36. Generation Zs graduating college this spring.
- A. are recognized for their abilities
- B. are optimistic about the labor market
- C. are in favor of office job offers
- D. are drawing growing public attention
答案：D
答案句：Now that members of Generation Z are graduating college this spring—the most commonly-accepted definition says this generation was born after 1995, give or take a year—the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks.
参考译文：既然Z世代的成员今年春天即将大学毕业——最普遍接受的定义说这一代人出生于1995年之后，前后相差一年——近几周来，关注度一直在稳步上升。
定位线索：题干“Generation Zs graduating college this spring”→答案句“Generation Z are graduating college this spring”；文中“the attention has been rising steadily”对应选项D“drawing growing public attention”。
解析：题干问Z世代今年春天大学毕业的情况，答案句直接说明“the attention has been rising steadily”，即关注度持续上升，与选项D“drawing growing public attention”（吸引越来越多的公众关注）同义。选项A“abilities”、B“optimistic”、C“office job offers”在原文中均未提及，属于无中生有。
37. . Generation Zs are keenly aware.
- A. what their parents expect of them
- B. how valuable a counselor's advice is
- C. what a tough economic situation is like
- D. how they differ from past generations
答案：C
答案句：Despite graduating into the best economy in the past 50 years, Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like. They were impressionable kids during the crash of 2008, when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings or both.
参考译文：尽管毕业时正值过去50年来最好的经济形势，但Z世代知道经济灾难是什么样子。他们在2008年经济危机期间还是易受影响的孩子，当时许多父母失去了工作或毕生积蓄，或两者兼失。
定位线索：题干“Generation Zs are keenly aware”→答案句“Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like”；文中“economic train wreck”对应选项C“a tough economic situation”。
解析：题干问Z世代敏锐地意识到什么，答案句明确说“Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like”，即知道经济灾难的样子，与选项C“a tough economic situation”（艰难的经济状况）同义。选项A“parents expect”、B“counselor's advice”在原文中未提及；选项D“differ from past generations”虽在首段出现，但并非题干所问的“keenly aware”的内容，属于答非所问。
38. The word “assuage”(line 9, para. 2) is closet in meaning to.
- A. deepen
- B. define
- C. maintain
- D. relieve
答案：D
答案句：They aren't interested in taking any chances. The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency, especially for those who have college debt.
参考译文：他们对冒险不感兴趣。蓬勃发展的经济似乎几乎没有缓解这种潜在的代际焦虑紧迫感，尤其是对那些有大学债务的人来说。
定位线索：题干“assuage”→答案句“The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency”；文中“done little to assuage”与选项D“relieve”（缓解）对应。
解析：词义题需结合上下文。前句说“They aren't interested in taking any chances”，说明Z世代焦虑；后句说经济繁荣“seems to have done little to assuage”这种焦虑，即经济繁荣未能减轻焦虑，因此“assuage”意为“缓解”，对应选项D“relieve”。选项A“deepen”（加深）与逻辑相反；B“define”（定义）、C“maintain”（维持）均不符合语境。
39. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that Generation Zs
- A. give top priority to professional training
- B. have a clear idea about their future job
- C. care little about their job performance
- D. think it hard to achieve work-life balance
答案：B
答案句：One survey from Accenture found that 88 percent of graduating seniors this year chose their major with a job in mind. In a 2019 survey of University of Georgia students, meanwhile, the career office found the most desirable trait in a future employer was the ability to offer secure employment (followed by professional development and training, and then inspiring purpose). Job security or stability was the second most important career goal(work-life balance was number one), followed by a sense of being dedicated to a cause or to feel good about serving the greater good.
参考译文：埃森哲的一项调查发现，今年88%的应届毕业生选择专业时考虑到了就业。与此同时，在2019年对佐治亚大学学生的调查中，职业办公室发现未来雇主最令人满意的特质是提供稳定就业的能力（其次是专业发展和培训，然后是鼓舞人心的目标）。工作保障或稳定性是第二重要的职业目标（工作与生活平衡是第一位的），其次是为事业奉献或为服务更广大利益而感到良好的感觉。
定位线索：题干“Paragraph 3”→答案句取自第3段“88 percent of graduating seniors this year chose their major with a job in mind”；文中“chose their major with a job in mind”对应选项B“have a clear idea about their future job”。
解析：题干问从第3段能了解到Z世代的什么。答案句指出88%的毕业生选择专业时考虑就业，且最看重稳定就业，说明他们对未来职业有清晰规划，对应选项B“have a clear idea about their future job”。选项A“give top priority to professional training”错误，专业培训排在第二位；C“care little about their job performance”原文未提及；D“think it hard to achieve work-life balance”错误，原文说工作与生活平衡是首要目标，未提及难以实现。
40. Michelsen thinks that compared with millennials, Generation Zs are.
- A. less realistic
- B. less adventurous
- C. more diligent
- D. more generous
答案：B
答案句：“Millennials wanted more flexibility in their lives,” notes Tanya Michelsen, Associate Director of YouthSight, a UK-based brand manager that conducts regular 60-day surveys of British youth, in findings that might just as well apply to American youth. “Generation Zs are looking for more certainty and stability, because of the rise of the gig economy. They have troubles seeing a financial future and they are quite risk averse.”
参考译文：“千禧一代想要生活中更多的灵活性，”YouthSight的副主任Tanya Michelsen指出，YouthSight是一家总部位于英国、定期对英国青年进行60天调查的品牌管理公司，其调查结果同样适用于美国青年。“Z世代正在寻求更多的确定性和稳定性，因为零工经济的兴起。他们难以看到财务未来，并且非常厌恶风险。”
定位线索：题干“Michelsen thinks that compared with millennials, Generation Zs”→答案句“Millennials wanted more flexibility... Generation Zs are looking for more certainty and stability”；文中“quite risk averse”对应选项B“less adventurous”。
解析：题干问Michelsen认为与千禧一代相比，Z世代如何。答案句对比说千禧一代想要灵活性，而Z世代寻求确定性和稳定性，且“quite risk averse”（非常厌恶风险），与选项B“less adventurous”（更不爱冒险）同义。选项A“less realistic”与原文“practical”矛盾；C“more diligent”、D“more generous”在原文中均未提及，属于无中生有。