Question

Xinhua News—The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city’s employment problems.

The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or party secretaries in suburban areas.

People interested in jobs in Beijing’s rural villages and towns can send applications to Beijing Municipal Bureau of Personnel or log on to www.bjbys.com from February 1 through March 15.

“We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers,” Sun Zhenyu, the Deputy Director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency.

The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 Yuan in the first year, 2,500 Yuan the second year and 3,000 the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.

Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city’s countryside. After majoring in Industrial and Commercial Administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing’s Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.

Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to the figures provided by the Ministry of Education.

The ministry predicts that 4.95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate. In Beijing, a record of 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to Beijing Personnel Bureau.

1.From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that _________.

A. Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers plant organic strawberries

B. local farmers can get big harvests if they work together with her

C. the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful

D. university graduate can realize their value no matter where they work

2.The underlined word “recruit” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. forceB. employC. encourageD. train

3.The last two paragraphs seem to tell us that ________.

A. it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays

B. more and more graduates will work as junior officials

C. the universities should not enroll so many students

D. there are more and more jobs provided by the Ministry of Education

4.Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. The Government’s Help for University Graduates

B. A Good Choice for University Graduates

C. Job Hunting for University Graduates

D. What is the Best Career?

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇新闻报道，报道了北京市政府为了提升农村基层管理以及缓解大学生就业压力，启动了大学生村官项目。

1. 推理判断题。从第六段最后两句Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.可以判断，她的努力获得收获，没有白费。故选D。

2. 词义猜测题。文章开头说北京市政府开始推出招聘大学生当村官，这是全文的主旨。以及第二段也重复使用了这一词。所以它的意思是“employ。故选B。

3. 推理判断题。最后两段道出了今年北京大学毕业生人数之多，但是找到工作的不到一半。所以这说明大学生现在找工作难。故选A。

4.主旨大意题。纵观全文及新闻题材的特点，第一段是短文的主旨段落，所以答案是A。D项不如A直接明了，吸引读者。故选A。

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