OG-12th-55

wangliming

(This passage was adapted from an article written
in 1992.)
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Some observers have attributed the dramatic
growth in temporary employment that occurred in
the United States during the 1980s to increased
participation in the workforce by certain groups,
such as first-time or reentering workers, who
supposedly prefer such arrangements. However,
statistical analyses reveal that demographic
changes in the workforce did not correlate with
variations in the total number of temporary
workers. Instead, these analyses suggest that
factors affecting employers account for the rise
in temporary employment. One factor is product
demand: temporary employment is favored by
employers who are adapting to fluctuating demand
for products while at the same time seeking
to reduce overall labor costs. Another factor
is labor’s reduced bargaining strength, which
allows employers more control over the terms of
employment. Given the analyses, which reveal that
growth in temporary employment now far exceeds
the level explainable by recent workforce entry
rates of groups said to prefer temporary jobs, firms
should be discouraged from creating excessive
numbers of temporary positions. Government
policymakers should consider mandating benefit
coverage for temporary employees, promoting pay
equity between temporary and permanent workers,
assisting labor unions in organizing temporary
workers, and encouraging firms to assign temporary
jobs primarily to employees who explicitly indicate that preference.

55. In the context of the passage, the word “excessive”
(line 23) most closely corresponds to which of the
following phrases?
(A) Far more than can be justified by worker
preferences
(B) Far more than can be explained by fluctuations
in product demand
(C) Far more than can be beneficial to the success
of the firms themselves
(D) Far more than can be accounted for by an
expanding national economy
(E) Far more than can be attributed to increases in
the total number of people in the workforce

答案A。。。
我定位到答案说的那句话了，但是我咋没看出来他是A那个意思呢？？
大家啥意见呢。。。谢谢啦~

lilingfeng

看这句话的前半段就可以得到答案了。said to prefer temporary jobs等同于worker preference
Given the analyses, which reveal that growth in temporary employment now far exceeds the level explainable by recent workforce entry rates of groups said to prefer temporary jobs, firms should be discouraged from creating excessivenumbers of temporary positions.

wangliming

还不是 很明白 ~~  可不可以讲得详细一点！ 感觉很纠结~~~  谢谢了
是不是 这道题的问题 我没有理解清楚啊！！  望指教！！

hedgeforfu

原文是说，分析结果表明“growth in temporary employment" 远远超过了目前进入劳动力市场中那些said to prefer temporary jobs的人。因此，那些公司提供过多的临时工职位应该被阻止的。
个人认为：得出的结论的原因在于讨论临时工和劳动力市场中愿意做临时工的人之间的数量关系，所以对应的两个超过，也应该是相互对应的。感觉有点像逻辑题。
这道题我本来误选的是E，但是后来分析后，觉得A是根据前提条件推论出来的，E只是说了劳动力数量，A说了劳动力市场中愿意从事临时工的工人。

（不知道这样解释对不对）