职称英语考试理工类阅读理解练习及答案(4)

　　The Industrial Age and Employment 　　The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most peoples work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a daunting thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom. 　　Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. In pre-industrial times, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community. Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and families to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today, and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes. 　　All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs. 　　A　Right B　Wrong C　Not mentioned 　　A　Right B　Wrong C　Not mentioned 　　A　Right B　Wrong C　Not mentioned 　　A　Right B　Wrong C　Not mentioned 　　A　Right B　Wrong C　Not mentioned 　　A　Right B　Wrong C　Not mentioned 　　A　Right B　Wrong C　Not mentioned 　　答案解析： 　　2. 在第一段的倒数第一句话中Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.，明确指出了普遍性的工作就业并不意味着经济自由，所以答案选择B. 　　4. 在第二段中，Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted longer distances to their places of employment这句话提到了交通的改善，作者指出交通的改善，首先是铁路和公路的改善，让人们可以去较远的工作地点上班。所以答案选择A。 　　6. 在倒数第二段的最后一句话中，more teenagers become frustrated at school文中指出很多青少年在学校里遇到了挫折，并不如意，但是并没有提及很多青少年会在明年辍学。所以答案选择C.