57.Which of the following does“labor market problems”(Line1,Para.1)refer to? + C) G v% T8 |; v; t0 Q& E' m3 g
[A]Shortage of jobs providing adequate income. ( j) A9 v; H5 _
[B]Deficiencies in the training of the work force
j) u) X$ @ E: w# I+ U [C]Trade relationships among producers of goods.
1 f3 R8 B+ \( m# G6 O/ J [D]The overall causes of poverty. . ~ \( R! C3 a D* q K' m
58.The author contrasts the 1930s with the present in order to show that__________.
! Q6 f8 H. c& `; z, S [A]more people were unemployed in the 1930s # m* F3 d3 u: Z, m; z
[B]social programs are more needed now 0 l: ~& c- u+ T( T4 h$ J4 N6 L% f
[C]unemployment now has less severe effects
( L) s* ~) h+ Q1 }* @6 [9 C [D]now there is a greater proportion of elderly and handicapped people among those in poverty - J: G9 ]$ D! L0 ]
59.Which of the following proposals best responds to the issues raised by the author? $ `5 {* u: I; P, }. I
[A]Innovative programmes using multiple approaches should be set up to reduce the level of unemployment.
9 |8 L$ L& H+ E# C: z+ E [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. / o: [* g# d6 j) m; w$ S$ D6 ?
[C]New statistical indices should be developed to measure the degree to which unemployment and inadequately paid employment cause suffering. 8 |# p. ~) n4 J( g# W \- {: N
[D]Consideration should be given to the ways in which statistics can act as partial causes of the phenomena that they purport to measure.
. v% O; p \3 k 60.The author’s purpose in citing those who are repeatedly unemployed during a twelve-month period is most probably to show that______________. - A) i8 q3 o' M
[A]there are several factors that cause the payment of low wages to some members of the labor force 3 Y; Z, z# C5 }! n
[B]unemployment statistics can underestimate the hardship resulting from joblessness 来自www.Examw.com. k# A" N1 w" k: X; I7 a
[C]recurrent inadequacies in the labor market can exist and cause hardships for individual workers ' m2 C* U" ]2 p4 B; U
[D]a majority of those who are jobless at any time does not suffer severe hardship
! V8 T; F! O% _; d4 j) z 61.According to the text,one factor that causes unemployment and earnings figures to over-predict the amount of economic hardshipis the____________. 0 \+ o0 E6 g/ n. Y8 i6 L! I
[A]recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low wage workers
- y' N7 h; W2 a) h [B]fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages % s$ @- \! e: ~, z7 h) J+ u
[C]establishment of a system of record keeping that makes it possible to compile poverty statistics
2 R$ p9 L* i6 q [D]prevalence,among low wage workers and the unemployed,of members of families in which others are employed |