Question

As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero. That’s bad for the economy, of course. And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now. But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.

　　That’s because job growth numbers don’t matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data. After all, existing jobs open up every day due to promotions, resignations, terminations, and retirements. (Yes, people are retiring even in this economy.) In both good times and bad, turnover creates more openings than economic growth does. Even in June of 2007, when the economy was still humming along, job growth was only 132,000, while turnover was 4.7 million!

　　And as it turns out, even today — with job growth near zero — over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month.

　　I don’t mean to imply that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job. It’s true that if total employment were higher, it would mean more jobs for all of us to choose from (and compete for). And it’s true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening, regardless of whether it’s a new one or not.

　　But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don’t is their ability to stay motivated. They’re willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills; be creative about where and how to look; learn how to present themselves to potential employers; and keep going, even after repeated rejections. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that 2.7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed.

　　So don’t let the headlines fool you into giving up. Four million people get hired every month in the U.S. You can be one of them.

1.The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate ______?

A.deprives many people of job opportunities.

B.prevents many people from changing careers.

C.should not stop people from looking for a job.

D.does not mean the U.S. economy is worsening.

2.Where do most job openings come from?

A.Job growth

B.Job turnover

C.Improved economy

D.Business expansion

3.What does the author say about overall job growth?

A.It doesn’t have much effect on individual job seekers.

B.It increases people’s confidence in the economy.

C.It gives a ray of hope to the unemployed.

D.It doesn’t mean greater job security for the employed.

4.What is the key to landing a job according to the author?

A.Education

B.Intelligence

C.Persistence

D.Experience

5.What do we learn from the passage about the unemployment figures in the US?

A.They clearly indicate how healthy the economy is.

B.They provide the public with the latest information.

C.They warn of the structural problems in the economy.

D.They exclude those who have stopped looking for a job.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

【解析】

文章大意：通過(guò)分析原因和統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)的區(qū)別，得出結(jié)論：不要被新增工作崗位數(shù)據(jù)誤導(dǎo)了，新增工作崗位數(shù)據(jù)和實(shí)際可得到工作的機(jī)會(huì)并不是一致的。只有那些停止，放棄找工作的人才真正沒(méi)有工作可做。

1.C 主旨大意題。根據(jù)That’s because job growth numbers don’t matter to job hunters as much as job turnover data.那是因?yàn)樾略龉ぷ鲘徫粩?shù)字對(duì)于找工作的人來(lái)說(shuō)，并不像流通數(shù)據(jù)那樣重要。和 And as it turns out, even today — with job growth near zero — over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month. 正像證明的那樣，即便是現(xiàn)在—新增工作接近0—但是每月有400萬(wàn)找工作的人找到工作，表明：失業(yè)率的多少應(yīng)該不會(huì)阻礙人們找到新工作。

2.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。In both good times and bad, turnover creates more openings than economic growth does. 在經(jīng)濟(jì)好和壞的時(shí)期，流通量比經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)創(chuàng)造的工作機(jī)會(huì)更多。

3.A 推理判斷題。But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think. 但是，它并不像你認(rèn)為的對(duì)你那么重要。And as it turns out, even today — with job growth near zero — over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month. 正像證明的那樣，即便是現(xiàn)在—新增工作接近0—但是每月有400萬(wàn)找工作的人找到工作表明：失業(yè)率的多少跟人們找工作沒(méi)有多大影響。

4.C 推理判斷題。and keep going, even after repeated rejections. 即使在再三被 拒絕之后，還不斷努力的人。對(duì)應(yīng)persistence: 堅(jiān)持。 Education：教育；Intelligence：智力；Experience：經(jīng)歷；經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

5. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that 2.7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed.勞動(dòng)統(tǒng)計(jì)局的數(shù)據(jù)表明，想找工作的270萬(wàn)人在過(guò)去的四周內(nèi)都沒(méi)有找過(guò)工作，甚至已經(jīng)不被分類為事業(yè)了。

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