[单项选择]________, Labor Party’’s majority was reduced in the Parliament.
A. Because Blair has already served two terms
B. Because Blair has stayed in office for too long a time
C. Because many voters were angry over Blair’’s Iraq policy
D. Because the public were not interested in Blair’’s new policy

[单项选择]________, Labor Party’’s majority was reduced in the Parliament.
A. Because Blair has already served two terms
B. Because Blair has stayed in office for too long a time
C. Because many voters were angry over Blair’’s Iraq policy
D. Because the public were not interested in Blair’’s new policy

[单项选择]______, Labor Party’s majority was reduced in the Parliament.
A. Because Blair has already served two terms
B. Because Blair has stayed in office for too long a time
C. Because many voters were angry over Blair’ s Iraq policy
D. Because the public were not interested in Blair’ s new policy

[填空题]The Liberal Party-was formed after the Labor Party.

[填空题]The Labor Party was formed by the trade unions.

[单项选择]

The U.S. Department of Labor statistics indicate that there is an oversupply of college-trained workers and that this oversupply is increasing. Already there is an overabundance of teachers, engineers, physicists and other specialists. Yet colleges and graduate schools continue every year to turn out highly trained people to compete for jobs that aren’t there. The result is that graduates cannot enter the professions for which they were trained and must take temporary jobs which do not require a college degree. These "temporary" jobs have a habit of becoming permanent.
On the other hand, there is a tremendous need for skilled workers of all sorts: carpenters, electricians, mechanics, and TV repairmen. These people have more work than they can handle and their annual incomes are often higher than those of college graduates. The old distinction that white-collar workers make a better living than blue-collar workers no longer holds true.
The reason fo
A. There is an oversupply of labor force and this oversupply is increasing.
B. Many college graduates find it difficult to get jobs for which they were trained.
C. There is a short supply of teachers, engineers and other professions.
D. There are more temporary jobs than permanent ones in U.S. companies.

[填空题]Today’s new Labor Department report showing that the economy lost jobs last month, the first loss this year, seems in stark contrast to where the president and the Congress are focusing their attentions. Congress has recessed without extending unemployment benefits, in large measure due to repeated Republican obstruction.
The economy is now presenting a strange dichotomy. The corporate sector has returned to rude health, with improved balance sheets and tons of cash. It has helped lead the recovery. (41) .
And yet Washington’s response seems to be a collective throwing up of hands. There are a few things the government can do about persistent long-term unemployment. First, it can lessen the pain it causes by expanding the safety net, extending unemployment-insurance benefits so that the long-term unemployed have a source of cash to help them stay current on rent, mortgage, and credit card bills. Second, it can respond to persistent long-term unemployment by enacting p