牛津深圳版八年级上册期末复习-阅读专项训练 （有答案）

八上阅读专项训练 （一）(A) Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everyone. The economy of the world needs to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are out of work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in short time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holidays. In all the countries of the world, machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work of forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs. ( ) 39. It was _________ for people to find work before than today. A. not possible B. difficult C. more difficult D. easier ( ) 40. If the economy of the world grows by 4% each year, _________. A. people will have no jobs B. people can still have jobs as before C. 4% of the peo