21. Research by the World Economic Forum suggests___
- A. an increase in full-time employment
- B. an urgent demand for new job skills
- C. a steady growth of job opportunities
- D. a controversy about the “core skills”
答案：B
答案句：Research by the World Economic Forum finds that on average 42 per cent of the“core skills”within job roles will change by 2022. That is a very short timeline.
参考译文：世界经济论坛的研究发现，到2022年，工作岗位中的“核心技能”平均将有42%发生变化。这是一个非常短的时间线。
定位线索：题干“Research by the World Economic Forum”→答案句“Research by the World Economic Forum finds that...”；文中“42 per cent of the 'core skills' within job roles will change”对应选项B“an urgent demand for new job skills”（新工作技能的迫切需求）。
解析：题干问世界经济论坛的研究表明什么，答案句直接指出核心技能将大量变化且时间紧迫，说明新技能需求迫切，对应B项。A项“全职就业增加”、C项“工作机会稳定增长”原文未提及，D项“关于核心技能的争议”偷换概念，原文只说技能变化，未提争议。
22. AT&T is cited to show _
- A. an alternative to the fire-and-hire strategy
- B. an immediate need for government support
- C. the importance of staff appraisal standards
- D. the characteristics of reskilling programs
答案：A
答案句：For individual companies, the temptation is always to let go of workers whose skills are no longer in demand and replace them with those whose skills are. That does not always happen. AT&T is often given as the gold standard of a company who decided to do a massive reskilling program rather than go with a fire-and-hire strategy.
参考译文：对于个别公司来说，诱惑总是辞退技能不再被需要的工人，并用技能被需要的工人来替换他们。这种情况并不总是发生。AT&T经常被视为一家决定实施大规模再培训计划而不是采取“解雇再雇佣”策略的公司的黄金标准。
定位线索：题干“AT&T is cited to show”→答案句“AT&T is often given as the gold standard of a company who decided to do a massive reskilling program rather than go with a fire-and-hire strategy”；文中“rather than go with a fire-and-hire strategy”对应选项A“an alternative to the fire-and-hire strategy”（解雇再雇佣策略的替代方案）。
解析：题干问AT&T被引用以说明什么，答案句明确指出AT&T选择大规模再培训计划而非“解雇再雇佣”策略，说明它展示了该策略的替代方案，对应A项。例子本身不是答案依据，其前的观点句“That does not always happen”和其后的“rather than go with a fire-and-hire strategy”才是关键。B项“政府支持的迫切需求”原文未提，C项“员工评估标准的重要性”无中生有，D项“再培训计划的特点”范围过大，未具体说明特点。
23. Eforts to resolve the skills mismatch in Canada._
- A. have driven up labour costs
- B. have proved to be inconsistent
- C. have met with fierce opposition
- D. have appeared to be insufficient
答案：D
答案句：When the skills mismatch is in the broader economy though, the focus usually turns to government to handle. Efforts in Canada and elsewhere have been arguably languid at best, and have given us a situation where we frequently hear of employers begging for workers, even at times and in regions where unemployment is high.
参考译文：然而，当技能错配出现在更广泛的经济中时，焦点通常转向政府来处理。加拿大和其他地方的努力可以说充其量是迟缓的，并给我们带来了这样一种情况：我们经常听到雇主恳求工人，即使在高失业率的时期和地区也是如此。
定位线索：题干“Efforts to resolve the skills mismatch in Canada”→答案句“Efforts in Canada and elsewhere have been arguably languid at best”；文中“languid at best”对应选项D“have appeared to be insufficient”（显得不足）。
解析：题干问加拿大解决技能错配的努力如何，答案句用“languid at best”（充其量迟缓）描述，说明努力不足，对应D项。A项“推高劳动力成本”、C项“遭遇强烈反对”原文未提，B项“不一致”偷换概念，原文强调不足而非不一致。
24. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that there was__
- A. a call for policy adjustment
- B. a change in hiring practices
- C. a lack of medical workers
- D. a sign of economic recovery
答案：C
答案句：In the medical field, to take an obvious example, the pandemic meant that there were still clear shortages of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel.
参考译文：在医疗领域，举一个明显的例子，疫情意味着医生、护士和其他医务人员仍然明显短缺。
定位线索：题干“Paragraph 3”→答案句取自第3段“In the medical field...clear shortages of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel”；文中“clear shortages of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel”对应选项C“a lack of medical workers”（缺乏医疗工作者）。
解析：题干问从第三段能了解到什么，答案句直接指出医疗领域明显短缺医生、护士等人员，对应C项。A项“政策调整的呼吁”、B项“招聘实践的变化”、D项“经济复苏的迹象”均未在第三段提及，属于无中生有。
25. Scandinavian Airlines decided to___
- A. create job vacancies for the unemployed
- B. prepare their laid-off worker for other jobs
- C. retrain their cabin staff for better services
- D. finance their staff's college education
答案：B
答案句：When forced to furlough 90 per cent of their cabin staff, Scandinavian Airlines decided to start up a short retraining program that reskilled the laid-off workers to support hospital staff.
参考译文：当被迫让90%的机舱人员休假时，斯堪的纳维亚航空公司决定启动一个短期再培训计划，对下岗工人进行再培训以支持医院工作人员。
定位线索：题干“Scandinavian Airlines decided to”→答案句“Scandinavian Airlines decided to start up a short retraining program that reskilled the laid-off workers”；文中“reskilled the laid-off workers to support hospital staff”对应选项B“prepare their laid-off worker for other jobs”（为下岗工人准备其他工作）。
解析：题干问斯堪的纳维亚航空公司决定做什么，答案句明确指出他们启动再培训计划，将下岗工人培训以支持医院工作人员，即为他们准备其他工作，对应B项。A项“为失业者创造职位空缺”偷换概念，原文是培训而非创造职位；C项“为更好服务而再培训机舱人员”范围缩小，原文是培训为医院工作；D项“资助员工大学教育”无中生有。