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Opinionpollsarenowbeginningtoshowthat,whoeveristoblameandwhateverhappensfromnowon,highunemploymentisprobablyheretostay.Thismeansweshallhavetomakewaysofsharingtheavailableemploymentmorewidely.

Butweneedtogofurther.Wemustasksomeprimaryquestionsaboutthefutureofwork.Wouldwecontinuetotreatemploymentasthenorm?

Wouldwenotratherencouragemanyotherwaysforself-respectingpeopletowork?

Shouldwenotcreateconditionsinwhichmanyofuscanworkforourselves,ratherthanforanemployer?

Shouldwenotaimtorevivethehouseholdandtheneighborhood,aswellasthefactoryandtheoffice,ascentersofproductionandwork?

Theindustrialagehasbeentheonlyperiodofhumanhistoryduringwhichmostpeople'

sworkhastakentheformofjobs.Theindustrialagemaynowbecomingtoanend,andsomeofthechangesinworkpatternswhichitbroughtmayhavetobereversed.Thisseemsadauntingthought.But,infact,itcouldprovidetheprospectofabetterfutureforwork.Universalemployment,asitshistoryshows,hasnotmeanteconomicfreedom.

Employmentbecamewidespreadwhentheenclosuresofthe17thand18thcenturiesmademanypeopledependentonpaidworkbydeprivingthemoftheuseoftheland,andthusofthemeanstoprovidealivingforthemselves.Thenthefactorysystemdestroyedthecottageindustriesandremovedworkfrompeople'

shomes.Later,astransportationimproved,firstbyrailandthenbyroad,peoplecommutedlongerdistancestotheirplacesofemploymentuntil,eventually,manypeople'

sworklostallconnectionwiththeirhomelivesandtheplaceinwhichtheyhived.

Meanwhile,employmentputwomenatadisadvantage.Inpre-industrialtime,menandwomenhadsharedtheproductiveworkofthehouseholdandvillagecommunity.Nowitbecameacustomforthehusbandtogoouttobepaidthroughemployment,leavingtheunpaidworkofthehomeandfamilytohiswife.Taxandbenefitregulationsstillassumethisnormtodayandrestrictmoreflexiblesharingofworkrolesbetweenthesexes.

Itwasnotonlywomenwhoseworkstatussuffered.Asemploymentbecamethedominantformofwork,youngpeopleandoldpeoplewereexcluded--aproblemnow,asmoreteenagersbecomefrustratedatschoolandmoreretiredpeoplewanttoliveactivelives.

Allthismaynowhavetochange.Thetimehascertainlycometoswitchsomeeffortandresourcesawayfromtheidealistgoalofcreatingjobsforall,totheurgentpracticaltaskofhelpingmanypeopletomanagewithoutfulltimejobs.

Researchcarriedoutintherecentopinionpollsshowsthat

A 

availableemploymentshouldberestrictedtoasmallpercentageofthepopulation.

B 

newjobsmustbecreatedinordertorectifyhighunemploymentfigures.

C 

availableemploymentmustbemorewidelydistributedamongtheunemployed.

D 

thenowadayhighunemploymentfiguresareatruthoflife.

【正确答案】：

D

【本题分数】：

1.0分

第2题

Thearrivaloftheindustrialageinourhistoricalevolutionmeantthat

universalemploymentvirtuallyguaranteedprosperity.

economicfreedomcamewithineveryone'

scontrol.

patternsofworkwerefundamentallychanged.

people'

sattitudestoworkhadtobereversed.

C

第3题

Theenclosuresofthe17thand18thcenturiesmeantthat

peoplewerenolongerlegallyentitledtoownland.

peopleweredriventolookelsewhereformeansofsupportingthemselves.

peoplewerenotadequatelycompensatedforthelossoftheirland.

peoplewerebadlypaidfortheworktheymanagedtofind.

B

第4题

Theeffectsofalmostuniversalemploymentwereoverwhelminginthat

thehouseholdandvillagecommunitydisappearedcompletely.

mennowtravelledenormousdistancestotheirplacesofwork.

youngandoldpeoplebecamesuperfluouscomponentsofsociety.

theworkstatusofthosenotinpaidemploymentsuffered.

第5题

Thearticleconcludesthat

thecreationofjobsforallisanimpossibility.

oureffortsandresourcesintermsoftacklingunemploymentareinsufficient.

peopleshouldbeginsupportingthemselvesbylearningapracticalskill.

weshouldhelpthosewhosejobsareonlypart-time.

A

第6题

Watchingshiatsubeingperformedonafriendofmineremindedmeofademonstrationofthedeepmassagetechnique,"

rolfing"

inwhichthepatientiskneadedandtwistedwithknucklesandelbows.Rollinghadbeenlikenedtotorture,sowhenitwasofferedtomeImademyexcuses.Yettheshiatsutreatment,Manningthoughitlooked,withtilepatientlyingdownastheoperatorproddedpressurepoints,wetsclearlynotpainful,apartfromanoccasionallytwinge.Indeed