2017英语等级考试pets5级阅读理解每日练习三

1. Research carded out in the recent opinion polls shows that _______。

[ 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 ] available employment must be more widely distributed among the unemployed

[ D ] the nowaday high unemployment figures are a truth of life

2. The arrival of the industrial age in our historical evolution meant that_______。

[ A ] universal employment virtually guaranteed prosperity

[ B ] economic freedom came within everyone’s control

[ C ] patterns of work were fundamentally changed

[ D ] people’s attitudes to work had to be reversed

3. The enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries meant that_______。

[ A ] people were no longer legally entitled to own land

[ B ] people were driven to look elsewhere for means of supporting themselves

[ C ] people were not adequately compensated for the loss of their land

[ D ] people were badly paid for the work they managed to find

4. The effects of almost universal employment were overwhelming in that _______。

[ A ] the household and village community disappeared completely

[ B ] men now travelled enormous distances to their places of work

[ C ] young and old people became superfluous components of society

[ D ] the work status of those not in paid employment suffered

5. The article concludes that_______。

[ A ] the creation of jobs for all is an impossibility

[ B ] our efforts and resources in terms of tackling unemployment are insufficient

[ C ] people should begin supporting themselves by learning a practical skill

[ D ] we should help those whose jobs are only part-time