首页
登录
职称英语
The home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attractive b
The home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attractive b
游客
2023-08-16
15
管理
问题
The home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attractive both as a job and as an industry.
Sources at the Beijing People’s Political Consultative Conference said resistance to home service work is melting away from minds of the city’s laid-off workers. The Conference suggested the establishment of municipal centers which supervise property management, household mending and installation, and house keeping services. Modern city life is creating a need for industrialized home services. This will create job opportunities for laid-off workers, said Vice director of the Social Judicial Committee of the Conference.
Beijing residents have long desired a home service industry. The demand is expected to drive new economic growth. There are few high quality home help services in Beijing and customers are always complaining.
In the past, few laid-off workers in Beijing desired to work as home helpers, jobs largely taken by young women from the countryside. At the same time, some city residents have not felt safe trusting rural girls, with modern household machines or with their small children. Many people would pay more for reliable house keepers who are more familiar with city life, but they have had no way of getting one, even though the city is home to thousands of laid-off workers.
By the end of June this year, there were 30,600 jobless workers in the city. Most of them are women in their 40’s, who are not blessed with particular skills and who have had their work ethics shaped by the planned economy. Many of them were at a loss when they first realized they had lost their jobs and a way of life they had got used to for decades.
They never imagined being laid-off by state-owned enterprises; they never considered other kinds of employment. For them, the private sector meant taking risks; housekeeping implied lower social status. Gao Yunfang, 44, is a pioneer who is breaking the ice. She sells the Beijing Morning Post in the morning, and works at two households in the afternoon. She earns 1,000 yuan per month. So she no longer worries about her daughter’s tuition at a university in Shanghai. [br] What does the word "laid-off" in the passage mean?
选项
A、Heavily-burdened.
B、Old.
C、Inexperienced.
D、Jobless.
答案
D
解析
本题是个同义转换题。考生可能对此词非常熟悉,laid-off和jobless同义,意为“失业”。如果不熟悉,可锁定文章的第四段和第五段,第四段段末用到laid-off,而第五段段首用到jobless,由此可以判断两词是同义词。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2930489.html
相关试题推荐
Videogameshavebecomeincreasinglypopularinbotharcadesandtheaverage
Videogameshavebecomeincreasinglypopularinbotharcadesandtheaverage
[originaltext]W:(5)Attheageoffortyyougaveupagoodjobinindustrytodo
[originaltext]W:(5)Attheageoffortyyougaveupagoodjobinindustrytodo
[originaltext]It’sbecomepartoftherestauranttablesetting:knife,fork
[originaltext]It’sbecomepartoftherestauranttablesetting:knife,fork
[originaltext]AcharacteristicofAmericanculturethathasbecomealmosta
[originaltext]AcharacteristicofAmericanculturethathasbecomealmosta
The35-year-oldBeijingwomaniswatchinganadshowingagianttelevisionm
The35-year-oldBeijingwomaniswatchinganadshowingagianttelevisionm
随机试题
Gotapenhandy?Tobestestimateyourstart-upcosts,you’llneedtomakea
[originaltext]W:Hi,Iunderstandthatthereareaerobicclassesforstudentsa
建筑节能必须从建筑方案规划、()的设计开始。A.建筑设备系统 B.建筑造型
妊娠几周后羊水量最多A.10周 B.16周 C.34周 D.36周 E.
A.气体 B.蒸气 C.雾 D.烟 E.尘固态的分散性气溶胶称为
可以决定续聘或者解聘、重新选聘物业服务企业的是()。A:社区居委会 B:业主大
A.胰岛素 B.阿卡波糖 C.格列齐特 D.甲苯磺丁脲 E.地巴唑能有效
切空载变压器会产生过电压,一般采取()措施来保护变压器A.装设避雷针
2012年单项选择:某生近期情绪低落、思维迟缓,活动减少,容易自我否定甚至产生自
王某的以下行为中,需要缴纳印花税的是()。A.与房地产管理部门订立的生活居住用
最新回复
(
0
)