考研真题历年英语二阅读

考研真题历年英语二阅读 考研真题历年英语二阅读 1 Text 4 Many people talked of the 288,000 new jobs the Labor Department reporledfor Jure, along with the drop in the unemployment take to 6 J percent. at goodnews. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at adecent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, butat least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace. However there is another important part of the jobs picture that wastargely ovedookcd. There was a big jump in the number of people who reportvoluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,0004,4 percentabove itsyear ago level. Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making animportant distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs actually wantfull-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. Anincrease in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labormarket and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making endsmeet. There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the generaldirection has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higherthan before the recession, but it is down by 640,0007.9 percentfrom its yearago level. We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part- timeemployment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department askspeople if they worked less than 35 hours in the reference week. If the answer is“yes.“they are classified as working part-time. The survey then asks whetherthey worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work lessthan full time or because they had no choice. They are only elassified asvoluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to workless than 35 hours a week. The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare becanse one of themain purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. any people, especially those with serious health conditions or family memberswith serious health conditions, before Obamacare the only way to get insurancewas through a job that provided health insurance. However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either getinsurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previouslyhave felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order tocover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a linkbetween employment and insurance. 36. Which part of the jobs picture was neglected A. The prospect of a thriving job market. B. The increase of voluntary part-time jobs. C. The possibility of full employment. D. The acceleration of job creation. 37. Many people work part-time because they A. prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs B. feel that is enough to make ends meet C. cannot get their hands on full-time jobs D. haven t seen the weakness of the market 38. Involuntary part-time employment in the US A. is harder to a