you are a woman you are a rarity and therefore you will attract more interest. And there is interest in how your life works because the traditional form is that women look after the family. But a lot of business people go about their life without anyone being interested in their home life.” 56)
What does the question “how do you make it work?” mean to successful women? A. People have more interest in their professional life.
B. People are doubtful over women’s commitment to their professional lives. C. People want to know more about their personal lives.
D. people are curious about how women could be more successful than their male counterparts. 57)
What can you learn from the story of Deborah Meaden? A. She was always worried about her personal life. B. She will never talk about her private life publicly.
C. She will tell her stories about how to keep pigs and sheep.
D. She will disclose who her friends are and what she does after work. 58)
Why was Deborah Meaden attracting so much interest?
A. Because she is a prominent woman appearing on a popular television show. B. Because she is having a supportive husband and family. C. Because she has no children.
D. Because she always developed strict boundaries around the parts of her life. 59)
What can be inferred from the text?
A. People have more interest in businessmen’s home life.
B. People have gender-related prejudice against women’s success in career. C. People are curious about women’s marriage and family.
D. People assume that women should not ignore their commitment to family. 60)
The author’s tone in this passage is ____________. A. objective B. Doubtful C. Critical D. surprised 参考答案：
56) B 57) B 58) A 59) B 60) A 解析： （无） ∧ 收起解析
The time when it counted whether the worker took pride in the product of their labor is long past. The vast majority of jobs today are assembly line, office cubicle (小隔间) and service (servants really) tasks which, for the worker, are repetitive, boringly mind numbing, and prone to repetitive injuries. Meanwhile the wages attached to these “jobs” have not kept
pace with inflation for years, meaning that more and more people every year are driven deeper and deeper into debt or poverty just to survive.
Besides, more and more employers these days are simply with bias and view workers as problem prone necessities that can be easily replaced at any time and whose wages are a cost factor rather than an investment in the product.
It is time to think beyond mere “jobs” as the principle means of obtaining a “livelihood”. Nor should a “job” define a person’s value or relevance. Science and technology, robotics and automation, have been eliminating the human component from the “jobs” market at an ever increasing rate for decades. And that is a good thing. Yes, there will always be tasks that humans must perform and which cannot be entrusted to machines alone, but those tasks become scarcer every year.
But I say good riddance (总算摆脱) to the assembly line jobs that dehumanize the workers by degrading them simply into another part of the plant’s machinery and offer little or no mental stimulation or value to employees since they are so easily replaceable.
There is a rich, lively and engaging life to be found outside the workplace and a mere “job” and it is time we looked outside this box toward other ways that people can find value in what they do, such as volunteering, community projects, family care, amateur sports and an array of others.
61)
According to the passage, the reasons why people take little delight in their work are the following except that ________.
A. they earn so little at work that they can hardly make ends meet. B. robotics and automation are widely used.
C. the biased employers view workers as problem prone. D. some tasks cannot be entrusted to machines alone 62)
We can infer from the passage that the advance of science and technology ________. A. is a blessing to the workers
B. makes more and more workers lose their jobs
C. makes the employers more sympathetic to the employees D. makes the work of employees irreplaceable 63)
According to the passage, people can find value in ________. A. being an office clerk B. being a servant C. being a mechanic D. being a volunteer 64)
Which of the following statement is true according to the passage? A. People doing repetitive jobs are becoming poorer because of inflation.
B. Many employers nowadays see workers as a necessary investment in the product. C. We need more people who are capable of operating machines.
D. Assembly line jobs can hardly offer mental stimulation or value to workers. 65)
What is the best title for this passage? A. The significance of jobs in our life B. The pride we should take in our jobs C. The true value of jobs in our life
D. The relationship between technology and jobs 参考答案：
61) D 62) B 63) D 64) D 65) C 解析： （无） ∧ 收起解析
Many immigrants who settled in the United States were poor. The country they came to was a wilderness. Land had to be cleared of trees in order to make farms; mines had to be developed; houses, shops, and public buildings had to be built. Everyone endeavored to earn their livelihood. Manual labor was highly valued. Thereafter it was the man who worked with his head to achieve success in business and industry who was esteemed. Now there is in America a curious combination of pride in having risen to a position where it is no longer necessary to depend on manual labor for a living and genuine delight in what one is able to accomplish with one’s own hands.
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