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6.In America,May and June are the traditional months for graduation.The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) collects information on the college job market.NACE's latest survey in March found that employers expected to hire twenty-two percent fewer graduates this year than last year.Most blame the recession (衰退).The most recent student survey showed that just one-fifth of those who looked for jobs before graduation have one by now.This is compared to half of students who had looked for a job by this time two years ago.But there is one difference:fewer of this year's graduates have started to search for jobs.Still,NACE found no big increase in graduates who plan to stay in school and avoid the job market.About twenty-seven percent said they plan to go to graduate school,compared to about twenty-four percent a year ago.
So how can students increase their chances for a job?The most effective tool is a school's career counseling(咨询)center.Counselors can help students with job applications and preparations for interviews.They also let students know about job openings and events like job recruitment fairs.They can also help first-year students decide what to study.
Another way to look for a job is to do an internship (实习).This is when a student gets experience in a position that may or may not be paid.The latest NACE survey found that seventy-three percent of graduates who did get jobs had completed an internship.
21.Why are employers hiring fewer graduates this year?D
A.Because employers do not want to hire graduates.
B.Because the quality of the graduates is bad
C.Because graduates lack work experience.
D.Because the economy is not good this year.
22.What is the percentage of students who plan to do further study?B
A.20%.B.27%.C.24%.D.50%.
23.What is the most effective tool for graduates to find jobs?D
A.To ask relatives to recommend them.
B.To read want ads in the newspaper.
C.To go to job recruitment fairs.
D.To go to the school's career counseling center.
24.What can we infer from the passage?A
A.It's not easy to get a job this year.
B.Graduates do not want to work.
C.Internship experience does not help students get jobs.
D.The salaries of graduates who get jobs are lower this year.
分析 根据全文可知,全美大学与雇主协会(NACE)在三月的最新调查发现雇主今年雇佣毕业生的数量将会比去年减少22%,对于今年的毕业生来说找到一份工作并不容易,毕业生如果想增加其获得工作的机会,最有效的方法是寻求学校就业咨询中心的帮助.
解答 21.D 细节题.由第一段第三、四句"NACE's latest survey in March found that employers expected to hire twenty-two percent fewer graduates this year than last year.Most blame the recession(衰退)."可知,全美大学与雇主协会(NACE)在三月的最新调查发现雇主今年雇佣毕业生的数量将会比去年减少22%,而主要原因是经济的衰退,即今年经济不好,故正确答案为D.
22.B 细节题.由第二段第二句"About twenty-seven percent said they plan to go to graduate school,compared to about twenty-four percent a year ago."可知,与一年前的大约24%的毕业生相比,今年大约有27%的毕业生计划进入研究生院继续深入学习,故正确答案为B.
23.D 细节题.由第二段第三、四句"So how can students increase their chances for a job?The most effective tool is a school's career counseling(咨询) center."可知,毕业生如果想增加其获得工作的机会,最有效的方法是寻求学校就业咨询中心的帮助,故正确答案为D.
24.A 推断题.由第一段第五、六句"The most recent student survey showed that just one-fifth of those who looked for jobs before graduation have one by now.This is compared to half of students who had looked for a job by this time two years ago."可知,在寻找工作的毕业生当中,只有五分之一的人现在找到了工作,而在两年前,大约有二分之一找工作的毕业生能够在毕业前找到一份工作.由此可以推断今年找到一份工作并不容易,所以A项正确.B项,结合第一段最后一句"But there is one difference:fewer of this year's graduates have started to search for jobs."文章只是说今年开始找工作的毕业生与往年相比更少,但并未说"毕业生不想工作",所以B项不符合文意,故错误.C项,根据最后一段可知,寻找工作的途径之一就是实习,所以C项"实习经历对找工作没有帮助"不符合文意,故错误.D项,"今年找到工作的毕业生工资更少",文章未提及,故错误.故正确答案为A.
