Most of you graduating today will be employees all your working life, working for somebody else and for a paycheck. And so will most, (21) not all, of the thousands of other young Americans graduating this year in all the other schools and colleges across the country.
(22) has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one (23) every five Americans all work was employed, i.e. , worked for somebody else. Today only 20% of Americans are not employed but working for themselves. And (24) fifty years ago "being employed" meant (25) as a factory laborer or as a farm hand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a (26) formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring (27) and technical skills. (28) , two things have characterized American society during these last fifty years: the middle and upper classes have become employees; and middle-class and<
A. but
B. if
C. nearly
D. fortunately
Most of you graduating today will be employees all your working life, working for somebody else and for a paycheck. And so will most, (21) not all, of the thousands of other young Americans graduating this year in all the other schools and colleges across the country.
(22) has become a society of employees. A hundred years or so ago only one (23) every five Americans all work was employed, i.e. , worked for somebody else. Today only 20% of Americans are not employed but working for themselves. And (24) fifty years ago "being employed" meant (25) as a factory laborer or as a farm hand, the employee of today is increasingly a middle-class person with a (26) formal education, holding a professional or management job requiring (27) and technical skills. (28) , two things have characterized American society during these last fifty years: the middle and upper classes have become employees; and middle-class and<
A. Ours
B. Mine
C. Our
D. it
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