2017英语等级考试pets5级阅读理解每日练习三
1. Research carded out in the recent opinion polls shows that _______。
[ A ] available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the population
[ B ] new jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figures
[ C ] available employment must be more widely distributed among the unemployed
[ D ] the nowaday high unemployment figures are a truth of life
2. The arrival of the industrial age in our historical evolution meant that_______。
[ A ] universal employment virtually guaranteed prosperity
[ B ] economic freedom came within everyone’s control
[ C ] patterns of work were fundamentally changed
[ D ] people’s attitudes to work had to be reversed
3. The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries meant that_______。
[ A ] people were no longer legally entitled to own land
[ B ] people were driven to look elsewhere for means of supporting themselves
[ C ] people were not adequately compensated for the loss of their land
[ D ] people were badly paid for the work they managed to find
4. The effects of almost universal employment were overwhelming in that _______。
[ A ] the household and village community disappeared completely
[ B ] men now travelled enormous distances to their places of work
[ C ] young and old people became superfluous components of society
[ D ] the work status of those not in paid employment suffered
5. The article concludes that_______。
[ A ] the creation of jobs for all is an impossibility
[ B ] our efforts and resources in terms of tackling unemployment are insufficient
[ C ] people should begin supporting themselves by learning a practical skill
[ D ] we should help those whose jobs are only part-time
