Passage Four
Internet-addicted job seekers may be partly the cause of the fact that it is taking the unemployed 23 % longer to find a new position than it took during the last recession (经济萧条), when the "benefits" of online job searching were unavailable. "A growing number of unemployed Americans waste time browsing (济览) the estimated 4,000 to 5,000 online job sites, filling them with resumes, and then waiting for replies. It is common for long-time jobless ness," argues Professor John A. Challenger. Although the Internet has the potential to be very useful for job seekers and it has become the primary tool for many, Challenger believes that it should be considered secondary to the traditional technique of meeting would-be employers in person.
In addition to slowing job search efforts, the Internet is making the hiring process longer for the employer. In a survey of 5,000 hiring managers by an online resume site, 72 % said that a majorit
A. draw more job seekers to the websites
B. get rid of some unrelated resumes
C. serve as a bridge between the job seekers and the employers
D. provide the job seekers with more chances to visit the employers in person
Passage Four
Internet-addicted job seekers may be partly the cause of the fact that it is taking the unemployed 23 % longer to find a new position than it took during the last recession (经济萧条), when the "benefits" of online job searching were unavailable. "A growing number of unemployed Americans waste time browsing (济览) the estimated 4,000 to 5,000 online job sites, filling them with resumes, and then waiting for replies. It is common for long-time jobless ness," argues Professor John A. Challenger. Although the Internet has the potential to be very useful for job seekers and it has become the primary tool for many, Challenger believes that it should be considered secondary to the traditional technique of meeting would-be employers in person.
In addition to slowing job search efforts, the Internet is making the hiring process longer for the employer. In a survey of 5,000 hiring managers by an online resume site, 72 % said that a majorit
A. changing the recession cycle
B. opening more chances for job seekers
C. improving the reemployment situation
D. reducing the interview time
Passage Four Internet-addicted job seekers may be partly the cause of the fact that it is taking the unemployed 23 % longer to find a new position than it took during the last recession (经济萧条), when the "benefits" of online job searching were unavailable. "A growing number of unemployed Americans waste time browsing (济览) the estimated 4,000 to 5,000 online job sites, filling them with resumes, and then waiting for replies. It is common for long-time jobless ness," argues Professor John A. Challenger. Although the Internet has the potential to be very useful for job seekers and it has become the primary tool for many, Challenger believes that it should be considered secondary to the traditional technique of meeting would-be employers in person. In addition to slowing job search efforts, the Internet is making the hiring process longer for the employer. In a survey of 5,000 hiring managers by an online resume site, 72 % said that a majority of the resumes
A. draw more job seekers to the websites
B. get rid of some unrelated resumes
C. serve as a bridge between the job seekers and the employers
D. provide the job seekers with more chances to visit the employers in person
Passage One
In May 1927, at least four different people were planning to fly between New York and Paris. On the morning of 20 May, none of them had done so, yet Lindbergh took off from New York in his small plane. It was heavy with fuel and it seemed it would never get off the ground. Lindbergh hit several wet spots on the airfield and bounced dangerously. He got into the air just in time to avoid a tractor and some telegraph wires at the end of the field.
For the first eleven hours he flew along the Atlantic coastline. When he turned towards the open ocean, he had flown almost as far and as long as Alcook and Brown had in 1919.It was getting dark and the worst part of the flight was just beginning.
First, there was a freezing fog. For a time he avoided this by flying lower over the water. But then the fog came down to the tops of the waves. Lindbergh flew higher but it was so cold that ice formed on the wings. In the black darkness he shook the ice
A. He happened to fly over it.
B. He remembered it himself.
C. He made a guess and happened to be right.
D. He figured it out with the help of some simple instruments.
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