点评 做阅读时经常犯错的主要原因是,仅凭读过文章后残留在脑海中的一丝印象来勾选答案,这样便很容易掉入出题人故意设布下的题目陷阱.所谓阅读理解,对于题目的理解一定要忠实于原文,因此,每一道题都应该与原文作全面的对比与核查,再得出答案.也就是说,阅读理解的每一道题目,在原文都应该有明确的出处,我们把这一出处叫做原文相关句,(1)排除与原文相关句主题不一致的选项(2)排除与原文相关句态度相反的选项 (3)排除用于过于极端或负面的选项(4)注意结合文章主旨和主题去排除.
It was a busy day as usual.I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin.The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters.We had only about twenty minutes to eat (36)C we had to take the girls to their next activity.My husband seemed a bit(37)A that dinner was not on the table.
That night,I had a heavy (38)D,thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line (流水线).We had become too(39)A in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us.We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives.It needed to be something that would (40)C our own agendas and energize us toward the common good.
I bought a notebook,named it"Our Deed Diary"and held a family meeting.I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a (41)A for others every day.It could be for each other or for people outside our(42)B.And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.
I thought one deed a day was too easy.However,it was actually(43)C than it seemed because it had to be something (44)A what we had already done.Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not(45)B.
We had a rough (46)C.On some days,someone would forget to(47)D a good deed,while on oher days,we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary.After a few weeks though,I found myself waking up in the morning trying to(48)B what good deed I could do for someone that day.My daughters began to rush to me after school to (49)D me the good deed they had done.
Now,after a year,I am happy to say that it is making a(n) (50)C in our lives.Instead of always (51)D what the day will bring for us,we think bout what we can do for someone else.
Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so(52)D?I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only (53)A by giving to someone else from your heart.The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don't even look for or expect anything i(54)B.So,when someone does return the favor,it is an enormous and positive(55)B.
36.A.though | B.unless | C.before | D.while |
37.A.annoyed | B.puzzled | C.embarrassed | D.frightened |
38.A.shoulder | B.stomach | C.foot | D.heart |
39.A.absorbed | B.interested | C.confident | D.successful |
40.A.repeat | B.relate | C.refocus | D.recall |
41.A.kindness | B.task | C.job | D.copy |
42.A.room | B.home | C.school | D.town |
43.A.stranger | B.sweeter | C.harder | D.bigger |
44.A.beyond | B.from | C.about | D.between |
45.A.matter | B.count | C.last | D.happen |
46.A.time | B.life | C.start | D.idea |
47.A.praise | B.check | C.record | D.do |
48.A.describe | B.decide | C.remember | D.explain |
49.A.bring | B.teach | C.offer | D.tell |
50.A.effort | B.choice | C.difference | D.fortune |
51.A.forgetting | B.believing | C.knowing | D.wondering |
52.A.tiring | B.moving | C.surprising | D.rewarding |
53.A.experience | B.imagine | C.predict | D.exchange |
54.A.silence | B.return | C.time | D.order |
55.A.effect | B.bonus | C.attitude | D.contribution |
In 2004,David Cohen had an idea for a social network for mobile phones that would connect users in the real world.His company,called iContact,launched a beta version ( 测试版 ),and seemed ready to tap the muchpublicized mobile software market.Cohen,then 36,had already founded a successful software company. (51)C,after 18 months,he was unable to get phone carriersto distribute his software,and he closed the company.
Bets on mobile applications didn't begin to (52)D until Apple's iPhone app storeopened the market in 2008.
Conventional (53)B says being first to market creates a competitive advantage.Reality is more complicated.Market opportunities are (54)C opening and closing,and a hit idea at one point could be a failure a year earlier or a yawning"me too"business a year later.It's tough---likely (55)A---to identify the best moment to enter a market,but common sense dictates new entrepreneurs ( 创业人 ) can improve their odds ( 机会 ) if they (56)C how much they bearto gain or lose by waiting.
