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从上小学开始，我们都在学习英语。然而，大部分的人的英语成绩并不是很高，阅读理解往往是大部分人的劣势，今天，我们就为大家介绍一下金融学考研英语阅读理解试题。
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In order to “changelives for the better” and reduce “dependency” George Osborne, Chancellor of theExchequer, introduced the “upfront work search” scheme. Only if the joblessarrive at the jobcentre with a CV, register for online job search, and startlooking for work will they be eligible for benefit and then they should reportweekly rather than fortnightly. What could be more reasonable?
Moreapparent reasonableness followed. There will now be a seven-day wait for thejobseeker’s allowance. “Those first few days should be spent looking for work,not looking to sign on.” he claimed. “We’re doing these things becausewe know they help people stay off benefits and help those on benefits get intowork faster.” Help? Really? On first hearing, this was the socially concernedchancellor, trying to change lives for the better, complete with “reforms” toan obviously indulgent system that demands too little effort from the newlyunemployed to find work, and subsidises laziness. What motivated him, we wereto understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”— protecting thetaxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimantsreceived their benefits.
Losinga job is hurting: you don’t skip down to the jobcentre with a song in yourheart, delighted at the prospect of doubling your income from the generousstate. It is financially terrifying, psychologically embarrassing and you knowthat support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now notwanted; you support is minimal and extraordinarily hard to get. You are now notwanted; you are now excluded from the work environment that offers purpose andstructure in your life. Worse, the crucial income to feed yourself and yourfamily and pay the bills has disappeared. Ask anyone newly unemployed what theywant and the answer is always: a job.
But in Osborneland, your first instinct is to fall into dependency —permanent dependency if you can get it — supported by a state only too ready toindulge your falsehood. It is as though 20 years of ever-tougher reforms of thejob search and benefit administration system never happened. The principle ofBritish welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk ofunemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens. Eventhe very phrase “jobseeker’s allowance” — invented in 1996 — is aboutredefining the unemployed as a “jobseeker” who had no mandatory right to abenefit he or she has earned through making national insurance contributions.Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” conditional onactively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at £71.70 a week, oneof the least generous in the EU.
1. George Osborne’s scheme was intended to
[A]provide the unemployed with easieraccess to benefits.
[B]encourage jobseekers’ active engagementin job seeking.
[C]motivate the unemployed to reportvoluntarily.
[D]guarantee jobseekers’ legitimate rightto benefits.
2. The phrase, “to sign on” (Line 3, Para.2) most probably means
[A]to check on the availability of jobs atthe jobcentre.
[B]to accept the government’s restrictionson the allowance.
[C]to register for an allowance from thegovernment.
[D]to attend a governmental job-trainingprogram.
3. What prompted the chancellor to develophis scheme?
[A]A desire to secure a better life forall.
[B]An eagerness to protect the unemployed.
[C]An urge to be generous to the claimants.
[D]A passion to ensure fairness fortaxpayers.
4. According to Paragraph 3, beingunemployed makes one feel
[A]uneasy
[B]enraged.
[C]insulted.
[D]guilty.
5. To which of the following would theauthor most probably agree?
[A]The British welfare system indulgesjobseekers’ laziness.
[B]Osborne’s reforms will reduce the riskof unemployment.
[C]The jobseekers’ allowance has met theiractual needs.
[D]Unemployment benefits should not be madeconditional.
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