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军队文职人员招聘(英语言文学)习题库(第1部分)
(该部分共500题)
1.[单选题]TheFinancierwaswrittenby()
A)MarkTwain
B)HenryJames
C)WilliamFaulkner
D)TheodoreDreiser
答案:D
解析:考查美国文学作家及其代表作。TheodoreDreiser西奥多·德莱塞(1871-1945)是美国小说家，生于印第安纳州特
雷霍特镇，父亲是贫苦的德国移民。他在公立学校接受了早期教育，以后进印第安纳大学学习。一生的大部分时间从事
新闻工作，走遍芝加哥、匹兹堡、纽约等大城市，广泛深入地观察了解社会，为日后的文学创作积累了丰富的素材。代
表作：《嘉莉妹妹》《金融家》《美国悲剧》等。
2.[单选题]“Whenmoreandmorepeoplearethrownoutofwork,unemploymentresults,”CalvinCoolidge
onceobserved.AstheU.S.economycrumbles,Coolidge’ssillymaximmightappeartobeasaptasever:
thenumberofunemploymentinsuranceclaimsisrising,andoveralljoblessnessiscreepingupward.But
intoday’svastandcomplexlabormarket,thingsaren’talwayswhattheyseem.Moreandmorepeople
areindeedlosingtheirjobsbutnotnecessarilybecausetheeconomyappearstobeinrecession.And
old-fashionedunemploymentisn’ttheinevitableresultofjobloss.Newwork,atlesspay,oftenis.
Callitnew-waveunemployment:structuralchangesintheeconomyareoverlappingthebusinessdownturn,
givingjoblessnessagrimnewtwist.SmallwonderthattheU.S.unemploymentrateisrising.Nowat5.7
percent,itiswidelyexpectedtoedgetoward7percentbytheendofnextyear.Butstatisticsalone
can’tfullycaptureacomplexreality.Theunemploymentratehasbeenhelddownbyslowgrowthinthe
laborforce-thenumberofpeopleworkingorlookingforwork-sincefewpeoplesenseattractivejob
opportunitiesinaweakeconomy.Inaddition,manymorepeoplearelosingtheirjobsthanareactually
endingupunemployed.Facedwithhungrymouthstofeed,thousandsofwomen,forexample,aretakingtwo
ormorepart-timepositionsoragreeingtoshavethehourstheyworkinservice-sectorjobs.Forbetter
andforwor