MBA入学英语阅读100篇精粹-参考译文及答案与详解(15)
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Passage Five
Under the new Part-time Job Release Scheme you could
stop working for half your normal hours.
In addition to receiving your pay for the hours you
continue to work we pay you an allowance to help make up
the difference.
In the example Tom Smith is 63 ,and apart from the war
years hed been working since he was 14.
Quite naturally he thought he deserved a break. So when
he heard about the new scheme he approached his boss about
it.
The company found a younger unemployed person to
replace Tom for half his normal working hours,and Tom was
accepted.
Now he works Tuesday and Wednesday one week;Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday the next.
When he worked full time his take-home pay was ~
89.38. Now his take-home pay is ~ 52.78 in addition to
which he receives an allowance of ~ 23.70, making a total
of ~ 76.48.
To Tom and his wife it means a difference of ~ 12.90 a
week. But they think its more than worth it for the extra
time they can now spend together. The table shows that
other married men of the same age could expect in similar
circumstances, not counting the likely savings in fares and
other costs of going to work every day. Figures for half-
time take-home pay include both wages and the allowance
from the scheme.
┌──────────────────────────┐
│PRESENT GROSS WAGE ~ 90.00 ~ 120. 00 ~ 140. 00 │
│TYPIGAL TAKE-HOME PAY ~ 71.08 ~ 89.38 │
│HALF-TIME TAKE-HOME PAY ~ 67.33 ~ 76.48 ~ 82.58│
└──────────────────────────┘
To qualify, men must be 62 to 64, disabled men 60 to 64,
and women 59.
The main condition is that your employer takes on an
unemployed person for the hours you no longer work. If you
would prefer to give up work completely and youre in the
same age groups there is also the full-time Job Release
Scheme.
I. What does the last word of paragraph 2 "difference"
refer to?
2. Why does Tom Smith prefer to be accepted by the scheme?
3. Who is to work the rest of the hours if one is accepted
by the scheme.?
4. The passage is written for____.
5. What is the purpose of the passage?
[参考答案与详解]
1.The lowered income after stopping fOr halfthe normal
hours.
这是关于有特定意义词的问题。按照提示迅速浏览第一和第二段。第二段中文章说除了可以享受对付出劳动的报酬,还可以得到一笔津贴,来增补“差额”。结合第一段的意思,可以确定这个差额就是工作减去一半后较以前少的工资。
2.Because he can therefore spend more time with his wife.
这是关于细节的问题。答案在第8段,第2句。关键词是“worth’。
3.An unemployed person.
这是关于细节的问题。通过Tom smith的例子和文章的最后一段可以确定答案是一个无业人员。
4.aged people who are expecting tO rest Or retire.
这是一个需要综合、推断的问题,从全文的大意和最后二段中可以推断出此文。阅读对象是那些年老想休息,或想彻底放弃工作的人。
5.Itis introducing the part-timeJob Release Scheme tO relative people.
这是一个关于文章大意的问题:o通过阅读全文,我们发现文章一开始就把“scheme”的内容介绍出来,通过实例和一个图表说明这个计划的优越性,然后介绍年龄限制,主要条件和另外一种与之相关的、关于退休的计划项目,目的要起到广告的作用。
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