Opinion polls are now beginning to show
an unwilling general agreement that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens
from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall
have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely. But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future of work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm Should we not rather encourage many other ways for self-respecting people to work Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people’s work has taken the f A. Available employment should be restricted to a small percentage of the population. B. New jobs must be created in order to rectify high unemployment figures. C. Jobs available must be distributed among more people. D. The present high unemployment figures are a fact of life. [单项选择]
Text 1 [单项选择]Employment Situation
Opinion polls are now beginning to show that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to say. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely. But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm Should we not rather encourage many ways for self-respecting people to work Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people’s work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a daunting thoug A. The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries. B. The development of factories. C. Relief from housework on the part of women. D. Development of modern means of transportation. 我来回答: 提交
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