OG11-52

nicholas_du

Some observers have attributed the dramatic growth in temporary employment that occurred in the United states during the 1980’s to increased participation in the workforce by certain groups, such as first-time or (5)reentering workers, who supposedly prefer such arrange- ments. However, statistical analyses reveal that demo-graphic changes in the workforce did not correlate with variations in the total number of temporary workers.
Instead, these analyses suggest that factors affecting. (10) employers account for the rise in temporary employ- ment. One factor is product demand: temporary employment is favored by employers who are adapting to fluctuating demand for products while at the same time seeking to reduce overall labor costs. Another (15) factor is labor’s reduced bargaining strength, which allows employers more control over the terms of employment. Given the analyses, which reveal that growth in temporary employment now far exceeds the level explainable by recent workforce entry rates of (20) groups said to prefer temporary jobs, firms should be discouraged from creating excessive numbers of tem- porary positions. Government policymakers should
consider mandating benefit coverage for temporary employees, promoting pay equity between temporary (25) and permanent workers, assisting labor unions in orga-nizing temporary workers, and encouraging firms to assign temporary jobs primarily to employees who explicitly indicate that preference.
2. According to the passage, which of the following is true
of the “factors affecting employers” that are mentioned
in lines
9-10?
(A) Most experts cite them as having initiated the
growth in temporary employment that occurred
during the 1980’s.
(B) They may account for the increase in the total
number of temporary workers during the 1980’s.
(C) They were less important than demographic change
in accounting for the increase of temporary
employment during the 1980’s.
(D) They included a sharp increase in the cost of labor
during the 1980’s.
(E) They are more difficult to account for than at other
factors involved in the growth of temporary
employment during the 1980’s.

大牛能帮我分析一下A错在那里？我觉得B选项的total number好像也不是太确切的说。谢谢

cccccc0

A错在most experts

文章中没有说是有experts，只说了some observers吧~~

OG解释似乎就是这个意思的~~

cccccc0

关于total number

文章中比较重要的句子，第一段的第二句话也就是however后面的话说得就是total number

nicholas_du

有道理， 如何快速地回原文定位，是个问题

ypngzhang

还有，即使A答案是Some observers，也不能选A.

因为原文是：Some observers have attributed the dramatic growth in temporary employment to increased participation in the workforce by certain groups.

而A答案是 ....cite them （factors affecting employers）as having initiated the growth in temporary employment。所以A答案说的其实是statistic analyses 的观点，也就是作者的观点。

bennent

不知道大家有沒有注意到  題目問的事9-10行  可使解答裡附的是 10-13行

    

    

    

According to the passage,
which of the following is true of the "factors affecting employers"
that are mentioned in lines 9-10?

According to the passage, which of the
following is true of the "factors affecting employers" that are
mentioned in lines 10-13?

    

elise_ying

E选项什么意思啊？

secretsoft

以下是引用elise_ying在2008-7-31 17:49:00的发言：
E选项什么意思啊？

我个人意见是：

题目问的是：According to the passage,意思就是直接根据文章意思，不能节外生枝，E中说了其他原因，跟文章没有关系，直接排除。

ellie78

顶5楼同学~
我也困惑于这个问题……