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C．you may never find out who dealt with the matter. D．you should find out with whom you discuss the matter.
5．According to the passage, when should you write to the managing director?A A．If you are not satisfied with the answer you get. B．After sending out the first letter.
C．If you are not satisfied with the article you have bought. D．After talking to the responsible person.
Unemployment
In most European countries, unemployment was low for many years after World War II, and bitter memories of parents and grandparents who had been out of work for long periods in the 1930s gradually disappeared from people’s minds．But in recent years it has once again become a serious problem.
Newspapers usually take the number of people “unemployed” as a percentage of the registered working population．On the basis of these figures alone, they make comparisons with past experience and also between different countries．Such simplified calculations do not take into account technological developments that have made a large number of unskilled jobs unnecessary.
When we compare our unemployment figures with those of the 1930s, we must remember that far more women work nowadays, and therefore register as unemployed if they lose their jobs, so governments have a greater task and responsibility.
Comparisons between countries are also unreliable because of the percentage of people who are not registered．For example, in former West Germany, most young people stayed at school until they were 18.
1．It can be inferred from the passage that C A．unemployment before World War II was low. B．unemployment after World War II was high. C．unemployment in the 1930s was high. D．unemployment in the 1930s was low． 2．According to the author, the figures of unemployment given in newspapers are _____A___. A．unfair B．false
C．miscalculated D．correct
3．Which of the following statements is not true? D
A．The unemployment rate in most European countries in recent years is high. B．Unemployment did not represent a serious problem in Europe in the 1950.
C．The standard of being registered as “unemployed” is not the same in different
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countries.
D．The unemployment rate is the percentage of a certain country’s population that does
not have a job.
4．The recent decline of unskilled jobs is mentioned as the result of __B______. A．high unemployment rates B．technological advances C．women workers D．governments’ efforts
5．In former West Germany, _____B___.
A．young people were not allowed to work until they were 18 B．young people below 18 usually did not register to work.
C．young people usually registered to work before they were 18.
D．the registered number was bigger because of the young people below 18.
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countries.
D．The unemployment rate is the percentage of a certain country’s population that does
not have a job.
4．The recent decline of unskilled jobs is mentioned as the result of __B______. A．high unemployment rates B．technological advances C．women workers D．governments’ efforts
5．In former West Germany, _____B___.
A．young people were not allowed to work until they were 18 B．young people below 18 usually did not register to work.
C．young people usually registered to work before they were 18.
D．the registered number was bigger because of the young people below 18.
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