- [材料题] “People thought of themselves as having rights from companies,” said Hoshua Freeman, a labor historian at Columbia University. That sense of entitlement grew even stronger in the early decades after World War II and collective bargaining became the arena for arguing out wages, pensions, health insurance, vacations, hours and job security.That system is disappearing today. Career-long attachments to one employer, a notion born in the 1920's, are no longer the .norm. The new class-consciousness makes less distinction between workers and managers. Rights are relative, at best. An increasingly conservative electorate has reduced government's role in regulating the economy. Unions have lost influence and membership.What people do is try to cope, by themselves, said Ms. Skelly, of DYG. Self-employment is one solution, DYG's polls show, and that is a rising trend. "They try, on the job, to hide any weakness in their performance," she said. “They work longer hours and take work home, without l
- 单项选择题1.According to Ms Skelly, which of the following is true?
A、People like to work overtime.
B、People want to work at home.
C、People want to impress the boss with their capability and efficiency.
D、People need help from their families, for they cannot cope with difficult problems themselves.
- C
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- 单项选择题2.The main idea of the passage is ( ).
A、people thought of themselves as having rights from companies
B、people's sense of entitlement is not as strong as it used to be
C、people work at home
D、people regard unemployment as usual
- B
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- 单项选择题3.People hide their weakness from ( ).
A、their parents
B、their wives or husbands
C、their friends
D、their colleagues
- D
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- 单项选择题4.It can be inferred from the second paragraph that ( ) .
A、people do not enjoy their rights nowadays
B、people are more likely to change their jobs than they were in the 1920's
C、workers and managers share the same rights today
D、nowadays, people refuse to take part in the Union
- B
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- 单项选择题5.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that .
A、All the people enjoy they work in companies
B、That sense appeared after World War II
C、World War II inspired people to have rights from compnies
D、Things like wages, pensions, health insurance, vacations, hours and job security became the core part of negotiation
- D
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