单选题
Every day, thousands of managers, bankers,
sales-executives, lawyers, accountants, and other professionals are driven to
anger and despair by the hard realities of the changing world of work. The once
solid foundation for millions of middle-class families--the corporate career--is
in a shambles. The Organization Man of the 1950s and 1960s is being replaced by
the migrant manager and flee-lance professional of the 1990s.
The pain of change is all around us. Corporations are rushing to cut costs and
downsize before the end of the year. They want to take their lumps in 1991, in
preparation for a stronger recovery in 1992. That means an unusual powerful wave
of lay-offs will sweep through the U. S. during the last quarter of 1991.
Already, the drumbeat of bad news is growing louder.
White-collar workers will join the growing ranks of once secure employees who
are finding themselves on the outside alone, afraid and angry. Who doesn't have
a brother or a sister, a parent or a friend who has lost a job recently? The
economic recovery will ease the pain, but it won't stop it. Forces of fierce
global competition and industrial consolidation are compelling corporations to
cut entire layers of middle managers and whole categories of professional staff.
Few companies can hide from the intense pressure of international competition
anymore.
单选题
The changing world of work is making American managers and
professionals ______.
A. helpless
B. desperate
C. angry
D. Both ［B］ and ［C］.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 由第一段的第一句话可知，工作的变动使美国的经理和工作者感到愤怒和绝望。
单选题
The corporate career is the foundation for ______.
A. bankers
B. lawyers and accountants
C. all top managers
D. millions of middle-class families
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 由第一段第二句话The once solid foundation for millions of middleclass families可知，故应选D。
单选题
In order to get a stronger recovery, corporations are ______.
A. reducing their sizes
B. cutting costs
C. laying off employees
D. All of the above.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 这道题要求考生综合分析第二段的前三句话。
单选题
White-collar workers will be ______.
A. on the inside
B. alone
C. afraid and angry
D. Both ［B］ and ［C］.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 由文中第三段第一句话可知，白领阶层感到孤独无助、害怕和气愤。
单选题
American corporations are ______.
A. free from international competition
B. immune to industrial consolidation
C. under the intense pressure of international competition