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  3. Against a background of controversial plans to triple university tuition fees, students short of money might be attracted by a n

Against a background of controversial plans to triple university tuition fees, students short of money might be attracted by a n

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问题     Against a background of controversial plans to triple university tuition fees, students short of money might be attracted by a new degree course where you can study while working full time. The new【B1】______will be offered by fast-food chain McDonald’s, who are【B2】______their own two-year foundation degree in business【B3】______ for the restaurant bosses in the UK. Their aptly-named Hamburger University in North London has been training McDonald’s managers since the late 1970s, and will now add【B4】______degrees to the menu for the first time. Traditionally, working at the hamburger chain has often been seen as a less-than-desirable【B5】______, even giving rise to its own slang word: the dreaded "McJob". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a McJob is an "【B6】______, low-paid job with no prospects". But McDonald’s senior vice-president David Fairhurst says the course challenges these【B7】______about the employer. "The old ’McJob’ label is lazy and arrogant," he says.
    The course is a【B8】______ of how seriously the company takes the training of its staff, says
Mr. Fairhurst.【B9】______. "People no longer want to choose between jobs and education. They should not be parallel universes," he says.【B10】______. However, McDonald’s is not the only company which is developing its own certificate.【B11】______.
【B5】
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答案vocation
解析 句意推断题。空格位于形容词less-than-desirable后面，因此应填入名词。结合录音可知答案为vocation，意为“职业”。本部分指出，在麦当劳工作被认为是一份不太令人满意的职业。
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