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1、I.RF4-RF-01Key:1-5:FTTFT6-10:TNFFTDirections:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverapassagequicklyandreadtenstatementsafterit.Forstatements1-10,writeT(forTrue)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgivenintheaboveparagraph(s);F(forFalse)ifthestatementcont
2、radictstheinformationgivenintheaboveparagraph(s);N(forNotgiven)ifthestatementisnotgivenintheaboveparagraph(s);TheKindofWorkDaddyDoesItisnotsurprisingthatmodernchildrentendtolookblankanddispiritedwheninformedthattheywillsomedayhaveto“gotoworkandmakealiving
3、.”ThefactistheycannotvisualizewhatworkisincorporateAmerica.Notlongago,whenaparentsaidhewasofftowork,thechildknewverywellwhatwasabouttohappen.Hisparentwasgoingtomakesomethingorfixsomething.Theparentcouldtakehisoffspringtohisplaceofbusinessandlethimwatchwhi
4、leherepairedacarorbuiltatable.Whenachildasked,"Whatkindofworkdoyoudo,Daddy?Hisfathercouldanswerintermsthatachildcouldcometogripswith.”Ifixsteamengines.”Imakehorsecollars”Well,afewfathersstillfixenginesandbuildthings,butmostdonot.Nowadays,mostfatherssiting
5、lassbuildingsperformingtasksthatareabsolutelyincomprehensibletochildren.Theanswerstheygavewhenasked,“Whatkindofworkdoyoudo,Daddy?”arelikelytobeverypuzzlingtothechild.“Isellspace.”“Idomarketresearch.”“Iamadataprocessor.”“Iaminpublicrelations.”“Iamasysteman
6、alyst.”Suchexplanationsmustseemnonsensetoachild.Howcanhepossiblyimagineanyoneanalyzingasystemorresearchingamarket?Evengrownmenwhodomarketresearchhavetroublevisualizingwhatapublicrelationsmandoeswithhisday,anditisasafebetthattheaveragesystemsanalystisaspuz
7、zledaboutwhataspacesalesmandoesattheshopastheaveragespacesalesmanisaboutthetoolsneededtoanalyzeasystem.Inthecommoneverydayjob,nothingismadeanymore.Thingsarenowmadebymachines.Verylittleisrepaired.Themachinesthatmakethingsmaketheminsuchafashionthattheywillq
8、uicklyfallapartinsuchawaythatrepairswillbetooexpensive.Thusthebuyerisencouragedtothrowthethingawayandbuyanewone.Ineffect,themachinesaremakingjunk.Thehandfulofpeopleremotelyassociatedwiththesemachinescan,ofcourse,tel