求教一道阅读。

supermanlee

Passage 55Some observers have attributed the dramatic growth
in temporary employment that occurred in the United
states during the 1980’s to increased participation in
the workforce by certain groups, such as first-time or
(5)reentering workers, who supposedly prefer such arrange-
ments. However, statistical analyses reveal that demo-
graphic changes in the workforce did not correlate with
variations in the total number of temporary workers.
Instead, these analyses suggest that factors affecting.
(10) employers account for the rise in temporary employ-
ment. 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
(15) 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
(20)groups said to prefer temporary jobs, firms should be
discouraged from creating excessive numbers of tem-
porary positions. Government policymakers should
consider mandating benefit coverage for temporary
employees, promoting pay equity between temporary
(25)and permanent workers, assisting labor unions in orga-
nizing temporary workers, and encouraging firms to
assign temporary jobs primarily to employees who
explicitly indicate that preference.

5. The first sentence in the passage suggests that the
observers mentioned in line 1 would be most likely to
predict which of the following?
(A) That the number of new temporary positions would
decline as fewer workers who preferred temporary
employment entered the workforce.
(B) That the total number of temporary positions would
increase as fewer workers were able to find
permanent positions
(C) That employers would have less control over the
terms of workers’ employment as workers
increased their bargaining strength.
(D) That more workers would be hired for temporary
positions as product demand increased.
(E) That the number of workers taking temporary
positions would increase as more workers in any
given demographic group entered the workforce.


答案选E，可是我觉得A对。哪位NN来解答一下？

sumerlaws

答案是A没错，这道题是OG12里的第54题，og的答案选A

MarilynR

Some observers have attributed the dramatic growth
in temporary employment that occurred in the United
states during the 1980’s to increased participation in
the workforce by certain groups, such as first-time or
reentering workers, who supposedly prefer such arrange-
ments.
个人认为这句话的理解是：一些观察者将发生在美国20世纪80年代的暂时性就业的急剧增长归因于某种群体作为劳动力的加入的增加，比如是一些第一次工作的人或是重返工作的人，这些人恐怕都很喜欢这样的安排。
也就是说这句话的关键是劳动力的增加 和暂时性就业的增长。用排除和比较
B选项说的关键是暂时性职位和永久性工作
C选项是雇主对于工人怎么做
D选项是更多的人受雇于暂时性工作的原因
E选项是暂时性工种的增加和 统计性人口作为劳动力
BCD 都是与原文无关的 再比较A和E
A 是暂时性工种与 参与暂时性工种的劳动力
但是我们记住的原文中的关键信息没有涉及E选项的统计性人口，所以E排除