41.  Atienza took a short-term job mainly because           .（因果细节推断）

A. he didn’t want to give up his apartment（他不想放弃自己的公寓；次要原因）

B. he liked to try out different companies（太喜欢尝试不同的公司；无中生有；位置原则）

C. he wanted to get more experience（他想要获得更多的经验；没提到；位置原则）                D. he couldn’t find a long-term job（他不能找到长期的工作；主要原因；主题特征）

41 When 23-year-old Eric Atienza graduated from college last year, he didn’t have a job. Not wanting to give up his apartment and move back with his parents, 41he did what many young Americans are doing: he signed up with a temp agency, which places workers on short-term jobs.

23岁的艾瑞克去年大学毕业时没有找到工作。不愿意放弃公寓生活与父母同住，所以他和很多美国年轻人一样和一家临时中介机构签订了协议。这种机构为工作者提供短期工作。

42.  According to the passage, in the year of 2005, the United States had a workforce of more than           .（2005年美国的劳动力超过…）

A. 25 million                   

B. 12.5 million（数字细节计算：两者相除；劳动力=临时工人数/临时工比率）          

C. 4.17 million         

D. 2.5 million

42Temporary workers such as Atienza comprise 20 percent of the US workforce. In 1985, 417000 workers were classified as temporary help. 42In 2005, there are more than 2.5 million, according to Labour Department data.

像…这样的临时工占到美国劳动力的20%. 1985年41万7千人被归类为临时工。2005年，根据美国劳工部数据，临时工超过了250万人。

43.  Which is NOT mentioned as an advantage of temping？（细节跨段列举）

A. It gives recent graduates experience.（给与刚毕业的大学生经验；提到了）

B. It enables employers to adjust their workforce.（使得雇主能够调整自己的劳动力；提到了；

C. A temporary job will turn full-time.（位置原则；而且对于学生来说，这并不算是优势而且出现在缺点劣势段）

D. Employers can reduce their costs.（雇主能够减少成本；提到了）

43 Using temporary workers allows companies to increase or decrease the number of staff as their workloads change. It also allows companies to avoid the costs involved in hiring and firing long-term employees. 雇佣临时工人会使得公司在工作量发生变化时增加或减少员工数量。也可以允许公司节省涉及雇佣和解雇长期员工时的成本。

       43 Many temp agency owners and career specialists say temping is a good way for recent graduates to get experience. “Short-term jobs let graduates try out different companies to find the best fit,” said Pegi Wheatley, owner of McCall Staffing, a San Francisco temp agency.

许多临时工中介机构业主和职业规划专家认为，临时工对于刚毕业的大学生来说是获得经验的好途径。…的经理…说 “短期工作可以使得毕业生尝试不同的公司找到自己最合适的定位。”

44.  Atinenza stayed with the temp agency for some time because______.

A. he liked his office work（相反，是厌烦）                                

B. he was satisfied with the pay（对薪水满意，原文的同意转述）

C. his employer provided health insurance（没提；而且临时工得不到医疗保险）         

D. he hated gaps between contracts（没提；非因；主观性选项）

But things don’t always work out that way.（但往往事与愿违） “When I started temping, I had this notion （有这样的想法）that a temporary job could turn full-time. It worked for a friend of mine（我的一个朋友成功了）, but that didn’t happen for me,” said Atienza, who quickly became bored with his office work. 44Atienza stayed with the temp agency because he could earn US $ 10 an hour doing office work. Other short-term jobs, such as working as a store clerk or in a café, pay about US $ 7.

…坚持待在临时工介绍所是因为做文职工作可以每小时赚10美元。而其他短期工作如商店店员和咖啡店服务生，每小时工资大约7元。

45.  What does the word “trade-offs” in Paragraph five mean？（词义猜测）

A. Benefits B. Compromises C. Risks（风险只是不利方面的一部分） D. Disadvantages（同义词复现；转折语义可以判断）

45But there were trade-offs for the higher pay. Because in the US, health insurance is provided through employer, most temps are not eligible for workplace health benefits. Atienza ran the risk（冒…的险：固定结构） that an accident or illness would land him in the hospital with no way to pay the bill. Other drawbacks, though less serious, still mean that temping for most graduates is exactly what its name implies—a temporary choice. Instability, gaps between contracts, lack of vacation time and isolation from other employees are often-cited negatives. 但高新也有弊端。因为在美国，健康保险是由雇主提供，大多数临时工作机构没有资格提供健康福利。…风险是事故或疾病会让他走进医院而无法支付医疗费用。其他缺点或弊端，虽然不太严重，依然意味着大多数毕业生从事的临时工正如其名所指---临时选择。不稳定性、合同差异、没有休息时间以及和其他员工缺乏沟通都是经常被指出的不利方面。