The rise of "temp" work has further magnified the decreasing fights and alienation of the worker. It is common corporate practice to phase out full-time employees and hire temporary workers to take on more workload in less time. When facing a pressing deadline, a corporation may pay $15~$20 per hour for a temp worker, but the temp worker will only see $7 or $8 of that money. The rest goes to temp agency, which is usually a corporate chain, such as Kelly Services, that blatantly makes its profits off other people"s labor. This increases profits of the corporations because they can increase a workload, get rid of the employee when they"re finished, and not worry about paying benefits or unemployment for that employee. I have had to work with temps a few times in my current position, and the workers only want one thing - a full-time job with benefits. We really wanted to hire one temp I was working with, but we could not offer her a full-time job because it would have been a breach in our contract with the temp agency that employed her. To hire a temp full-time, we would have had to pay the agency over a thousand dollars. Through this practice and policy, the temp agency locks its temporary workers into a horrible new form of servitude form which the worker cannot break free. Furthermore, corporate powers push workers to take on bigger workloads, work longer hours, and accept less benefits by instilling a paranoia in their workforce. The capitalist bosses assume dishonesty, disloyalty, and laziness amongst workers, and they breed a sense of guilt and fear through their assumptions. Where guilt doesn"t seep in, bitterness, anger, and depression take over, the highest priorities of Big Business are to increase profits and limit liabilities. Personal relations and human needs are last on their list of priorities. So what we see is a huge mass of people who are alienated, disempowered, overworked, mentally and physically ill and who spend the vast majority of their time and energy on their basic survival. They are denied a chance to really "love", because they are forced to make profits for the capitalists in power.
单选题 Which of the following can NOT be listed as a reason for corporations" hiring temporary workers and phasing out full-time employees?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:细节题。第一段第二句提到公司想让临时雇员在更少的时间内从事更多的劳动,A符合题意.第一段第五句说明这样可以增加公司的盈利。因为他们可以增加雇员的劳动量,在雇员完成工作后解雇他们而不必担心要为失业的雇员付钱,C符合题意。第一段倒数第二句说要雇一个全职的临时工,我们得向公司的机构支付一千多美元的费用,D符合题意。B所说内容在文章中没有提到。
单选题 According to the first paragraph, which statement is TRUE?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:主旨题。第一段全段意思可归纳为临时工很难作为全职工人被雇佣。A、B、C均不对。
单选题 The main purpose of the last paragraph is to______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:推理题。根据第二段全段内容可得出结论,第二段的主要目的是激起读者对资本家的仇限.A、B、D都只是说出了部分内容,不能代表整段意思。
单选题 The author"s attitude toward the temp workers can be described as______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:主旨题。纵观全文,可以看出作者对临时雇员的态度是同情,amicable是"友好的";depressed是"沮丧的";hostile是"敌对的"。均不符合题意。
单选题 The word "liabilities" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:词汇题.本题问"liabilities"在最后一段中的意思和下列哪一个最接近?在雇请临时工时所承担的风险;分配给工人的职责;由临时雇员分担的责任;给予临时雇员的关怀。根据上下文可以看出"liabilities"指的是D。