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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(人員更替) data. After all, existing jobs open up every day due to promotions, resignations, terminations(解雇), 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 moving ahead, 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.
小題1:The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate ______.
A．discourages many people from landing jobs
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
小題2:Where do most job openings come from?
A．Job growth.B．Job turnover.
C．Improved economy.D．Business expansion.
小題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.
小題4:What is the key to landing a job according to the author?
A．Education.B．Intelligence.C．Persistence.D．Experience.
小題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 don’t include those who have stopped looking for a job.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:D

試題分析：本文論述了找工作的人不必太在意官方提供的高失業(yè)率，就業(yè)增長等數(shù)據(jù)，原因在于這些并不等說明現(xiàn)實情況，比如：人員更替帶來了更多的職位空缺，因此，即便是經濟增速緩慢，就業(yè)增長為零，依然還是有很多的職位空缺存在。
小題1:從第一段 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可以得知作者認為找工作的人不必太在意官方提供的高失業(yè)率，人員更替帶來了更多的職位空缺。故選C
小題2:從第二段 turnover creates more openings than economic growth does可以得知人員更替帶來了更多的職位空缺。故選B
小題3:從第四段I don’t mean to imply that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job.可以得知作者認為總體就業(yè)增長不一定對一個人的就業(yè)能力有影響。
小題4: 從第五段...is their ability to stay motivated以及... and keep going, even after repeated rejections可以得知找工作的關鍵是堅持，不放棄。故選C
小題5:從第五段... 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可知美國的失業(yè)人數(shù)的數(shù)字不包括那些已經停止找工作的人。故選D
點評：本文論述了找工作的人不必太在意官方提供的高失業(yè)率，就業(yè)增長等數(shù)據(jù)，即便是經濟增速緩慢，就業(yè)增長為零，依然還是有很多的職位空缺存在。所以，如作者最后點睛所言，不灰心不放棄。從整體語言難度來說，文章難度不是很大，并沒有出現(xiàn)過高難度的長難句以及詞匯，整體理解起來也相對容易。
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