They are among the 250,000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that accounts for 40 percent of the nation’s unemployed. A storm of anger boils up at the government-sponsored(政府资助的) youth center, even among those who are continuing their studies.
“We study for jobs that don’t exist.” Nicollete Steggerda, 23, said.
After three decades of prosperity, unemployment among 10 member nations of the European Community has exceeded 11 percent, affecting a total of 12.3 million people, and the number is climbing.
The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the Continent. The title of a rock song “No Future” can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France.
Recent surveys have found that the increasing argument in the last few years over the deployment(布局) in Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization missiles and the possibility of nuclear war have clouded European youths’ confidence in the future.
One form of protest tends to put the responsibility for a country’s economic troubles on the large numbers of “guest workers” from Third World nations, people welcomed in Western Europe in the years of prosperity.
Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to resemble Americans more than they do their own parents. Material enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation, each the right, to a standard of living that they see around them.
“And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet people at the café, and sit and stare.” Said Isabella Gcuit. “There is usually not much conversation. You look for happiness. Sometimes you even find it.”
1.Unemployment in the Netherlands has affected ____.
A)one million people
B)approximately 12.3 million of people
C)250,000 people
D)roughly 0.6 million people
2.What Nicollete Steggerda said(Para.2) suggests that ____.
A)school education is not sufficient
B)the students’ aim in study is not clear
C)the students can’t get work after graduation
D)the students lose their motivation in their study
3.British youths ____.
A)are trying to seek their fortune on the Continent
B)are indifferent to the unemployed on the Continent
C)have been the first to show their disappointment over joblessness
D)are sympathetic to the unemployed in France and Belgium
4.The author states all the items listed except ____.
A)European youths are worried about a new world war in the future
B)Widespread unemployment is beyond European youths’ expectation
C)the rock song “No Future” is an expression of the disappointment of European youth
D)about 40% of the guest workers are out of work in Western Europe now
5.It seems that young Europeans ____.
A)are more like Americans than their elders in their way of thinking
B)look on life as their elders do
C)look more like Americans than their elders do
D)expect more from Americans than from their elders
答案与解析：
1.D)roughly 0.6 million people. 参考原文第一句They are among the 250,000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that accounts for 40 percent of the nation’s
unemployed. 250,000≈D×40%
2.C) the students can’t get work after graduation. 原文是We study for jobs that don’t exist, 目的很明确, 是为了工作, 所以BD皆错;A本文未有提及.
3.C) have been the first to show their disappointment over joblessness. 对应原文The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the Continent.
4.D) about 40% of the guest workers are out of work in Western Europe now. 如果第一题做对了, 就知道40%不是the guest workers而是the nation’s unemployed. 其他三个选项皆可对应原文.
5.A) are more like Americans than their elders in their way of thinking. 对应原文Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to resemble Americans more than they do their own parents. Material enjoyment has given them a sense of
expectation, each the right, to a standard of living that they see aroundthem.
【四级阅读理解练习及参考答案】相关文章：