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1、Unit4Foolslearnnothingfromwisemen,butwisemenlearnmuchfromfools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。学习内容题材词数建议时间得分统计做题备忘PartAText1社会生活473/10Text2科普知识416/10Text3商业经济480/10Text4社会生活424/10PartB文化教育710/10PartC商业经济364/10PartADirections：Readthefollowingtexts.Answerthequestionsbloweachtextbychoosing[A],[B],[C]o
2、r[D].Text1Graduatinghighschoolseniorslookingtoentertheworkforceandotherhighschoolstudentssearchingforsummerjobsarefacingatighterjobmarketthisyearastheoncered-hotU.S.economycontinuestocool.Nationally,thejoblessratefor16-to-19-year-oldscontinuestorise.Theunemploymentrateforteenagersh
3、it14.2percentinApril,comparedwith12.8percentlastyear,accordingtotheU.S.DepartmentofLabor.“It’sveryobviousthatit’sgoingtobealittleharderthissummer,becausebusinessesaremuchmorereservedandcautious,”saidMarkJ.Gambill,thevicepresidentofmarketingatManpowerInc.,thenation’slargesttemporary
4、-employmentagency.TheNewYorkCity-basedcompanyrecentlysurveyed16,000publicandprivateemployers.Itfoundmanufacturing,lightindustry,andhigh-techfirmswereleastlikelytobeseekingemployees.Temporaryjobstypicallyarethefirsttosufferinaslowingeconomy,butothersectorsthatemployteenagersheavilyh
5、avefallenonleanertimesaswell.Forinstance,theamusement,recreation,andhotelindustriesshedacombined43,000jobsinMarchandApril,saidJohnF.StinsonJr.,aneconomistattheU.S.BureauofLaborStatistics.Ironically,thepinchcomesasthenation’soveralljoblessrateremainslow.Statisticsshowthatfewerteenag
6、ershavebeenjoblessoverthepastfewsummersthanatanytimeduringthepreviousdecade.“Thejoblessratesarestilllowbyhistoricalstandards,”Mr.Stinsonsaid.Tenyearsago,forexample,theunemploymentratefor16-to-19-year-oldworkerswas21.1percentinJuneand15.7percentinJuly.Lastyear,theratewas14.4percenta
7、nd12.4percent,respectively,federalfiguresshow.Expertssayteenagerslookingforsummerworkstillcanfindjobsbutnotlotsofpay.Thecontinuingslumpinthenation’shigh-techsectorandlingeringuncertaintyoverthegeneralhealthoftheeconomyhavecombinedtolimitteenagers’joboptionstothetypeofworkthatAmeric
8、anyouthstypicallyhavethriv
