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and become "old" sooner than men is widespread in the workplace, research shows.
A survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals showed that age discrimination
is not only common in the workplace, but is full of inconsistencies (矛盾). Six in ten managers thought
that they had suffered from age discrimination--usually because they were turned down for a job for
being too old or too young. Yet more than a fifth admitted that they used age as a condition when they
employ new workers.
Although the survey found widespread agreement that older workers were better than younger
colleagues when it came to reliability, commitment, loyalty and customer service, these qualities were not
necessarily considered to be worthy of advancement. More than half of respondents believed that workers
between 30 and 39 were the most likely to be advanced in their company, with only 2 per cent citing
(引证)50-year-olds or above.
Dianah Worman of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said that there was anecdotal
evidence that people were considered old at different ages in different sectors. "We heard of one man
working in IT who said he was considered too old by the age of 28,"she said. "There was no evidence to
suggest that older workers were less valuable to companies than younger workers, in fact the opposite was
often true because older workers often brought experience." she added.
The findings also suggested that the Government"s ideas on age in the workforce may also be out of step
with reality.
B. age discrimination in the workforce
C. the people who find work
D. the discussion about who is worth promoting
B. Sixty percent of the managers were refused because they were too older.
C. Young workers are more valuable to companies than the older ones.
D. The people in their thirties are easier to be promoted than those in their fifties.
B. the age when they should be promoted
C. the date on which they"re sold
D. the date when they sell goods
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a combination of savings, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband
lost his job, and the plan fell apart.
"I have two kids in college, and I want to say "come home," but at the same time I want to provide them
with a good education," says Jacobs.
The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid from the schools, and
each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They
will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school.
With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More
students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are
concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around.
At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise. A report from the National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family
income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade.
"If we go on this way for another 25years, we won"t have an affordable system of higher education," says
Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. "The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They
will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt."
Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are
not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account
for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.
B. The father was out of work.
C. Their saving ran out.
D. The family fell apart.
B. They borrowed $20,000 from the school.
C. They encouraged their twin sons to do part-time jobs.
D. They got help from the school and the federal government.
B. the government will receive more letters of complaint
C. college tuition fees will double soon
D. America"s unemployment will fall
B. the government will receive more letters of complaint
C. college tuition fees will double soon
D. America"s unemployment will fall
B. the government will receive more letters of complaint
C. college tuition fees will double soon
D. America"s unemployment will fall
order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet
pharmacies (药店). Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack
health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol
consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health, or
they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past. But playing doctor can also be a deadly
game.
Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers-most of them
aren"t nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project
found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They
shouldn"t. Look up "headache", and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a
motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of
the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as "high quality". Recent studies found faulty facts
about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete,
inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.
The problem is most people don"t know the safe way to surf the Web. "They use a search engine like
Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that"s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site
that looks authoritative (权威的), so it"d hard to know if what you"re reading is reasonable or not," says Dr.
Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.
B. turn to Internet pharmacies for help
C. like to play deadly games with doctors
D. are skeptical about surfing medical websites
B. prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors
C. are afraid to face the truth of their health
D. are afraid to misuse their health insurance
B. only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit
C. about 1/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality
D. 72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts
B. It"s embarrassing to discuss your bad habits.
C. It"s reasonable to put up a medical website.
D. It"s dangerous to be your own doctor.
become a necessary and important part of the American way of life. In 1986, sixty-nine percent of American
families owned at least one car, and thirty-eight percent had more than one. By giving workers rapid
transportation, the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work. This has encouraged
the growth of the cities, but it has also led to traffic problems.
For farm families the automobile is very helpful. It has made it possible for them to travel to town very
often for business and for pleasure, and also to transport their children to distant schools.
Family life has been affected (影响) in various ways, The car helps to keep families together when it is
used for picnics, outings, and other shared experiences. However, when teenage children have the use of the
car, their parents can"t keep an eye on them. There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or
taking drugs, or showing off by speeding or breaking down traffic laws. Mothers of victims (受害者) of such
accidents have formed an organization called MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). These women want to
prevent further tragedies (悲剧). They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking
age, Students have formed a similar organization, SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) and are spreading
the same message among their friends.
For many Americans the automobile is a necessity. But for some, it is also a mark of social position and for
young people, a sign of becoming an adult. Altogether, cars mean very much to Americans.
