单选题Which of the following statements is true about Japan?AIt has a very short life-expectancy on average.BIt has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world.CYoung people want to have more children.DThe number of young people fit for work is decreasing.
单选题
Which of the following statements is true about Japan?
A
It has a very short life-expectancy on average.
B
It has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world.
C
Young people want to have more children.
D
The number of young people fit for work is decreasing.
参考解析
解析：
从录音中提到的“a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners”，可知日本的劳动力变得越来越少。diminishing逐渐减少的；衰减的。pensioner领养老金者；领取抚恤金者。
【录音原文】
Japan has the highest life-expectancy in the world, one of the lowest birth rates and accepts few immigrants, leaving a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners.
从录音中提到的“a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners”，可知日本的劳动力变得越来越少。diminishing逐渐减少的；衰减的。pensioner领养老金者；领取抚恤金者。
【录音原文】
Japan has the highest life-expectancy in the world, one of the lowest birth rates and accepts few immigrants, leaving a diminishing workforce paying for a rising number of pensioners.
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Text 1 Foreign cashiers and carers are now a fact oflife in Japan,especially in urban areas.The number of foreign workers has risen fast recently,t0 1.3m-some 2%of the workforce.Although visas that allow foreigners to settle in Japan are in theory mainly for highly skilled workers,in practice those with fewer skills may be admitted as students or trainees or as immigrants of Japanese extraction.In June the govemment announced that it would create a"designated-skills"visa in order to bring in 500,000 new workers by 2025,in agriculture,construction,hotels,nursing and shipbuilding.Japan has historically been cautious of admitting foreigners.It is one of the rich world's most homogenous countries:just 2%of residents are foreigners,compared with 4%in South Korea and 16%in France.The reasons for this attitude range from fears that outsiders will bring crime and damage societal practices,to concerns that Japanese residents will not be able to communicate properly with them.But Japan's population is old and getting smaller.To fill shortages in the labour force caused by the shrinking working-age population,govemment policy has focused on getting more women and old people into work,and using artificial intelligence.It has become apparent though that this is not enough;and businesses also want foreigners to help them remain competitive and to become more global.Indeed pressure from business is a big reason behind the change of tack.Over the past 20 years the number of workers under 30 has shrunk by a quarter.Another result of the greying population is the creation of ever more jobs,most notably as carers,that few Japanese want to do at the wages on offer.There are 60%more job vacancies than there are people looking for work.Industries such as agriculture and construction,as well as nursing,are increasingly dependent on foreigners.More exposure to foreigners,through a boom in tourism,has reassured Japanese,especially the young,that they can get along with them,too.Attracting the foreign workers Japan needs will not necessarily be easy.Language is a big barrier.Japanese-language abilities are not necessary for highly skilled workers wanting visas,but only a handful of companies work in English.Lowlier workers,who must pass a Japanese exam,are currallowed to bring their families and will not be able to under the"designated-skills"visa.Firms in which promotion is based on seniority rather than merit and in which long hours are the norm will find it hard to attract workers,too.Japan also needs to do more to help integrate foreigners.By accepting,for the most part,a small number of highly skilled workers,Japan has been able to get away without any inteUation policy.But as the number ofimmigrants rises,and especially as more low-skilled workers are admitted,this omission threatens to bring about some of the very concems that prompted the govemment to restrict immigration in the first place,such as ghettoisation and poverty.The most suitable title for the text may be_____A.Requirements to Get the"Designated-skills"VisaB.What Japan Have Done to Attract Work ForcesC.Why Japan Is Going to Accept More Foreign WorkersD.Problems Japan Faced While Attracting Foreigners
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共用题干The Industrial Age and EmploymentThe 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 about may have to be reversed.This seems a daunting（大胆的）thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work.Universal employment,as its history shows,has not meant economic freedom.Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving（剥夺）them of the use of the land,and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves.Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes.Later,as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted（乘车往返）longer distances to their places of employment until,eventually,many people's work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they lived.Meanwhile,employment put women at a disadvantage.In pre-industrial times,men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community.Now it became customary(惯例的）for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife.Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today,and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.It was not only women whose work status suffered.As employment became the dominant form of work,young people and old people were excluded-a problem now,asmore teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives. All this may now have to change.The time has certainly come to switch some efforts and resources away from the utopian（乌托邦的）goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs. Universal employment has brought about economic freedom.A:Right B:Wrong C:Not mentioned
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Which of the following statements about California is NOT TRUE？( ) A.California is a sexually liberated state B.California has a high abortion rate C.About 40% of the pregnant teenagers chose to have an abortion D.A recent poll showed that less than half of the respondents supported the amendment
Which of the following statements about California is NOT TRUE？( ) A.California is a sexually liberated state. B.California has a high abortion rate. C.About 40% of the pregnant teenagers chose to have an abortion. D.A recent poll showed that less than half of the respondents supported the amendment.
