[C]Corporations can reduce their production cost by employing temp workers.
[D]Corporations can benefit a great deal from keeping a small fulltime work force.
42. According to the first paragraph, which statement is TRUE?
[A]Temp workers seem to be satisfied with their conditions.
[B]Temp agencies have made it possible for temp workers.
[C]Temp workers are fairly paid by their agencies.
[D]It’s difficult for temp workers to be employed as fulltime workers.
43. The main purpose of the last paragraph is to
[A]show how much the capitalist bosses distrust temp workers.
[B]Reveal that temp workers are living in misery.
[C]Arouse readers’hatred for the capitalists.
[D]Severely criticize the ignorance of the temp workers.
44. The author’s attitude toward the temp workers can be descried as
[A]amicable.[B]depressed.[C]sympathetic.[D]hostile.
45. The word“liabilities”in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
[A]risks in hiring temp workers.
[B]duties distributed to workers.
[C]responsibilities shared by temp workers.
[D]considerations offered to temp workers.
Vocabulary
* 1. temp n.临时雇员
* 2. servitude n.奴隶状态
* 3. instill v.慢慢灌输
*4. paranoia n.妄想狂
*5. alienate v.疏远
*6. disempower v.不授权
*7. amicable adj.友善的
Text 2
The first point—that science fiction is a literary subgenre—is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically, science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which could be called science fiction, with Karel