B. Cars can bring families together when they go for picnics.
C. Cars have enabled people to live far from their place of work.
D. Cars help city families to transport their children to faraway schools.
B. Some organizations have been set up against drunk driving.
C. Mothers have tried to persuade their children not to drink alcohol.
D. University students have asked the government to solve the problem.
B. parents will not allow their children to have their own cars
C. the government will encourage people to use public transportation
D. cars will still be popular though they have caused many problems
"Poor but honest." "The deserving(值得帮助的)poor." These words always come to my mind when I
think of "the poor." But I also think of people who, perhaps through alcohol (酒) or drugs, have ruined not
only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure. Perhaps alcoholism
and drug addiction (上瘾) really are "diseases." as many people say, but my own feeling－based, of course,
not on any serious study－is that most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the "undeserving poor." And
that is largely why I don"t give spare change to beggars.
But surely among the street people there are also some who can rightly be called "deserving." Deserving
what? My spare change? Or simply the government"s assistance? It happens that I have been brought up to
believe that it is proper to make contributions to charity (慈善机构), but if I give some change to a beggar,
am I making a contribution to charity and thereby helping someone, or, am I perhaps simply encouraging
someone not to get help? Or, maybe even worse, am I supporting a cheat?
If one believes in the value of private charity, one can either give to needy people or to charitable
organizations. In giving to a beggar one may indeed be helping a person who badly needs help, but one cannot
be certain that one is giving to a needy person. In giving to an organization, on the other hand, one can feel
that one"s money is likely to be used wisely. True, facing a beggar one may feel that this particular unfortunate
person needs help at this moment－a cup of coffee or a sandwich－and the need will not be met unless I put
my hand in my pocket right now. But I have come to think that the beggars whom I meet can get along
without my spare change, and indeed perhaps they are actually better off for not having money to buy alcohol
or drugs.
I know nothing about these beggars, but it"s my impression that they simply prefer begging to working. I
am not generalizing about street people. I am talking about the people whom I actually meet. That"s why I do
not give "spare change," and I don"t think I will in the future.
B. They really need money to live.
C. They have no pleasure in life.
D. They are not worth helping.
B. He doesn"t have enough money to give.
C. He is not convinced they will use it rightly.
D. He believes they can get help from the government.
B. giving examples to support his argument
C. raising questions and answering them
D. expressing his opinions directly
B. Some street people are poor and needy.
C. Most beggars have received enough help.
D. Charitable organizations handle money properly.
about homesickness, and recommending books about the country. But when it comes to adjusting to campus
life when they return, schools haven"t done as much, even though the transition (转变, 过渡) is sometimes
almost as difficult.
"They can feel disoriented (迷失方向的) and depressed. They find things are not exactly the way they
were when they left," said Antonio Jimenez, director of the Center for International Affairs at California State
University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California, US. "They find that people don"t care much about their
experiences."
Some colleges are now rethinking their approach to studying abroad, recognizing that students might need
almost as much help adjusting to life back home as they did getting ready to leave: students experience a sort
of reverse (倒转, 反向) culture shock when they return to the US. They might be troubled by the wealth and
waste they see back home or they might feel homesick for their new country and its customs. And when they
try to talk about their experiences, people quickly lose interest, especially if they haven"t lived abroad themselves.
Down the road, they also might find it difficult to translate their time abroad into experience that an employer
finds attractive.
Some California universities have organized conferences to help students make the most of their time abroad.
During a one-day event, students learn how to adjust after living abroad, talk about their experiences and
incorporate (加上,包含) them into their lives and future careers.
Blythe Cheney, 22, a senior who has studied in Thailand and Britain, found the workshops helpful. "Any
experience abroad does have an effect on you," Cheney said. "When you come back, it"s important to talk about
it, especially with people who know what you"ve been through." Yet most universities focus more on preparation
than reorientation.
B. Homesick for their new country
C. Losing interest in their homeland
D. Difficult transition
B. dissatisfied with
C. indifferent to
D. proud of
B. buildings where machines are made
C. shops where books are bought
D. labs where experiments are conducted
B. Some universities offer to help students in need.
C. Returned students find it difficult to translate their time abroad into experience.
D. Returning from studying overseas, students face more trouble than they expected.
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