问答题Practice 9 Youth unemployment across the world has climbed to a new high and is likely to climb further this year, a United Nations agency said Thursday, while warning of a “lost generation” as more young people give up the search for work. The agency, the International Labor Organization, said in a report that of some 620 million young people ages 15 to 24 in the work force, about 81 million were unemployed at the end of 2009—the highest level in two decades of record-keeping by the organization, which is based in Geneva. “There’s never been an increase of this magnitude — both in terms of the rate and the level — since we’ve been tracking the data,” said Steven Kapsos, an economist with the organization. The agency forecast that the global youth unemployment rate would continue to increase through 2010, to 13.1 percent, as the effects of the economic downturn continue. It should then decline to 12.7 percent in 2011. In some especially strained European countries, including Spain and Britain, many young people have become discouraged and given up the job hunt, it said. The trend will have “significant consequences for young people,” as more and more join the ranks of the already unemployed, it said. That has the potential to create a “‘lost generation’ comprised of young people who have dropped out of the labor market, having lost all hope of being able to work for a decent living.” The report studied the German, British, Spanish and Estonian labor markets and found that Germany had been most successful in bringing down long-term youth unemployment. In Spain and Britain, increases in unemployment were particularly pronounced for those with lower education levels. Data from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency, show Spain had a jobless rate of 40.5 percent in May for people under 25. That was the highest level among the 27 members of the European Union, far greater than the 9.4 percent in Germany in May and 19.7 percent in Britain in March.
单选题According to the passage, the unemployment rate has been kept under limits because _____.Athe number of the people in the work force slowly increasesBvery few people really lose their original jobsCless and less people are out finding new jobsDthe government has taken strong measures to control the unemployment rate
单选题Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AThe women having children show a rise in cold infections than those without children.BPeople with low income will surely more colds than people with high income.CJuniors are easier to have colds than seniors.DIt has not been proved scientifically that poor nutrition affects susceptibility to colds.
单选题According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?ACompany workers started to dress down about twenty years ago.BDress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990s.C“Dress-down Friday” was first given as a favor from employers.DMany workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people.
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?ATransporting goods and people is the most important technology in the history of mankind.BTechnology in transporting goods and people has changed human conditions more than anything else.CTechnology in spreading information has changed human conditions more than transportation technology.DTechnology in spreading information can’t change the economic development of society.
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?AMost voters support the government's effort to help young people to work.BSome people protest against the government's attempt to force young people to work.CThere are more than one million young people who took part in the program.DThere are more than one million young people who are jobless.
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单选题Which of the following statements is NOT true? _____AThere are both advantages and disadvantages in using a word professor.BThe British companies care much for the health of the people using word processors.CThe technology in the field of computers has been greatly advanced over the last ten years.DUsing world processors, secretaries can get more time to do more interesting work for their bosses.
单选题Which of the following statements is TRUE?AThe less education he or she has, the more regrets she or he would have.BThe more education he or she has, the less regrets she or he would have.CMore women than men had regrets about love and family.DThe regret of action seems to last longer than that of inaction.