57.Which of the following does“labor market problems”(Line1,Para.1)refer to?
2 G& A7 k) i% ~ s: | [A]Shortage of jobs providing adequate income.
& I7 z, \# _3 O3 t4 ? [B]Deficiencies in the training of the work force
8 l/ G' {6 w3 y" Z" o& {3 \ [C]Trade relationships among producers of goods.
9 C; k- T6 p" b [D]The overall causes of poverty. 8 C$ ?9 q G) P! U/ g$ I' F
58.The author contrasts the 1930s with the present in order to show that__________.
/ m/ Z9 n! f6 V t9 F, u [A]more people were unemployed in the 1930s
4 z, i9 } W1 y% O$ a n [B]social programs are more needed now
0 g# \8 `- A, r* \5 n9 y [C]unemployment now has less severe effects
& S) a" t" O5 w m/ ~ [D]now there is a greater proportion of elderly and handicapped people among those in poverty a0 U f2 ^& A/ z6 }
59.Which of the following proposals best responds to the issues raised by the author? ! e: L; }' x6 y& C1 w& |3 H4 o
[A]Innovative programmes using multiple approaches should be set up to reduce the level of unemployment. - s# K& [+ [8 K) {% ~+ A
[B]A compromise should be found between the positions of those who view joblessness an evil greater than economic control and those who hold the opposite view. 2 e' Z/ z" l9 Z6 P; G5 p* x4 h
[C]New statistical indices should be developed to measure the degree to which unemployment and inadequately paid employment cause suffering. + W b9 p" I4 J2 |; J7 K) `
[D]Consideration should be given to the ways in which statistics can act as partial causes of the phenomena that they purport to measure.
3 C j/ ^4 t* L4 o+ J8 }0 z 60.The author’s purpose in citing those who are repeatedly unemployed during a twelve-month period is most probably to show that______________. % j0 _. h2 v2 I) @5 J1 g
[A]there are several factors that cause the payment of low wages to some members of the labor force / T4 d( E5 \: w! H# n; R* T
[B]unemployment statistics can underestimate the hardship resulting from joblessness 来自www.Examw.com
1 C0 c$ L& v. S4 ` [C]recurrent inadequacies in the labor market can exist and cause hardships for individual workers
/ @. i9 c6 |7 f1 W! |. B# @( h [D]a majority of those who are jobless at any time does not suffer severe hardship $ a, G6 I, Q* N7 n/ L
61.According to the text,one factor that causes unemployment and earnings figures to over-predict the amount of economic hardshipis the____________.
& j+ t; F5 F7 ~5 G, d [A]recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low wage workers 8 ?) I9 C" v. S7 W* f/ ?& C
[B]fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages * S: H' `( W3 Y+ O5 y0 n
[C]establishment of a system of record keeping that makes it possible to compile poverty statistics ) ?- M+ v" \- B, v- |5 _ p) e0 m
[D]prevalence,among low wage workers and the unemployed,of members of families in which others are employed |