2015年英语二阅读理解Text4

第一段

Many people talked of the 288000new jobs the Labor Department reported for Jure along with the drop in the unemployment take to 6 J percent. at good news. And they were right. For now it appears the economy is creating jobs at a decent pace. We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace。

单词&词组

1. along with  伴随，随同……一起

2. unemployment rate  失业率

3. for now  目前看来

4. decent  a. 相当好的，不错的

5. full employment  充分就业

6. at a decent/ faster pace  以相当不错的/更快的速度

本段翻译

许多人都说劳工部所报告的7月份新增28.8万就业岗位和失业率降至6.1%是好消息。他们说的对，因为现在经济似乎正在以不错的速度创造就业岗位。尽管回到充分就业的状态我们还有很长的路要走，但至少我们正在以一个较快速度向前迈进。

第二段

However there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830000(44 percent)above its year ago level。

单词&词组

1. jobs picture  就业图景

2. largely  ad. 很大程度上

3. overlook  v. 忽略，忽视

4. voluntarily  ad. 自愿地

5. voluntarily working part-time  自愿从事兼职工作

本段翻译

然而，就业形势中的另一重要部分很大程度上被忽视了。称自己自愿兼职的人的数虽激增了。这一数字比一年前的水平高出83万（4.4%）。

第三段

Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare it is worth making an important distinction. Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will behaving a very hard time making ends meet。

单词&词组

1. distinction  n. 区别，差别

2. evidence  n. 证据，迹象

3. make ends meet  收支相抵，维持生计

本段翻译

在解释自愿兼职者人数激增和奥巴马医改法案的关系前，我们值得花点时间来作一个重要的区分。许多做兼职工作的人实际上想得到全职工作，他们之所以兼职是因为这就是他们所能找到的。非自愿兼职者人数的增加证明了劳动力市场的疲软，这也意味着许多人将会很难维持生计。

第四段

There was an increase in involuntary part-time in June but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession but it is down by 640000(7.9 percent)from its year ago level。

单词&词组

1. an increase in...  ……的增加

2. general direction  总体趋势，大方向

3. recession  n. 衰退，不景气

本段翻译

6月份非自愿兼职这的人数增加了，但总的趋势一直都是下降的。非自愿兼职就业的人数依然要比经济衰退前的水平高，但和一年前的水平比，该数字已经下降了64万（7.9%）。

第五段

We know the difference between voluntary and involuntary part-time employment because people tell us. The survey used by the Labor Department asks people if they worked less than 35hours in the reference week. If the answer is "yes。"they are classified as working part-time. The survey then asks whether they worked less than 35 hours in that week because they wanted to work less than full time or because they had no choice. They are only classified as voluntary part-time workers if they tell the survey taker they chose to work less than 35 hours a week。

单词&词组

1. survey  n. 调查，研究

2. be classified as  被归入……类

3. reference  n. 参考，参照

4. have no choice  别无选择

本段翻译

我们知道自愿非和自愿兼职就业之间有何不同，因为受访者告诉了我们。劳工部所引用的调查问受访者他们在问卷所提及的那周工作是否少于35小时，如果受访者的答案是“是”，他们就被划分为兼职者。该调查然后问他们在那周工作少于35小时是因为自己不想做全职还是因为他们别无选择。如果受访者告诉调查者是他们自己选择一周工作少于35小时的话，他们就会被划为自愿兼职者。

第六段

The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment. For many people especially those with serious health conditions or family members with serious health conditions before Obamacare the only way to get insurance was through a job that provided health insurance。

单词&词组

1. issue n. 问题，话题

2. relate to  与……相关

3. insurance  n. 保险

本段翻译

自愿兼职这一问题和奥巴马医改法案息息相关是因为奥马巴医疗法案的主要目的之一就是允许不就业也能有医保。对许多人来说，特别是有严重健康问题的人或者是其家庭成员有严重健康问题的人，在未有奥巴马医疗法案之前，他们获得医保的唯一方式是找一个提供医保的工作。

第七段

However Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges. These are people who may previously have felt the need to get a full-time job that provided insurance in order to cover themselves and their families. With Obamacare there is no longer a link between employment and insurance。

单词&词组

1. previously  ad. 先前的

2. cover  v. 投保，承保

本段翻译

而奥巴马医疗法案则让1200多万人通过医疗救助计划或者是医保方案交易所获得了医保。这些人之前或许觉得为了让医保覆盖自己和家人，他们有必要找一份提供医保的全职工作。但有了奥巴马医改法案，医保跟就业再也没什么联系了。

五道题

36. Which part of the jobs picture are neglected?

[A] The prospect of a thriving job market.

[B] The increase of voluntary part-time market.

[C] The possibility of full employment.

[D] The acceleration of job creation.

37. Many people work part-time because they_____.

[A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs

[B] feel that is enough to make ends meet

[C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs

[D] haven’t seen the weakness of the market

38. Involuntary part-time employment is the US_____.

[A] is harder to acquire than one year ago

[B] shows a general tendency of decline

[C] satisfies the real need of the jobless

[D] is lower than before the recession

39. It can be learned that with Obamacare, _____.

[A] it is no longer easy for part-timers to get insurance

[B] employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance

[C] it is still challenging to get insurance for family members

[D] full-time employment is still essential for insurance

40. The text mainly discusses_______.

[A] employment in the US

[B] part-timer classification

[C] insurance though Medicaid

[D] Obamacare’s trouble

参考答案

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答案解析

36、细节题；定位到第二段第一句和第二句However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. 第二句there was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part time. 选项B是文章内容的同义替换。
37、细节题；定位到第三段的第三句话they take part-time work because this is all they can get.可见C选项是文章内容的同义替换。
38、细节题；根据题干关键词involuntary part-time employment in the US定位到原文第四段，转折词但是总的方向是在下降。同意替换答案B，总的趋势是在下降。
39、推断题；根据题干关键词obamacare,定位到原文第6段第一句，自愿做兼职工作的问题与奥巴马的医疗政策有关，因为一个主要原因是允许人们在就业之外得到保险，同意替换答案就业不再是得到保险的一个前提。
40、主旨大意题；该题考察的是文章主旨大意。文章首段指出目前的失业率呈现出下降的趋势，而接下来的第二段提出在这种失业率下降的好现象中，我们忽略了那些自愿(voluntary)参加兼职工作的人。第三段就自愿兼职工作者和非自愿兼职工作者的区别展开描述。最后两段表明，那些自愿参加兼职工作的人是因为有了一项名为Obamacare的政策，该政策旨在使那些没有全职工作的人也有可能获得保险，从而提升就业率。可见，全文都是围绕美国的就业形势展开讨论。故A选项正确。