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Passage 55 (55/63)

(This passage was adapted from an article written in 1992.)

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 reentering workers, who supposedly prefer such arrangements. However, statistical analyses reveal that demographic changes in the workforce did not correlate with variations in the total number of temporary workers. Instead, these analyses suggest that factors affecting employers account for the rise in temporary employment. 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 factor is labor’s reduced bargaining strength,劳动者丧失的讨价的能力 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 groups said to prefer temporary jobs, firms should be discouraged from creating excessive numbers of temporary positions. Government policymakers should consider mandating benefit coverage for temporary employees, promoting pay equity between temporary and permanent workers, assisting labor unions in organizing temporary workers, and encouraging firms to assign temporary jobs primarily to employees who explicitly indicate that preference.

5.a   The first sentence in the passage suggests that the observers mentioned in line 1 would be most likely to predict which of the following?

(A) That the number of new temporary positions would decline as fewer workers who preferred temporary employment entered the workforce.

(B) That the total number of temporary positions would increase as fewer workers were able to find permanent positions.

(C) That employers would have less control over the terms of workers’ employment as workers increased their bargaining strength.

(D) That more workers would be hired for temporary positions as product demand increased.（E）

(E) That the number of workers taking temporary positions would increase as more workers in any given demographic group entered the workforce.

A为什么错？我觉得和E表达的意思差不多呀？

难到我不够仔细？请大家指点

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醋醋妹妹

偶认为，问题出在文中employment在问题中的替代者是positions还是workers taking temporary positions。你们不妨查一下韦氏字典。

再举个例子，一个公司需要招聘的positions是越来越多，但招不到人，那employment还是很低的。

clelia

3.     The passage suggests which of the following about the use of temporary employment by firms during the 1980’s?

(A) It enabled firms to deal with fluctuating product demand far more efficiently than they before the 1980’s.

(B) It increased as a result of increased participation in the workforce by certain demography groups.

(C) It was discouraged by government-mandated policies.

(D) It was a response to preferences indicated by certain employees for more flexible working arrangements.（E）

(E) It increased partly as a result of workers’ reduced ability to control the terms of their employment.

想请问A的答案错在哪里呢?? 为何不能从这句话 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.推出A呢?是far more efficiently太武断了吗??天啊~~要怎么在考试中排除这种在短时间内看起来与原文定位覆盖率很高的题目啊~~~ 求助!!谢谢nn

clelia

About No 5

依照旧文的观点，是喜欢做temp job人增加了，若公司的职缺数(position）未变，是当愈多喜欢temp job的人进入市场，temp position才会下降，所以A的选项刚好相反了。E是说依据老观点的支持，做temp job 的人增加只是因为这些人喜欢(不是因为其它因素）所以这些 given demographic 的人群增加，使taking temp position的人同时增加。我的小小想法。

但是有一点疑惑。E的any given demographic group要怎么解释，指的就是这些prefer temp job 的人(such as first-time or reentering workers)吗?第一次选就选错了就是被这个”any”唬住了。谢谢!!

三脚猫

还是不明白哎

另外再借这篇帖子，问一问第３和第４题

3.     The passage suggests which of the following about the use of temporary employment by firms during the 1980’s?

(A) It enabled firms to deal with fluctuating product demand far more efficiently than they before the 1980’s.

(B) It increased as a result of increased participation in the workforce by certain demography groups.

(C) It was discouraged by government-mandated policies.

(D) It was a response to preferences indicated by certain employees for more flexible working arrangements.（E）

(E) It increased partly as a result of workers’ reduced ability to control the terms of their employment.

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. 根据这个定位我选了Ａ，错了？？？？

4.     The passage suggests which of the following about the workers who took temporary jobs during the 1980’s?

(A) Their jobs frequently led to permanent positions within firms.

(B) They constituted a less demographically diverse group than has been suggested.

(C) They were occasionally involved in actions organized by labor unions.

(D) Their pay declined during the decade in comparison with the pay of permanent employees.（E）

(E) They did not necessarily prefer temporary employment to permanent employment.

statistical analyses reveal that demographic changes in the workforce did not correlate with variations in the total number of temporary workers，又根据这句我选了Ｂ，又错了？？？

不要笑话我的阅读噢

rakesun

3，定位没错，但选项A明显是ETS老鬼的陷阱。因为文中没有提到或者暗示到80年代前后的公司谁更 efficient，虽然选项的大部分内容都对，但就这个时间点，就属于误导大家。除了原文明确提到或有相关词语暗示到的，其他基本都属于过度推导。要小心噢

4,看了这题，ETS的险恶用心就昭然若揭了。实际上MM你定位的话和B选项不是一个意思。你定位的原文那段话是说，demographic changes不是造成临时工增加的原因。而选项B是说，这些工人没有非常的demographic diverse。这点原文可没说啊。这些工人可以是非常非常非常的demographic diverse，但这些非常非常demographic diverse的工人仍然不是临时工增加的原因。

实际上这两题，选项的混淆度虽然很高，但只要把选项都读完，就可以看到更正确的选项。（当然前提是建立在对原文整体有概念的基础上了）

sensornet

第4题的定位是在第7行，supposedly。

longman的解释，

sup‧pos‧ed‧ly

used when saying what many people say or believe is true, especially when you disagree with them

snowjing

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 reentering workers, who supposedly prefer such arrangements. However, statistical analyses reveal that demographic changes in the workforce did not correlate with variations in the total number of temporary workers. Instead, these analyses suggest that factors affecting employers account for the rise in temporary.....

Government policymakers should consider mandating benefit coverage for temporary employees, promoting pay equity between temporary and permanent workers, assisting labor unions in organizing temporary workers, and encouraging firms to assign temporary jobs primarily to employees who explicitly indicate that preference.

7.     The passage mentions each of the following as an appropriate kind of governmental action EXCEPT（应该是D）

(A) getting firms to offer temporary employment primarily to a certain group of people

(B) encouraging equitable pay for temporary and permanent employees

(C) facilitating the organization of temporary workers by labor unions

(D) establishing guidelines on the proportion of temporary workers that firms should employ（A）

(E) ensuring that temporary workers obtain benefits from their employers

请问这题答案到底是A, 还是D? 我选的是D.

若是A, 我觉得文章最后一句employees who explicitly indicate that preference 不就是 "a certain group of people"吗? 而D从哪里看出来呢? 看了大全的答案不知到底是哪个?

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云开

支持楼上的, 我也认为第7题应该选D,理由同上!