New academic research suggests one way entrepreneurs can (57)Bwhether they should enter a market first or wait on the sidelines.The decision depends on how hostile ( 不利的 ) the learning environment is; (58)C,how much entrepreneurs can learn by observing other players before they (59)A,compared to what they learn from participating after they enter,according to Moren Levesque,an entrepreneurship researcher at the University of Waterloo.Levesque,along with professors Maria Minniti of Southern Methodist University and Dean Shepherd of Indiana University,used a mathematical (60)D to weigh the risks and benefits of entering the market early.Their research is among the first to explore"how different learning environments may influence the entry behavior of entrepreneurs."
The key to the academics'findings on timing is this:In a hostile learning environment,entrepreneurs gain relatively (61)C benefit by watching others.For example,if the relevant knowledge is (62)Bintellectual property,studying the market before entering wouldn't yield much advantage.In these situations,the trade-off ( 权衡利弊 ) (63)A entering early.But in less hostile learning environments,where entrepreneurs gain valuable information (64)Bto increase their success just by watching other companies,companies benefit from waiting and learning lessons from earlier players.IContact's successors,for example,may have learned from watching the company's trouble in getting mobile networks to distribute their software,a barrier that was (65)D by the iPhone's app store.
51.A.Otherwise | B.Moreover | C.However | D.Therefore |
52.A.pay in | B.pay back | C.pay for | D.pay off |
53.A.custom | B.wisdom | C.habit | D.experience |
54.A.completely | B.confusingly | C.constantly | D.increasingly |
55.A.impossible | B.possible | C.potential | D.manageable |
56.A.imagine | B.interpret | C.weigh | D.measure |
57.A.value | B.evaluate | C.ensure | D.convince |
58.A.after all | B.as a result | C.in other words | D.in addition |
59.A.launch | B.campaign | C.strike | D.function |
60.A.version | B.pattern | C.example | D.model |
61.A.few | B.many | C.little | D.much |
62.A.provided | B.protected | C.shared | D.improved |
63.A.favors | B.dislikes | C.opposes | D.concerns |
64.A.unlikely | B.likely | C.unbelievable | D.questionable |
65.A.lowered | B.created | C.resolved | D.removed |
Grief over the death of a loved one,the end of a relationship,the loss of a job,or some other type of extreme (3)Cmay cause us to feel a bit hopeless and miserable (4)A.Having those sad feelings doesn't (5)Dmean we're depressed-----it might just be our normal and understandable reaction to life's hardships.
So how do we know if we,or someone we care about,are suffering from (6)Brather than just ordinary sadness?It's not always easy to tell the (7)A.The short,quick answer is that sadness is a temporary emotion,(8)Cwith a identifiable cause,while depression (9)Dfor longer periods of time; sometimes forever,and often for no (10)Dreason.
Recognizing depression can be extremely (11)B.There are many signs of this condition that you may have not considered,and to make it even harder,the signs and symptoms (12)Agreatly from person to person,as does the severity.Worse,it's harder to (13)Cthe signs when you are in the midst of depression already,which is why other people often notice before the depressed individual does.
If left untreated,depression can worsen,causing the gradual destruction of life and (14)Dlife threatened.Proper diagnosis(诊断) and (15)Ais the only way to defeat depression-----it won't go away on its own.
1.A.simple | B.different | C.tough | D.comfortable |
2.A.effect | B.cause | C.condition | D.result |
3.A.incident | B.sorrow | C.hardship | D.failure |
4.A.temporarily | B.permanently | C.gently | D.frequently |
5.A.luckily | B.actually | C.exactly | D.necessarily |
6.A.loneliness | B.depression | C.trouble | D.bitterness |
7.A.difference | B.relation | C.meaning | D.effect |
8.A.never | B.sometimes | C.usually | D.recently |
9.A.leaves | B.lives | C.applies | D.lasts |
10.A.acceptable | B.valuable | C.changeable | D.recognizable |
11.A.worth | B.difficult | C.easy | D.interesting |
12.A.vary | B.increase | C.improve | D.decline |
13.A.judge | B.recognize | C.notice | D.remove |
14.A.slowly | B.lately | C.immediately | D.finally |
15.A.treatment | B.rest | C.service | D.comfort |