单选题 China's employment and re-employment situation remains tough with a surge this year in the number of graduates hitting the job market and in unemployment in general, a senior official said.
The country's registered average unemployment rate in urban areas reached 4 percent last year and is expected to go higher this year, Labour and Social Security Minister Zheng Silin told Xinhua yesterday.
There are nearly 14 million laid-off workers in urban areas so far. And more than 10 million new graduates are predicted to enter the work force, Zheng said.
To make things worse, the nation's agricultural adjustment has forced more than 150 million rural workers to quit farming. Many of them will head to the cities to seek employment, posing uncertainties for the State, he said.
Zheng, who was appointed as the minister during the first session of the 10th National People's Congress in March, has urged his departments nationwide to do more to assist laid-off workers to restart their lives.

单选题 What is the most appropriate title for this passage about China's employment?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题是一个主旨大意题，首先要确认文章的主题句，一般而言主题句就是文章的第一个句子。本题的依据句就是短文的第一个句子，其意思完全相同于A项的意思。其他选项要么是细节信息(B和C项)，要么是错误信息(D项)。
单选题 What is expected of the unemployment rate for this year?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题的依据句是第二段第一个句子：去年的失业率达到4％，而今年会更高。与C项的意思完全一致。其他选项的意思有误。
单选题 How many people will be looking for jobs this year?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题的关键是要经过一个简单的运算，将所有找工作的人数相加，就可以得到正确答案。
单选题 Which of the following people are posing greater uncertainties for the State?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题的关键是找到其依据句出现的地方，可以利用题干中的信号词posing uncertainties for the State找到短文的第四段，也就是本题依据出现的地方，就可以很容易地得出正确答案。
单选题 Minister Zheng's main purpose is to ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】本题的依据句是短文的最后一个句子。找依据句时一般是按前后的顺序在短文中寻找，前几道题从短文的前面往后找，后几道题从短文的后面往前找。