Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face the bleak prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession starts to bite. For colleagues in theEast, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut. Human resource experts say cultural differences explain whyAsian firms try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will stem unemployment and may help keepAsian economies afloat at a time of slowing exports. TheEastAsian attitude may also make it easier for firms to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, leaving some experts predicting a Western shift toEastern flexibility. "In theConfucian mindset, the right thing to do is to share the burden. There’s that sense of collective responsibility whereas in the West, it’s more about individual survival," said MichaelBenoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU). Steven Pang,Asia regional director forAquent, a headhunting firm, said in manyEasAsian companies there was an obligation "to take care of members of the family and go through the pain together" even if that meant incurring losses. In contrast, Western counterparts often felt compelled to make dramatic statements to show investors they were serious about cost-cutting, Pang saiD、US firms from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at theAsian units of Western multinationals, job cuts will probably be less severe. Japan’s jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong’s was flat at 3.4 percent.But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January. Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices inEast and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals from abroaD、 When facing the global recession, the Western and theEastern workers experience differently because of______.A．different economic situations B．different life styles C．different attitudes towards work D．different cultures
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