Question

We are already familiar with computers. They work for us at homes, in offices and in factories. We benefit(受益) a lot from the computers ,but at the same time, with the development of this high technology, it also caused a lot of trouble. One of them is the jobs’ problem.

Many people want to work, but it has become more difficult for people to find work in today’s work. Ma Yun’s unmanned supermarket appeared in 2017. It shows that more and more people will lose jobs even the simple job as a shop worker . The economy (經濟) of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work instead of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holiday. In all of the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work as much as forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.

1.It was _______ for people to find jobs today than before.

A. more difficult B. not possible C. easier

2.If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _______.

A. people will have no jobs B. people can still have jobs as before

C. only 4% of the people will have jobs

3.One machine can do as much work as _______.

A. 75,000 people B. 14 people in the world C. 40 people

4.If 75,000 people move to the cities a day to look for jobs, how many of them can find jobs?

A. 52,500 people. B. 3,500 people. C. About 75,000 people.

5.Where may this article come from?

A. A story book. B. A newspaper C. A novel.

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.B 【解析】 電腦的出現(xiàn)為我們的生活帶來了很大的好處，我們獲益很多，但同時它也導致了一個問題，那就是由于電腦和機器可以代替人做很多的工作，所以很多人都失業(yè)了。 1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中Many people want to work, but it has become more difficult for pe...

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