单选题Directions: For each blank in the following
passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer
on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the
corresponding letter in the brackets. Manpower Inc, with
560,000 workers, is the world's largest temporary employment agency. Every
morning, its people {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}into the offices
and factories of America, seeking a day's work for a day's pay. One day at a
time {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}industrial giants like General
Motors and IBM struggle to survive {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}}
{{/U}}reducing the number of employees, Manpower, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
is booming. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}its economy continues to
recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part timers and temporary
workers. This " {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}" work force is the
most important {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}in American business
today, and it is {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}changing the
relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for
companies to remain globally competitive {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}}
{{/U}}avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens {{U}} {{U}} 9
{{/U}} {{/U}}by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For
workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of {{U}}
{{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}that came from being a loyal employee.