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  3. A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It is all translat

A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It is all translat

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问题     A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It is all translated to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we’ve partly been there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many or these countries) are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-employed. But the breadth of the economic transformation can’t be measured by numbers alone, because it is also giving rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held notions about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between individuals and employers—all these are being changed.
    We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the chip (集成电路), would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital communications and factory robots. Tomorrow’s achievements in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes. But one thing is certain: information and knowledge will become even more vital, and the people who possess it, whether .they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be above all else. If you cast your mind ahead 10 years, information services will be predominant It will be the way you do your job.
A characteristic of the information age is that ______.
选项 A、the service industry is relying more and more on the female work force
B、manufacturing industries are steadily increasing
C、people find it harder to earn a living by working in factories
D、most of the job opportunities can now be found in service industry
答案D
解析 该题问信息时代的特点是什么。文章第一段提到了信息时代的特点，因此第一段是求解此题的依据。将四个选项与第一段意义对照，A和B明显不对，可以迅速排除。C也错，原文说：“靠制造物品来谋生的人数比例已明显下降”，这不等于说“人们发觉在工厂就业以谋生更难”。D为正确答案，“大多数就业机会在服务业”与原文第一段中间的一句话意思相符。该句说：“现在，在美国、欧洲和日本，大多数就业机会(2/3甚至更多)是在服务业，而且这个数字还在上升。”
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