专升本、四级英语考试解析（三十四）
发布时间：2021-09-11浏览：次
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第二篇：What If Middle-Class Jobs Disappear?
By Arnold Kling
本文选自2011年11月The American
原文
46. Even fACTory floor work today has become intellectually challenging rather than physically demanding.
答案：I
解析：I段倒数第二句， fACTory floor完全重现，work has become完全重现， less physically demanding对应 rather than physically demanding（而不是体力的需求）。
47. Increases in productivity prove beneficial though some people may lose their jobs temporarily.
答案：O
解析：O段第二句， productivity increases 完全重现， a good thing对应beneficial（有益处）, though 完全重现， dislocation（脱离，失常） for some workers对应 lose their jobs（暂时失业）。
48. The unemployment rate remained high even two years after the government declared the recent recession was over.
答案：A
解析：A段第二句， two years完全重现，the official end of the recession对应the government declared the recent recession was over（官方宣布衰退结束）。
49. The author suggests that the recent high unemployment rate is mainly caused by a decrease of middle-class jobs.
答案：C
解析：C段第二句，I wish to suggest对应The author suggests， that structural change对应 a decrease of middle-class jobs（中产阶级的工作减少即结构变化） the current rate of high unemployment对应the recent high unemployment rate（最近的高失业率）。
50. The creation of a suburban economy in the 1950s created lots of office jobs.
答案：H
解析：H段第二句， the 1950s 完全再现， creation 对应created ， suburban economy完全再现， a plurality of white-collar workers（多数•白领工作）对应lots of office jobs.
51. In the first decade of the 21st century, only people with postgraduate deGREe experienced an increase in earnings.
答案：M
解析：M段第一句， from 2000 to 2010 对应the first decade of the 21st century,， college graduates 对应people with postgraduate deGREe（研究生文凭）。
52. One economics theory suggests using monetary and fiscal stimulus to cope with an economic recession.
答案：B
解析：B段第二句， the slump（暴跌） 对应an economic recession（经济的衰退）， monetary and fiscal stimulus完全重现。
53. The popularity of online courses may eliminate many teaching jobs.
答案：N
解析：N段最后一句•，this指代 online courses， teaching jobs 完全再现，eliminate完全再现。
54. Computer technology has brought about revolutionary changes in the record and book business.
答案：K
解析：K段第三句，Book stores are closing对应 revolutionary changes （书店关门即阅读方式发生革命性变化）， books on electronic readers 对应Computer technology。
55. White-collar workers accounted for more than half of the labor force by the end of the 20th century.
答案：I
解析：I段第三句，the proportion of white-collar work对应White-collar workers accounted for（白领工人所占比）， over the past 50 years 对应the end of the 20th century..
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