单选题 For some employers, the policy of lifelong employment is particularly important because it means that they can put money and effort into their staff training and make them loyal to the company. What they do is to select young people who have potential and who can be trained. They then give the young people the kinds of skills that will make them suitable employees for the company. In other words, they adjust their training to their particular needs.
One recently employed graduate says that she is receiving a great deal of valuable training from the company. "This means that I will be a loyal employee," she says. "And it also means that the company will want to keep me. I am an important investment for them. So the policy is a good one because it benefits both the employer and the employee."
Recently, however, attitudes towards lifelong employment are beginning to change. Employees are slowly beginning to accept the idea that lifelong employment is not always in their best interest and that changing firms can have career advantages.
单选题 The purpose of lifelong employment is to ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】根据第一段第一句话可知lifelong employment的主要目的是使员工忠诚于他们的公司。因此，正确答案为B。
单选题 By training its employees, a company can make them ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】在第一段的后半部分作者谈到公司培训年轻人各种技能以便使其成为合格的员工。故A为最佳答案。
单选题 Talking about the training she has received, a recently employed graduate has the view that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】在第二段中，一位雇员在谈到她所受到的各项培训时说：It benefits both the employer and the employee，可知正确答案是B。
单选题 Attitudes towards lifelong employment are changing because ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】作者在文章最后写到：Changing firms can have career advantage。答案A与此相符。
单选题 The passage is mainly about ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】除在文章最后提到近来人们态度的转变外，通篇都是关于the policies f lifelong employment的，故选B。