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（A）

Employment practices often reflect the needs of employers several decades ago. Times have changed. And so has the Canadian workforce. Yet many employment practices have not kept pace with this change. For example, some work environments and washrooms designed for able-bodied workers seldom accommodate people who use a wheelchair.

Modernizing these practices is what employment equality is about. For example, making sure work benches and washrooms are adapted for disabled people entering the workplace paves the way for workers who become disabled on the job. By doing so, any given group of people formerly discriminated against—now has access to better employment opportunities.

The objective, of course, is to make the workplace reflect Canadian society. However, this does not necessarily mean setting and enforcing quotas(实行配额）. Rather, it means identifying the barriers to employment and designing measures, with achievable goals and clear timetables, to remove them.

For example, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees—Canada’s largest union, it would be unrealistic in the short term to insist that because half of the working age population is women, that half of the employees of an engineering firm should be women. At this moment, there would not be enough qualified female engineers.

A reasonable numerical goal would be based on the number of women who actually are engineers（8%） and those who are studying to become engineers（25%）. A short term goal of 13% would be appropriate without running the risk of hiring unqualified people.

Equally important is to ensure people who have been disadvantaged the chance to become qualified for new opportunities. If aboriginal people（土著居民）, for example, can’t qualify for certain jobs because they haven’t had access to appropriate educational opportunities, then an employment equality program would have to address that problem with training programs.

Employment laws in this country cannot be considered displeasing if they guarantee all Canadians fair and equal access to the workforce.

1. The passage is mainly about how to _______.

A. modernize equipment for the disabled at work

B. achieve equality of employment opportunities

C. protect women’s rights in employment

D. complete a job training program

2. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refers to _______.

A. barriers                                 B. measures

C. goals                                    D. timetables

3. The example of women shows that _______.

A. only a small percentage of women engineers will get promoted

B. 13% of the working age women should be hired as engineers

C. policy makers should adopt a practical and flexible approach

D. the quota of women for employment should be raised

4. The underlined word “address” in Paragraph 6 probably means “_______”.

A. put forward                              B. run into

C. find out                                 D. deal with

（B）

Grandpa Nybakken loved life—especially when he could play a trick on somebody. At those times, his large Norwegian frame shook with laughter while he pretended to be innocently surprised, exclaiming, “Oh, forevermore! ” But on a cold Saturday in downtown Chicago, grandpa felt that God played a trick on him, and grandpa wasn’t laughing.

Grandpa worked as a carpenter. On this particular day, he was building some boxes for the clothes his church was sending to an orphanage abroad. On his way home, he reached into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were gone. He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church. His search proved fruitless.

Suddenly, he realized what happened. The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and fallen into one of the boxes, which he had nailed shut. His brand new glasses were heading for China!

The Great Depression was at its height, and grandpa had six children. He had spent twenty dollars for those glasses that very morning.

“It’s not fair, ” he told God as he drove home in frustration. “I’ve been very faithful in giving of my time and money to your work, and now this. ”

Several months later, the director of the orphanage was on vacation in the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, so he came to speak on Sunday night at my grandpa’s small church in Chicago. Grandpa and his family sat in their usual seats among the small congregation (教堂会众).

“But most of all, ” he said, “I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year. ”

“Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses. Along with not being able to see well, I experienced headaches every day, so my co-workers and I were much in prayer about this. Then your boxes arrived. When my staff removed the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on the top. ”After a long pause, he continued, “Folks, when I tried on the glasses, it was as though they had been custom-made just for me!  I want to thank you for being a part of that! ”

The people listened, happy for the amazing glasses. But the director surely must have confused their church with another, they thought, there were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas.

But sitting quietly in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter realized the Master Carpenterhad used him in an extraordinary way.

5. Which of the following is NOT true about grandpa Nybakken according to the passage?

A. He was an outgoing man and held an active attitude towards life.

B. He had a large family to support.

C. He was a carpenter working in the church.

D. He was a loyal Christian.

6. Grandpa spent much of his time and money in church mainly to _______.

A. help the priest do some religious work

B. help those people in need

C. make some woodwork for the church

D. seek some help from God

7. The people in the church but grandpa felt confused at what the director said because _______.

A. grandpa didn’t tell the director that he was the owner of the glasses

B. the director wanted to return the glasses even though he liked it

C. the director could not get such glasses in their own country

D. the glasses were not included in the donation list

8. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Grandfather’s Life

B. The Helpful Donation

C. The Perfect Mistake

D. An Impressive Speech

答案解析

A

【文章大意】当今社会，就业问题受到每个人的关注，而关于“平等就业”又该如何处理？

1.【解析】选B。主旨大意题。文章论述了该如何实现人人具有平等就业机会的事。

2.【解析】选A。细节理解题。去消除这个就业“障碍”, them指代上文的barriers。

3.【解析】选C。推理判断题。政府工作人员应采取一种实际、灵活的方法以应对出现的就业不平等问题。

4.【解析】选D。词义猜测题。在此应表示“处理，解决”这个问题。deal with处理，解决；put forward提出；run into偶遇；find out查明。

B

【文章大意】文章讲述了一次“美丽的失误”。祖父因为不小心把眼镜掉进了运送募捐物品的箱子中，然而这副眼镜却给了受捐赠者极大的帮助。

5.【解析】选C。 细节理解题。A选项根据第一段可以判断，B选项根据“grandpa had six children”可以判断，D选项根据“I’ve been very faithful in giving of my time and money to your work”可以判断。文章第二段只是表明祖父是个木匠，那天只是在教堂帮帮忙，并没有说他在那工作。

6.【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章可以知道祖父信仰上帝，而上帝的工作就是福泽人们，所以他会去帮助别人。A在文章中没有提及，C、D两项不是祖父的目的。

7.【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据“there were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas”可以判断。

8.【解析】选C。主旨大意题。根据文章的描述，祖父因为不小心把眼镜掉进了运送募捐物品的箱子中，然而这副眼镜却给了受捐赠者极大的帮助。所以这是一次“美丽的失误”。