单选题 {{I}} Questions 14-16 are based on the following interview with Lisa Lynch about the US Labor Department’s report on job increase． You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16．{{/I}}
单选题 What happened to the U．S．job market？
  • A. There was a huge increase in new jobs lately．
  • B. About 75，000 new jobs were created last month．
  • C. Some 300，000 new workers were employed last year．
  • D. There was a growth of new jobs in the past six years．
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 14-16 Last month big leap in new job，some 300，000 plus，is a huge increase over what the country has seen in the past 6 months when the average growth has been just 75，000 new jobs a month．For a closer look at what’s happening，we turn to Lisa Lynch，an economics professor at Torts University． M：Welcome．Lisa Lynch，when you look at these numbers，do you think job crea-tion is on the rise？ W：It certainly is．It was a great report．It indicates that the job market，broadly speaking，has turned the corner after 3 very long，lean years．I think we are going to see improvement．It’s not only the March gain．It was gain in January and February．They were both revised higher，and moreover，the job gains were very broadly-based across many industries． It was a very positive report． M：What do you see in the numbers？Who’s getting the new jobs？ W：As I mentioned，when we looked at the numbers，we are seeing employment across the board in all sectors，with one important exception，and that’s in manufacturing．Well，we do not have any job loss in manufacturing sector for the first time in 44 months，we did not see pick up in the manufacturing sector，but we saw restaurant andhotel workers being added on．We saw workers in supermarket being added on．Part of that reflects the settlement of the grocery stores strike out California．We saw workers in the health care sector and hospitals being added on．We saw business services adding em ployees．So in general，with the very important exception of manufacturing，we are seeing job growth across all of these different types of occupations．
单选题 What does Lisa Lynch think about the Labor Department’s report？
  • A. It should be revised．
  • B. It is too long．
  • C. It covers a broad area．
  • D. It is positive．
【正确答案】 D
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单选题 In which sector is little job growth seen？
  • A. Restaurants and hotels．
  • B. Manufacturing．
  • C. Health care and hospitals．
  • D. Business services．
【正确答案】 B
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