extension is
[ A] what the coming Congress should reconsider.
[B] excluded from the economic stimulus packages.
[ C] a relief program carefully designed by the House.
[ D] put forward by both Republicans and Democrats.
第6题
根据短文，回答16~20题With a new Congress drawing near。Democrats and Republicans are busily designing competing economic stimulus packages．The Republicans are sure to offer tax cuts。the Democrats～among other things— financial relief for the states．There is one measure，however，that would provide not only an immedlate boost to the economy but also immediate relief to those most in need：a carefully crafted extension of the federal unemployment insurance program．The Senate approved such an extension before it adjourned in November． The House of Representatives refused to go along．It was among the greatest failures of the l07th Congress． One consequence is that jobless benefits for an estimated 780000 Americans will abruptly stop tomorrow， even though most recipients have not yet exhausted their benefits．President Bush failed to show any leader— ship on this matter during the November Congress．Later，he finally asked Congress to extend the program for these workers and to make the benefits effective from Dec．28． That’s not enough．The way unemployment insurance typically works is that states provide laid-off workers with 26 weeks of benefits，followed by l3 weeks of federal aid Under Mr Bush’s scheme．federal benefits would be extended only for those who were already receiving them on Dec．28．The extension would not cover the jobless workers who will exhaust their regular state-funded benefits after Dec．28一an estimated 95000 every week——but will receive no federal help unless the program is re-authorized．By the end of March。1．2 million workers could fallinto this category． The Senate saw this problem comin9，and under the leadership of Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Don Nickles of Oklahoma，passed abill that would not only have covered people already enrolled in the federal program but provided l3 weeks of assistance for those losingtheir state benefits in the new year．The House，for largely trivial reasons，refused to go along． Bill Frist，the new Senate majority leader，says he is looking for ways to put a kinder，gentler face on the Republican Party．Passing the Clinton-Nickles bill would be a good way to begin．The House should then follow suit．One of the House’s complaints last year was that，at$5 billion，the Clinton-Nickles bill was too expensive．That’s ridiculous，considering the costs of the tax cuts that House Republicans have in mind． The unemployment rate last month stood at 6 percent，the highest since mid-1994．The country could use a$5 billion shot in the arm right about now．So could a lot of increasingly desperate people． According to the author，the proposed extension is——． [A]what the coming Congress should reconsider[B]excluded from the economic stimulus packages[C]a relief program carefully designed by the House [D]put forward by both Republicans and Democrats
第7题
But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future of work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm？ Should we not rather encourage many other ways for self-respecting people to work？ Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer？ Should we not aim to revive(使复活)the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work？
The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people' s work has taken the form. of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a discouraging thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.
Employment became widespread when the enclosures (圈地运动) of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people traveled longer distances to their places of employment until eventually many people's work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived.
Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. It became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.
All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the impractical goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.
We can conclude from the first paragraph that______.
A．the public in general are indifferent to the high unemployment in the country
B．the public in general feel optimistic towards the high unemployment situation in the country
C．people in general will readily share employment with other people
D．the present high unemployment figures are a fact of life
第8题
October 1929 was a month that had catastrophic economic reverberations worldwide. The American stock market witnessed the "Great Crash", as it is called, and the temporary boom in the American economy came to a standstill. Stock prices sank, and panic spread. The ensuing unemployment figure soared to 12 million by 1932.
Germany in the postwar years suffered from burdensome compensation it was obliged to pay to the Allies. The country's industrial capacity had been greatly diminished by the war. Inflation, political instability, and high unemployment were factors helpful to the growth of the initial Nazi party. Germans had lost confidence in their old leaders and heralded the arrival of a messiah-like figure who would lead them out of their economic wilderness. Hitler promised jobs and, once elected, kept his promise by providing employment in the party, in the newly expanded army, and in munitions factories.
Roosevelt was elected because he promised a "New Deal" to lift the United States out of the doldrums of the depression. Following the principles advocated by Keynes, a British economist, Roosevelt collected the spending capacities of the federal government to provide welfare, work, and agricultural aid to the millions of down-and-out Americans. Elected President for four terms because of his innovative policies, Roosevelt succeeded in dragging the nation out of the depression before the outbreak of World War II.
第9题
Which of the following statements is not true？
A．The technological revolution will provide adequate employment opportunities for school leavers if it continues to have its effects.
B．Those who undergo the pressure at work are usually the unskilled workers and labor workers with dull and repetitive jobs.
C．We must discover some methods to instruct people how to deal with their spare time in order to release the stress of unemployment.
D．The dullness and upset of unemployment are only part of the causes of people"s pressure and frustration.
第10题
Many people, especially the policy makers, believe that forcing adult workers, those who are over 45, to retire is an effective means to relieve the tension of unemployment, for it can provide more job opportunities for the jobless young. But they fail to notice that forcing a person who is still able to work and has a family to support to retire brings serious financial problems as well as emotional and physical ones. They also fail to realize that actually workers aged 45-60 tend to be more stable, more skillful and more experienced than workers of any other ages, that to some extent this age is the prime time for one’s productivity and creativity. To force them to retire is a huge waste of the nation’s best resources. On the contrary, if we turn our attention to the other end of the age problem, a more effective way might emerge. Today, only 30% of school- leavers are allowed to go to college, leaving the majority of the young people under 18 and without adequate preparation to join the labor force. If, however, more of them are able to attend college and begin full-time employment at a later age, more job opportunities will be created as the number of years that an average person works full time shrinks.
Most importantly, we should not be content merely to solve the problem of unemployment, but rather, we should improve the quality of the workforce at the same time by retaining the skilled adults and recruiting(补充，招收) the well-educated young.
（1）The best title for this passage might be（）.
A. How to Solve the Problem of Unemployment？
B. Should People Be Forced to Retire？
C. Why Don’t We Educate the Young？
D. Are the Policy Makers Wise？
（2） Forcing a middle-aged person to retire might cause（）.
A. financial problems
B. a huge waste of the nation’s talent resources
C. emotional and physical problems
D. all of the above
（3）The word “prime” in Paragraph 2 Line 6 can be best replaced by “ （）”.
A. first
B. early
C. major
D. spring
（4）Which of the following suggestions does the writer make？
A. Young people should work harder in order to go to college.
B. Colleges should be open to more high school-leavers.
C. The old should be allowed to work as long as they want to.
D. Policy makers should create more job opportunities.
（5）What is the writer’s attitude to the described situation？
A. Concerned.
B. Hopeless
C. Indifferent
D. Content.
第11题
Employment
Opinion polls are now beginning to show an unwilling general agreement that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely.
But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future of work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm？ Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer？ Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighbourhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centres of production and work？
The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people's work has taken the form. of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought about may have to be reversed. This seems a discouraging thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.
Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people travelled longer distances to their places of employment until eventually, many people's work lost all connection with their home lives and places in which they in which they lived.
Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. It became customary for the husband to go out paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.
All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the impractical goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.
What idea did the author derive from the recent opinion polls？ ______.
A．New jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figures.
B．Available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the population.
C．The present high unemployment figures are a fact of life.
D．Jobs available must be distributed among more people.
