freedoms.， 注意到划线部分是选项（B）的同义转述， 答案为（ B ）
39. The research of Till Von Wachter suggests that in the recession graduates from elite universities tend to___.
[A] lag behind the others due to decreased opportunities [B] catch up quickly with experienced employees [C] see their life chances as dimmed as the others
[D] recover more quickly than the others
根据信号词Von Wachter和graduates from elite universities， 回文定位到第四段第三句The research of Till Von Wachter, the economist at Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left behind， 看出答案为（D ）
40. The author thinks that the influence of hard times on society is _____.
[A] certain
[B] positive [C] trivial
[D] destructive
主观态度题需要关注主观性表达， 定位到尾段的倒数第二句we will have to wait and see exactly how these hard times will reshape our social fabric. But they certainly will reshape it, and all the more so the longer they extend. 答案为（A )
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