Question

“I’m a little worried about my future．”said Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate．He should be so lucky．All he had to worry about was whether to have an affair with Mrs. Robinson．In the sixties，that was the total sum of post-graduation anxiety．

Hoffman’s modem peers are not so fortunate．The Mrs. Robinsons aren’t sitting around at home any more．They are out in the workplace，doing the high-powered jobs the graduates want，but cannot get．For those fresh out of university，desperate for work but unable to get it，there is a big imbalance between supply and demand．And there is no narrowing of the gap in sight．

Parents feel as badly let down as the young people themselves．Middle-class families see their graduate offspring on the dole (救濟金) queue and wonder why they bothered paying school fees．Working-class families feel an even keener sense of disappointment．For many such families，getting a child into university was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream．It was proof that they were living in a dynamic，economically successful country．That dream does not seem so rosy now．Graduate unemployment is not，ultimately，a political problem．Job-creation for graduates is very low down in the government’s schedule．If David Cameron’s Conservatives (保守黨) had a brilliant idea for guaranteeing every graduate a well-paid job，they would have presented it by now．It is a social problem，though a more deep-seated social problem than people perhaps realize．

1.The author begins with the lines from The Graduate in order to __________ ．

A．support the fact that more women are working now

B．show that few graduates started working right after graduation

C．demonstrate that there were much fewer graduates than now

D．emphasize the sharp contrast between now and then

2.Regarding job opportunities for young graduates，the author sounds __________ ．

A．pessimistic????????????? ????????????? B．hopeful????????????? ????????????? C．unconcerned ????????????? ????????????? D．content

3.The main purpose of the passage is to __________ ．

A．criticize the government

B．present a current severe situation

C．publicize a movie

D．display the success of the country

4.Towards the end of the passage，the author implies that __________ ．

A．there will be job-creation programs for graduates

B．graduate unemployment is more of a political issue

C．graduate unemployment is not likely to be solved in a short time

D．the Conservatives have done nothing to solve the issue

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要是闡述現(xiàn)在嚴(yán)峻的形勢，介紹現(xiàn)在的大學(xué)生就業(yè)是很困難的，供求之間嚴(yán)重不平衡，而且這個問題短期內(nèi)不能解決。

1.推理類。文章第一段，作者提到電影《畢業(yè)生》，主人公因為受到有夫之婦的誘惑而陷入痛苦中，而現(xiàn)在的年輕人就沒那么幸運了，他們最大的問題就是畢業(yè)后找不到工作。可知是強調(diào)現(xiàn)在和那時的巨大反差。選D

2.作者態(tài)度類。從全文和第三段的句子：That dream does not seem so rosy now．Graduate unemployment is not，ultimately，a political problem．Job-creation for graduates is very low down in the government’s schedule．作者對于年輕人的失業(yè)問題較為悲觀。選A。

3.寫作意圖題：文章介紹現(xiàn)在的大學(xué)生就業(yè)是很困難的，主要是闡述現(xiàn)在嚴(yán)峻的形勢，選B

4.推理題：從文章最后的句子：If David Cameron’s Conservatives (保守黨) had a brilliant idea for guaranteeing every graduate a well-paid job，they would have presented it by now．It is a social problem，though a more deep-seated social problem than people perhaps realize．可知作者暗示畢業(yè)生失業(yè)問題短期內(nèi)是不能解決的。選C。

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