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Don’t look now, but they’re all around you. They’re standing by the copy machine, hovering by the printer, answering the phone.
Don’t look now, but they’re all around you. They’re standing by the copy machine, hovering by the printer, answering the phone.
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2022-08-04
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Don’t look now, but they’re all around you. They’re standing by the copy machine, hovering by the printer, answering the phone. Yes, they’re the overworked, underappreciated interns: young, eager and not always paid. And with just 20% of the graduating class of 2011 gainfully employed, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, there are more and more of them each day. It seems the importance of internships for securing full-time work has dramatically increased over the years.
Intern, previously used in the medical profession to define a person with a degree but without a license to practice, became a term for a physician in training following World War I, when medical school was no longer seen as preparation enough for practice. Later, the word migrated to politics as an alternative to the term apprentice as a reference to those interested in learning about careers in government. Meanwhile, co-op programs, in which students would work at a company for an extended period during college, emerged. From 1970 to 1983, the number of colleges and universities offering the programs increased from 200 to 1,000. Sure, it took an extra year to earn a B. A, but for three months each school year, students worked for companies they were interested in, tried out careers they weren’t sure about and earned money to help cover tuition.
Internship programs have produced several successes: Bill Gates was once a congressional page, and Oprah Winfrey worked at a CBS affiliate during her college years, just to name a few. Of course, Monica Lewinsky was a 22-year-old White House intern when she engaged in an intimate relationship with President Clinton, a scandal that still taints both offices.
Today’s interns are not limited to summer jobs at their local businesses. Some programs provide dorm housing in cities like New York and Washington, allowing students from around the country to work for the nation’s biggest companies. Many popular cities even have Facebook groups devoted to providing social outings and networking opportunities for the thousands of interns who descend each summer.
Though internships were formerly praised as an opportunity for students to explore career options, doing so now comes with a price. Some experts argue that internships punish those who might decide later than age 18 what they want to do with their life. More important, they can favor wealthier students, who can afford to not make any money during the summer, over the less privileged. Still, with pressure increasing on students to find work, the passion for internships is only growing. To land that first job, career advisers now say, applicants should have two or more internships under their belt. Anyone who takes a summer to simply explore might be too late.
According to Paragraph 2, the word "intern" ________.
选项
A、is no longer used in medical profession
B、has a long ancient history
C、is used in wider range now
D、has substituted the word apprentice
答案
C
解析
根据题干可直接定位到第二段。该段首句提到intern这个词以前是用于医学领域,第二句提到这个词渐渐转移到政界(migrated to politics),后面的句子还提到实习项目的岗位也增加了,学生可在自己感兴趣的公司实习,由此可知C项“现在用于更广的范围”正确。第二段提到intern一词只是扩展了其应用范围,但仍然用于医疗行业,所以A项错误。该段首句也提到intern最先指有学位但没有从医执照的人。根据常识,从医执照是近代才出现的,所以不可能有ancient history,B项也可排除。D项错在把alternative to理解为substitute,原文该句表示它是apprentice的另一种说法,并非说要“替换”掉这个词。
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