Question

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
An apprenticeship is a form of on-the-job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most. An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman--someone who has done the job for many years. The rest of the apprentice's time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. Being an apprentice is a full-time undertaking.
One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. What's more, it offers apprentices an "earn while you learn" opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. Near the end of the apprenticeship, their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive. Apprenticeship also pays off for employers. It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from.
Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they might be laid off(下崗) if business for the employers is slow.
Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed with; others go onto different companies or become self-employed contractors.

Answer 1

【小題1】Apprenticeship
【小題2】classroom learning
【小題3】the majority
【小題4】theoretical
【小題5】at the beginning
【小題6】a journeyman’s wages
【小題7】many well-trained workers
【小題8】being laid off
【小題9】Results
【小題10】another pay increase

解析試題分析：介紹了學(xué)徒這一身份的優(yōu)點和缺點。
【小題1】Apprenticeship　綜合理解�！〉谝蛔匀欢谓馕隽耸裁词莂pprenticeship，第二自然段說明了其優(yōu)點，第三段說明了其不足，故文章是圍繞apprenticeship而展開的。
【小題2】classroom learning細節(jié)理解題�！〈鸢冈从贏n apprenticeship is a form of on-the-job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. 學(xué)徒是一種把工作經(jīng)歷和課堂學(xué)習(xí)結(jié)合起來在工作中得到培訓(xùn)的形式。
【小題3】the majority細節(jié)理解題。　根據(jù)An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills----，可知答案應(yīng)為the majority
【小題4】theoretical細節(jié)理解題�！∮杀揪銽he rest of the apprentice's time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires.可得出答案。其余時間是在課堂上渡過的，學(xué)習(xí)工作中所要求的理論技能。
【小題5】at the beginning細節(jié)理解題。　由They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies.可知，是在剛開始的時候-----。
【小題6】a journeyman’s wages細節(jié)理解題�！∮蓆heir wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive.可知答案。他們的工資是一個熟練工人所得工資的百分之九十。
【小題7】many well-trained workers　細節(jié)理解題。　答案來源：It can offer employers a pool of well-trained workers to draw from.
【小題8】being laid off細節(jié)理解題�！∥恼碌牡箶�(shù)第二自然段可以得出答案。（they might be laid off(下崗) if business for the employers is slow.）對于雇主來說，如果生意進行得太慢，他們也許會下崗。
【小題9】Results理解總結(jié)題　一旦他們完成了apprenticeship,就可以成為journeyman,可以領(lǐng)到證還可以增加收入，故應(yīng)為結(jié)果result.
【小題10】another pay increase　細節(jié)理解題�！〈鸢竵碓矗篽eir pay also increases again
考點:考查總結(jié)歸納能力。