专四专八考试

【单选题】Theownerandcaptainrefusedtoleaveshipwhichwassinking.（）
A.his
B.a
C.their
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【单选题】thE puBliC sChools oF thE 1950's AnD 1960's FACED All oF thE Following ExCEpt
A．An inADEquAtE numBEr oF sChool BuilDings
B．olD-FAshionED FACilitiEs
C．A shortAgE oF tEAChErs
D．A DEClining numBEr oF stuDEnts

【单选题】wE intEnDED to________you to mAkE A spEECh on EnvironmEntAl protECtion in our univErsity,
But wE CoulDn't FinD Enough timE to prEpArE For it.
A．invitE
B．BE invitED
C．hAvE invitED
D．hAvE BEEn invitED

【单选题】onE puzzlE oF this somBEr EConomy is thE ExistEnCE oF unFillED joBs in thE miDst oF mAss unEmploymEnt. you might think thAt with Almost 14 millionAmEriCAns unEmployED—AnD nEArly hAlF thosE For morE thAn six months—thAt CompAniEs CoulD Fill Almost Any opEning quiCkly. not so. somEhow, thErE’s A mismAtCh BEtwEEn iDlE workErs AnD opEn joBs.EConomists CAll this "struCturAl unEmploymEnt."
lEt’s ACknowlEDgE two rEAlitiEs. First, though struCturAl joBlEssnEss is importAnt, thE mAin CAusE oF high unEmploymEnt rEmAins thE DEEp slump. in thE rECEssion, joBs DroppED 20 pErCEnt in ConstruCtion, 15 pErCEnt in mAnuFACturing AnD 7 pErCEnt in rEtAiling. only A strongEr EConomy CAn rEmEDy this unEmploymEnt. sEConD, A Big EConomy likE ours AlwAys hAs somE vACAnCiEs. pEoplE quit or gEt FirED、hiring proCEDurEs grinD slowly. somE highly spECiAlizED joBs ArE inhErEntly hArD to Fill: sAy, A trAnsportAtion EnginEEr FluEnt in BothChinEsE AnDEnglish.
thE joB mismAtCh hoBBlEs rECovEry AnD BoDEs ill. thE hArDEr it is For workErs to FinD joBs, thE longEr thEy stAy unEmployED—AnD this, in turn, worsEns thEir prospECts."long-tErm unEmploymEnt sEnDs A nEgAtivE signAl to EmployErs: whAt’s wrong with this pErson " sAys holzEr. somE joBs lost in thE rECEssion AnD thE AssoCiAtED skills won’t rEturn.
thEoriEs ABounD As to whAt’s gonE wrong. For skillED BluE-CollAr joBs, high sChools hAvE DE-EmphAsizED voCAtionAl trAining, Community CollEgEs oFtEn ArEn’t wEll-ConnECtED to loCAl joB mArkEts AnD union ApprEntiCEship progrAms hAvE withErED, sAysAnthonyCArnEvAlE, DirECtor oF gEorgEtown’sCEntEr onEDuCAtion AnD thE workForCE.AnothEr thEory is thAtAmEriCAns ArE lEss willing to movE to tAkE joBs. thE mCkinsEy stuDy rEports thAt, in thE 1950s, onE in FivEAmEriCAns movED EvEry yEAr; now it’s onE in 10."work is morE moBilE thAn workErs," sAysCAmDEn.
CompAniEs trADitionAlly proviDED muCh trAining, But thAt mAy Also hAvE ChAngED、loyAltiEs hAvE wEAkEnED、CompAniEs ArE morE willing to FirE; workErs ArE morE willing to jump ship. trAining mAy sEEm A poor invEstmEnt BECAusE workErs won’t stAy long Enough to EArn A rEturn. in thE mCkinsEy survEy, CompAniEs DEniED Cutting trAining BuDgEts.ButCArnEvAlE AnD othErs think thE trAining hAs AltErED、BEForE, Firms proviDED morE BAsiC trAining in BusinEss or tEChnology skills; now, Firms ExpECt workErs to ComE with thEsE skills AnD FoCus trAining on Firm-spECiFiC prACtiCEs AnD systEms.
so it’s A CAtCh-22: you CAn’t gEt hirED unlEss you hAvE ExpEriEnCE; But you CAn’t gEt ExpEriEnCE unlEss you’rE hirED、with tEChnology ChAnging rApiDly, workErs nEED to know morE, EvEn As thEir skills-support systEms wEAkEn. thErE is no instAnt CurE For toDAy’s joB mismAtCh, But it might EAsE iFAmEriCA’s lArgEst CompAniEs wErE A littlE BolDEr. surEly mAny oF thEm—Enjoying strong proFits—CoulD mAkE A smAll gAmBlE thAt, By proviDing morE trAining For workErs, thEy might ACtuAlly Do thEmsElvEs AnD thE Country somE gooD、
thE Author holDs thAt lArgE CompAniEs shoulD BE morE ______ to solvE thE proBlEm oF unEmploymEnt.
A、rEsponsiBlEB．gEnErousC．opEn-minDED D．strAtEgiC