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As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth

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问题     As you are probably aware, the latest job markets news isn’t good: Unemployment is still more than 9 percent, and new job growth has fallen close to zero. That’s bad for the economy, of course. And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now. But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.
    That’s because job growth numbers don’t matter to job hunters as much as job turnover (人员更替) data. After all, existing jobs open up every day due to promotions, resignations, terminations (解雇), and retirements. (Yes, people are retiring even in this economy.) In both good times and bad, turnover creates more openings than economic growth does. Even in June of 2007, when the economy was still moving ahead, job growth was only 132,000, while turnover was 4.7 million!
    And as it turns out, even today—with job growth near zero—over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month.
    I don’t mean to imply that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job. It’s true that if total employment were higher, it would mean more jobs for all of us to choose from (and compete for). And it’s true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening, regardless of whether it’s a new one or not.
    But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don’t is their ability to stay motivated. They’re willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills; be creative about where and how to look; learn how to present themselves to potential employers; and keep going, even after repeated rejections. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that 2.7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t looked within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed.
    So don’t let the headlines fool you into giving up. Four million people get hired every month in the U.S. You can be one of them.
What is the key to landing a job according to the author?
选项 A、Education.
B、Intelligence.
C、Persistence.
D、Experience.
答案C
解析 本题询问作者认为找到工作的关键是什么。第5段第1句用distinguish…from的表达把那些找到工作的人与找不到的人区别开来，该句表语部分stay motivated(坚持积极进取)就是答案所在，对应C项persistence(坚持)。第5段第2句举例具体说明如何stay motivated：愿意从事体现自己宝贵技能的辛苦工作；愿意寻找新颖的求职途径和方法；愿意学习如何向可能的雇主表现自己；愿意不断向前。其中并没有提到他们在教育(education)、智慧(intelligence)或经验(experience)等方面的内容，可排除A、B、D。
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