首页
登录
职称英语
Last year’s economy in the United States should have won the Oscar for best
Last year’s economy in the United States should have won the Oscar for best
游客
2023-07-15
20
管理
问题
Last year’s economy in the United States should have won the Oscar for best picture. Growth in gross domestic product was 4.1 percent profits【1】up exports flourished and inflation (通货膨胀) stayed around 3 percent for the third year. So why did so many Americans give the picture only a B rating? The answer is jobs. The macroeconomic (宏观经济的) situation was good, but the microeconomic (微观经济的) numbers were not. Yes, 3 million new jobs were there, but not enough of them were【2】, good jobs paying enough to support a family.
Job insecurity was serious. Even as they【3】higher sales and profits, corporations acted as if they were operating at a【4】, cutting 516,069 jobs in 1994 alone, almost as many as in the bad year of 1991. Yes, unemployment went down. But over 1 million workers were so【5】they left the labor force. More than 6 million who wanted full time work were only partially【6】and another large group was sheltered behind self-employment. We lost a million good manufacturing jobs between 1990 and 1995, continuing the【7】that has reduced the blue-collar work force from about 30 percent in the 1950s to about half that today.
White-collar workers found out they were no longer【8】. In 1995, for the first time, they were let go in numbers【9】equal to those for blue-collar workers. Many turn to【10】work—with lower pay, fewer benefits and less status. All this is a country where people meeting for the first time say, "What do you do?"
A. announced B. trend C. performed D. temporary
E. permanent F. virtually G. technical H. employed
I. exposure J. originally K. soared L. significance
M. secure N. discouraged O. loss [br] 【7】
选项
答案
B
解析
此处需填可数名词。根据其后的that定语从句,显然trend最为合适,意为“趋势,势头”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2837758.html
相关试题推荐
IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisingforthepas
IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisingforthepas
IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisingforthepas
IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisingforthepas
IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisingforthepas
IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisingforthepas
IntheUnitedStatesthecostoflivinghasbeensteadilyrisingforthepas
[originaltext]TheUnitedStatesofAmericaisacountrymadeupofdifferen
Shouldyouhavefurtherproblemswithyourprinter,______(在你方便的时候与我们联系)contactu
Theywould’tgiveuptrying______(即使他们再次失败).eveniftheyshouldfailagain.此题主要考
随机试题
股指期货交易的对象是()。A、标的指数股票组合B、存续期限内的股指期货合约C、标的指数ETF份额D、股票价格指数B股指期货交易的对象是存续期限内
Asanymiddle-classparentknows,unpaidworkexperiencecangiveyoungsters
Despitealloftheadvancesinmedicine,healthcareprovidershaveneverbe
中国是世界上种茶最早、制茶最精、饮茶最多的国家,是茶的故乡。最初,茶只是被作为一种药材而非饮品。【T1】后来,古人逐渐将茶从药材中分离出来成为
以下哪种混凝土特别适用于铺设无缝地面和修补机场跑道面层?( )A.纤维混凝土
Heisneither__________European,nor__
制订药品质量标准的基本原则是A.针对性 B.安全有效性 C.先进性 D.A
红外线是电磁波(肉眼看不见的)的一部分,波长在()之间。(A)10nm~280
简述现代企业人力资源管理各个历史发展阶段的特点。
商业银行的内部控制构成要素包括()。A.内部控制环境 B.风险识别与评估
最新回复
(
0
)