- 閱讀理解A
題干：Manypeopletalkedofthe288,000newjobstheLaborDepartmentreportedforJune,alongwiththedropintheunemploymentrateto6.1percent,asgoodnews.Andtheywereright.Fornowitappearstheeconomyiscreatingjobsatadecentpace.Westillhavealongwaytogotogetbacktofullemployment,butatleastwearenowfinallymovingforwardatafasterpace.However,thereisanotherimportantpartofthejobspicturethatwaslargelyoverlooked.Therewasabigjumpinthenumberofpeoplewhoreportvoluntarilyworkingpart-time.Thisfigureisnow830,000(4.4percent)aboveitsyearagolevel.BeforeexplainingtheconnectiontotheObamacare,itisworthmakinganimportantdistinction.Manypeoplewhoworkpart-timejobsactuallywantfull-timejobs.Theytakepart-timeworkbecausethisisalltheycanget.Anincreaseininvoluntarypart-timeworkisevidenceofweaknessinthelabormarketanditmeansthatmanypeoplewillbehavingaveryhardtimemakingendsmeet.Therewasanincreaseininvoluntarypart-timeinJune,butthegeneraldirectionhasbeendown.Involuntarypart-timeemploymentisstillfarhigherthanbeforetherecession,butitisdownby640,000(7.9percent)fromitsyearagolevel.Weknowthedifferencebetweenvoluntaryandinvoluntarypart-timeemploymentbecausepeopletellus.ThesurveyusedbytheLaborDepartmentaskspeopleiftheyworkedlessthan35hoursinthereferenceweek.Iftheansweris“yes”,theyareclassifiedasworkedlessthan35hoursinthatweekbecausetheywantedtoworklessthanfulltimeorbecausetheyhadnochoice.Theyareonlyclassifiedasvoluntarypart-timeworkersiftheytellthesurveytakertheychosetoworklessthan35hoursaweek.Theissueofvoluntarypart-timerelatestoObamacarebecauseoneofthemainpurposeswastoallowpeopletogetinsuranceoutsideofemployment.Formanypeople,especiallythosewithserioushealthconditionsorfamilymemberswithserioushealthconditions,beforeObamacaretheonlywaytogetinsurancewasthroughajobthatprovidedhealthinsurance.However,Obamacarehasallowedmorethan12millionpeopletoeithergetinsurancethroughMedicaidortheexchanges.Thesearepeoplewhomaypreviouslyhavefelttheneedtogetafull-timejobthatprovidedinsuranceinordertocoverthemselvesandtheirfamilies.WithObamacarethereisnolongeralinkbetweenemploymentandinsurance.
題目：Involuntary part-time employment in the US（）. - A 、is harder to acquire than one year ago
- B 、shows a general tendency of decline
- C 、satisfies the real need of the jobless
- D 、is lower than before the recession
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
根據(jù)第四段第一句" There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down"（ 6月份非自愿兼職者人數(shù)增加，但大體趨勢(shì)是下降的）可知B選項(xiàng)“總體趨勢(shì)是下降的”正確。
A項(xiàng)"非自愿兼職工作比一年前更難獲得"無(wú)法推出。根據(jù)"An increase in involuntary part-time work ... means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet（非自愿兼職的增加...也意味著許多人將會(huì)在維持生計(jì)方面遇到困難）”可知C項(xiàng)"滿足了他們實(shí)際需求"錯(cuò)誤。D項(xiàng)"比經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退前要低"與原文" Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession"（非自愿兼職就業(yè)的人數(shù)依然要比經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退前的水平高）意思相反，故錯(cuò)誤。
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