A improvement in production technology will shift the
A、supply curve to the right.
B、supply curve to the left.
C、demand curve to the right.
D、demand curve to the left.
A、supply curve to the right.
B、supply curve to the left.
C、demand curve to the right.
D、demand curve to the left.
PART C
Directions: You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
听力原文: Strikes are very common in Britain. They axe very harmful to its industries. In fact, there are other countries in western Europe that lose more working days than Britain. The trouble with the strikes in Britain is that they occur in central industries. There are more than 495 unions in Britain. Some unions are very small. Over twenty have more than 100 000 members. Units do not exist only to do for high wages. They also educate their members. They pro vide benefits for the sick and try to improve working conditions. Trade unionists say that we must thank the unions for the great improvement in working conditions in the last hundred years. It is now against the law for union members to go on strike without the support of their union. This kind of strike is called the unofficial strike and is common until recently. Employers feel that unofficial strikes are most harmful because they could not be predicted. But these unofficial strikes still occur from time to time and some unions have also refused to cooperate with the law. As a result, the general picture of relations between workers and employers in Britain has gone from bad to worse.
In what way are strikes in Britain different from those in other European countries?
A.They often take place in its major industries.
B.British trade unions are more powerful.
C.There arc more trade onion members in Britain.
D.Britain loses more working days through strikes every year.
Labor's concerti over automation arises from uncertainly about the effects on employment, and fears of major changes in jobs. In the main, labor has taken the view that resistance to technical change is unfruitful Eventually, the result of automation may well be an increase in empioy ment, since it is expected that vast industries will grow up around manufacturing, maintaining, and repairing automation equipment. The interest of labor lies in bringing about the transition with a minimum of inconvenience and distress to the workers involved. Also, union spokesmen emphasize that the benefit of the increased production and lower costs made possible by automation should be shared by workers in the form. of higher wages, more leisure, and improved living standards.
To protect the interests of their members in the era of automation, unions have adopted a motion of new policies. One of these is the pro motion of supplementary unemployment benefit plans. It is emphasized that since the employer involved in such a plan has a direct financial interest in preventing unemployment, he will have a strong drive for planning new installations so as to cause tire leas! possible problems in jobs and job assignments. Some unions are working for dismissal pay agreements, requiring that permanently dismissed workers be paid a sum of money based on length of service. Another approach is the idea of the "improvement factor", which calls for wage increases based on increases in productivity. It is possible, however, that labor will rely mainly on re duction in working hours in order to gain a full share in the fruits of auto mation.
Though labor worries about the effects of automation, it never doubts that______.
A.automation will eventually prevent unemployment
B.automation will help workers acquire new skills
C.automation will eventually benefit the workers no less than the employers
D.automation is a trend which cannot be stopped
A、promotion
B、environment
C、Reputation
A.Secured loans.
B.Unsecured loans.
C.Business development loans.
D.House improvement loans.
In spite of much improvement, women still remain confronted with the inequalities in_____.
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