中国传媒大学考博英语阅读理解真题解析.pdf

中国考博辅导首选学校 中国传媒大学考博英语阅读理解真题解析 Part A Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C, D. Mark your choice on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40points) Text 1 In order to “change lives for the better” and reduce “dependency,” George Orbome, Chancellor of the Exchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme. Only if the jobless arrive at the jobcentrewith a CV register for online job search,and startlookingforworkwill theybeeligibleforbenefit-andthenthey should report weekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable? PS:The waytocontactyumingkaoboTEL:silingling-liuliuba-liujiu qiba QQ:772678537) （ More apparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-daywait forthejobseeker’sallowance. “Thosefirstfewdays shouldbespentlookingforwork,notlookingtosignon.”heclaimed. “We’re doing these things because we know they help people say off benefits and help those on benefits get into work faster” Help? Really?Onfirsthearing, thiswas thesociallyconcernedchancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” to anobviously indulgentsystemthatdemandstoo littleeffortfromthe newly unemployed to findwork, and subsides laziness.What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”-protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and 中国考博辅导首选学校 ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits. Losing a job is hurting: you don’t skip down to the jobcentre with a song inyour heart, delighted at theprospect of doubling your income from the generous state. It is financially terrifying, psychologically embarrassingandyouknow thatsupportisminimaland extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now not wanted; you are now excluded f