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In the following passage, there are 25 blanks representing words that are missing from the context. You are to put back in each of the blanks the missing word. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. The time for this section is 25 minutes.
Of all the employed workers in the United States, 12.5 million are part of a temporary workforce. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 9.2 percent of workers as those who have (1) they term "alternative employment arrangements." The government predicts that temporary staffing agencies (2) experience growth of 49 percent by 2010. If numbers increase at the rate (3) , these companies will add 1.9 million new jobs by 2010. That’s more than any (4) industry.
Temporary workers were the first ones to be affected by the recent economic recession, but they are (5) to be the first to regain positions as the economy picks up and companies work to rebuild. Employers use temporary workers as a resource because (6) offer
flexibility and come at a low cost. Many temporaries are categorized as "independent contractors" instead of employees, (7) allows the employer to avoid (8) certain taxes. Because they are not required to offer benefits to temporary workers, companies can save a great deal of money by hiring temps. Usually, temporary workers can qualify (9) benefits if they work for a staffing company for a certain length of time. Most temps, however, do not continue with one company long (10) to qualify for them because they regard the position as a step on the ladder to a (11) position later.
According to Richard Wahlquist, president of the American Staffing Association, 75 (12) of temporary workers hope for transition out of the temporary staffing category (13) a period of time. Wahlquist finds that temporary workers spend about 11 weeks on various assignments before their (14) out of the temporary workforce. Many use temporary positions to gain experience and skills (15) they move on to better jobs. Wahquist says that the temp workforce as a whole turns (16) 400 percent each year.
Tom Dilworth, research director at the Employment Policies Institute, explains (17) some workers like having temporary jobs (18) it affords them a great deal of elasticity with time and everything. Some temps only have a limited (19) of time to work and temp agencies can help coordinate jobs to fit their schedules. Other sometimes-employees use temporary jobs to get an (20) to a company from the inside, to get a foot in the door of a certain business or career. (21) others take temporary positions in hopes their employers will change them over to permanent positions eventually.
Nearly all the industries in the United States use temporary workers. (22) to Tim Costello, coordinator of the North American Alliance for Fair Employment, the growth of temporary labor threatens (23) job security of permanent workers who fear replacement,as well as the temps who are more accustomed to turnover. He predicts that there will continueto (24) a gradual shift from permanent employees to contingent staffing, and that such a (25) in workplace demographics will "lead to lower wages, poorer working conditions, and more instability."

答案

参考答案:transition/dropping

解析: 习惯搭配。 drop out退出,离开。

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于是项王乃欲东渡乌江。乌江亭长檥船待,谓项王曰:“江东虽小,地方千里,众数十万人,亦足王也。愿大王急渡。今独臣有船,汉军至,无以渡。”项王笑曰:“天之亡我,我何渡为!且籍与江东子弟八千人渡江而西,今无一人还,纵江东父兄怜而王我,我何面目见之?纵彼不言,籍独不愧于心乎?”乃谓亭长曰:“吾知公长者。吾骑此马五岁,所当无敌,尝一日行千里,不忍杀之,以赐公。”乃令骑皆下马步行,持短兵接战。独籍所杀汉军数百人。项王身亦被十余创。顾见汉骑司马吕马童曰若非吾故人乎马童面之指王翳曰此项王也项王乃曰:“吾闻汉购我头千金,邑万户,吾为若德。”乃自刎而死。

小题1:下面句子中“之”的用法与“天之亡我,我何渡为”,相似的一组是(   )

A.杳不积压其所之也

B.秦人视之亦不甚惜

C.孤之有孔明,犹鱼之有水也

D.使秦复爱六国之人小题2:加横线句子断句正确的一项是(   )

A.顾见汉骑│司马吕马童曰│若非吾故人乎│马童面之│指王翳曰│此项王也

B.顾见汉骑司马吕马童│曰│若非吾故人乎│马童面之│指王翳曰│此项王也

C.顾见│汉骑司马吕马童│曰│若非吾故人乎│马童面之指王翳曰│此项王也

D.顾见汉骑司马吕│马童│曰│若非吾故人乎│马童面之指王翳曰│此项王也小题3:下面句子中没有词类活用现象的一句是(  )

A.于是项王乃欲东渡乌江

B.从数十万人,亦足王也

C.纵江东父兄怜而王我

D.若非吾故人乎小题4:下面判断错误的一项是(  )

A.“江东虽小,地方千里”,其中“地方”是古今异义词,为“土地方圆”之意。

B.“项王笑曰”之中的“笑”,是对项王神态的一处细节描写,展示出他淳朴、真挚、重义的形象特点。

C.这段文字写项羽江边拒渡、赠马、赐头,表现了他知耻重义、视死如归的性格。

D.辛弃疾“生当作人杰,死亦为鬼雄,至今思项羽,不肯过江东”的诗句,对项羽拒渡的英雄壮举进行了高度的评价。