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In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For questions 1 — 5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G
In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For questions 1 — 5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G
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2014-07-25
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In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For questions 1 — 5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices which you do not need to use.
As the slowing economy forces employers to put the brakes on new hiring, job seekers have seen their searches lengthen during the third quarter of the year, according to the latest Job Market Index released outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. However, job seekers’ understandable reluctance to relocate may be inflating the time it takes to find a new position.
【R1】______. In the previous four years, the third quarter has experienced the longest medium job search time. In 2007, job searches climbed from 3 months in the second quarter to 4. 3 months in the third quarter. In 2006, when the job market was relatively strong, job search times rose to 4. 2 months in the third quarter, compared with 3. 6 months in the previous quarter and 3. 7 months in the fourth quarter.
【R2】______. "The economic downturn notwithstanding, the third quarter is also a traditionally heavy vacation period. It is also a time when companies are working on budgets for the coming year, so decisions regarding staffing, vendors, acquisitions, etc. , are often placed on hold," said John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The biggest obstacles job seekers may face in the months ahead may not come from the economy, but from their own disgust at risk taking. Only 13 percent of job seekers finding positions in the third quarter relocated for their new positions.
"The reluctance to relocate, while entirely justified considering the state of the housing market, invariably leads to a longer job search because job seekers are casting a much smaller net," said Challenger. 【R3】______.
Job seekers also appeared more reluctant to change industries in the third quarter. The portion of job seekers who switched industries for new positions fell to 35. 9 percent from 37. 3 percent in the previous quarter. In 2007, an average of 40 percent of job seekers changed industries each quarter. 【R4】______.
Still, industry switching is far more preferable to career switching and for some it may be the quickest path to reemployment. 【R5】______.
If the longer job searches are indeed related to the economic downturn, and not merely part of a seasonal trend, it could be several quarters before search times begin to fall. Companies are likely to keep hiring at a minimum until they know if the government’s intervention on Wall Street was effective.
[A]Conventional wisdom says that an economic downturn is not a good time to change jobs and that employed professionals should just hunker down in their current positions and try to prevent getting laid off.
[B]Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said that after three consecutive quarters of steadily falling job search times, job seekers who won positions in the third quarter did so in a median time of 3. 6 months, up 16 percent from 3. 1 months in the second quarter. The third-quarter median job search time was the highest since the same quarter a year ago when it took 3. 96 months to find new employment.
[C]Considering all that is going on in the economy, including the turmoil in the financial sector, increased job cuts across several industries and decreased spending by consumers and business, it would be easy to attribute the longer job search times to the struggling job market.
[D]The median job search among those winning positions in the third quarter lasted nearly 4. 4 months compared with the recent low of 2. 8 months recorded in the fourth quarter of 2007. While the longer search times come amid a weakening economy and job market, the increase may be seasonal in nature.
[E]"Unfortunately, in times of significant turmoil, such as now, it is more comfortable to stick with the familiar. That comfort level may outweigh the need to find a job quickly," said Challenger.
[F]"With a growing number of Americans upside down in their mortgages, it is only going to become more difficult for employers to recruit out-of-town candidates. "
[G]Challenger notes that this downturn is definitely hitting some industries harder than others adding, "Now is the time to make the switch from a down-on-its-luck industry to one with more promise. Changing industries can be difficult, even if one remains in the same function. It becomes necessary to learn a whole new set of customs. "
【R1】
选项
答案
D
解析
本题空格出现在第二段段首。文章第一段提出第三季度求职时间变长,并概括指出两个原因。空格处的下文列出数据说明过去四年中第三季度一直是求职时间最长的季节。由“语篇分析”可知,第二段是在分析“第三季度求职时间变长”这一现象。各个选项中,提到the thirdquarter、job search time等关键词语的有[B]、[D]两个选项。[B]项与空格后的内容重复,都足列举数据,根据数据说明观点这一逻辑推理,本段应该有观点性语句出现,[B]项不符,故排除。[D]项前半部分指出第三季度求职时间比2007年第四季度有所增长。第二句指出原因:求职时间的增长是季节性的(be seasonal in nature)。这与下句的衔接紧密:用过去四年中第三季度求职时间的数据来说明the in—crease may be seasonal in nature。因此正确答案是[D]项。
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