4. U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SKYROCKETS TO NEARLY 15 PERCENT IN APRIL

The author seems to believe that outsourcing ______.

A．is the chief reason for the high unemployment rate in the U.S.

B．is nothing compared with the job loss within the U.S.

C．is profoundly changing the structure of the American economy

D．equals the number of jobs created each month in the U.S.

_____was the beginning of a long economic depression in the U.S.

A．The bankruptcy of banks

B．Serious unemployment

C．The stock market crash

D．Farm foreclosures

Which of the following statements is right according to this article？

A.The BLS unemployment rate infers that the more the expansive unemployment and underemployment rate is, the better the job landscape is.

B.The total job growth across the U.S. economy in 2014 will likely end up in the 1.5% to 1.8% range.

C.Depending on the criteria used, peripheral or knowledge worker-type positions may number between one billion and several billion additional workers.

D.IT jobs are spread across the country since the pervasive need for technology.

te dropped for the first time since August.

The Labor Department reports the number of jobs fell only 19,000, after a decrease of 182,000 in April, and the unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent. The report indicates the manufacturing sector of the economy remains weak as job losses mount, but service sector employment remains stable.

The slowing economy has forced many companies to change their hiring plans. A recent survey of 16,000 U. S. companies showed only 27 percent plan to add workers in the next three months, down from 35 percent a year earlier.

Federal Reserve policymakers have lowered interest rates several times this year in an effort to stimulate the economy and avoid recession.

When did the unemployment rate begin to increase？

A．Last April.

B．last May,

C．last August.

D．Last October.

U.S. this time around because Europe's labor markets have【C1】______to depend less on allowances than government schemes to put them back to work quickly. What's more,【C2】______focusing solely on jumpstarting their economies【C3】______stimulus(刺激), as the U.S. has, Northern Europe has thrown its【C4】______at keeping people at work--by any means【C5】______.

In the countries of northern Europe, that has【C6】______large and successful retraining schemes to get laid-off workers back into jobs quickly.【C7】______in nations like Germany, jobs have also been【C8】______by cutting hours. Rather than laying off workers, a number of European companies have chosen to cut【C9】______schedules by a third or more as part of larger government schemes to【C10】______mass layoffs. Companies save money on salaries【C11】______the government picks up the cost of the pay cuts, including payroll(工资总额)taxes. It's successful, but it【C12】______to the national debt and also has the【C13】______to twist European labor markets.

What's more, economists note, European unemployment【C14】______tend to lag behind those of the U.S.-- meaning that while American unemployment will probably【C15】______this year, the big European economies will【C16】______numbers continue to rise into the years ahead.

All these emphasize the fact【C17】______while Northern Europe has handled the crisis【C18】______well up to now, the future is【C19】______bright. Indeed, economists say that Europe's usual slower-growth, higher-unemployment trend line will【C20】______in the years ahead.

【C1】

A．evoked

B．evolved

C．called

D．developed

A、are trying to find work on the continent

B、are sympathetic with the unemployed on the continent

C、show their concern for unemployment in France and Belgium

D、have been the first to show their disappointment over joblessness

The economy of a nation requires (46) . Total output must grow if the country is to absorb about 1.5 million new workers who enter the labor force each year and more workers who are replaced each year as a form. of technological change. If the nation produced the same level of output each year, instead of increasing it, people would have fewer jobs, growing unemployment, and a decline in the per-capita(人均的)income of the nation. To maintain or increase the existing standard of living and to prevent unemployment from rising, (47) . Higher rates of employment and substantial per-capita output gains seem to occur when the real economic growth rate is over 3%, as it was in the years 1983 through 1988. Recent experience shows that, with a real growth rate of less than 2.5%, the U.S. economy suffers from (48) .

For example , unemployment at the end of 1990 was 5.4% of the labor force. But by the end of 1991, unemployment was more than 6.6% of the labor force. Why did this happen？ Simply because the real output of goods and services declined in 1991. New members into the labor force could not be absorbed, so (49) . Furthermore, a large number of workers withdrew from the labor force altogether because (50) . Instead of rising in 1991 , the real GDP actually fell 0.7%. Real GDP rose again in 1992 by 2.6%, but unemployment also rose to 7.3% of the labor force. GDP continued to rise during 1993, gained a 3%. At the same time unemployment stood at 6.8% of the labor force. Per-capita in-come also grew again during 1993.

A．unemployment rose

B．they were unable to find work

C．a healthy rate of economic growth

D．out of work

E．they must increase real gross domestic product (GDP) continuously

F．higher unemployment and limited gains in per-capita output and income

(46)

_____.

A．before an international adoption can carry out, the results of a home study and extensive documentation must be submitted to both the INS and the courts in the child's country of origin.

B．required documentation usually includes birth certificates, marriage certificates, letters of unemployment, medical letters, and personal references.

C．the legal process in the child's country of origin results in either a full and final adoption or a guardianship, in which the prospective parent is granted custody of the child until the adoption is completed finally.

D．if a full and final adoption has been approved in the child's country of origin and the INS has permitted the child to enter the United States, parents can usually get U.S. birth certificates and citizenship papers with no necessary of readopting the chil

1. Unemployment has come down slightly, but this does not __________ the fact that it is still a major problem. 2. Darwin’s theory of evolution remains __________ partly because it challenges the religious belief that God created man. 3. The best way to deal with problems at home is to talk things out calmly and honestly and try to reach a(n) __________. 4. Low-cost airlines are emerging all over Asia; this will __________ the development of the world’s air-travel market as a whole. 5. __________ activity involves concentrating a lot of effort or people on one particular task in order to try to achieve a great deal in a short time.

Nike, a company headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, is a major force in the sports footwear and fashion industry, with annual sales exceeding $ 12 billion, more than half of which now come from outside the United States. Nike has no production facilities in the United States. Rather, the company manufactures athletic shoes and garments in such Asian countries as China, Indonesia, and Vietnam using subcontractors, and sells the products in the U.S. and international markets. In each of those Asian countries where Nike has production facilities, the rates of unemployment and under-employment are quite high. The wage rate is very low in those countries by U.S. In addition, workers in those countries often operate in poor and unhealthy environments and their rights are not particularly well protected. Recently, however, Nike came under worldwide criticism for its practice of hiring workers for such a low rate of pay—“next to nothing” in the words of critics—and condoning poor working conditions in host countries. Discussion points a. What do you think Nike’s executives might have done differently to prevent the sensitive charges of sweatshop labor in overseas factories？ (10 marks) b. What’re the advantages and disadvantages to those cheap-labor countries like China that MNC set their factory in their countries？ (10 marks)