What is a gold-collar worker's advantage over that of a blue-collar worker?
A gold-collar worker is more skillful in technology.
B. A gold-collar worker has received higher education.
C. A gold-collar worker used to be a white-collar worker.
D. A gold-collar worker learnt more in high school.
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Despite a cooling of the economy, high-technology companies are still crying out for skilled workers. The Information Technology Association of America projects that more than 800, 000 technology jobs will go unfilled next year. The lack of qualified workers poses a huge threat to the U. S. economy.
The most commonly cited reason for this state of affairs is that the country's agrarian-age (农村时代) education system fails to prepare students in the primary and secondary grades for the 21st century work. Yet an inadequate and outmoded education system is only part of the problem. A less tangible (明确的) but equally powerful cause is an antique (过时的) classification system that divides the workforce into two camps; white-collar knowledge workers and blue-collar manual laborers.
Blue-collar workers emerged in the United States during the Industrial Age as work moved from farms to factories. White-collar office workers became a significant class in the twentieth century, outnumbering(多于) the blue-collar workers by mid-century. Corporations increasingly require a new layer of knowledge worker; a highly skilled multi-disciplined talent, who combines the mind of the white-collar worker with a solid grounding in mathematics and science (physics, chemistry, and biology). These "gold-collar" workers—so named for their contributions to their companies and to the economy as well as for their personal earning ability—apply their knowledge to technology.
The gold-collar worker already exists in a wide range of jobs. The maintenance technician who tests and repairs aircraft systems at American Airlines; the network administrator who manages systems and network operations at Procter & Gamble(宝洁公司) ; the engineering technologist who assists scientists at Sandia National Laboratories; and the advanced-manufacturing technician at Intel can all be regarded as gold-collar workers.
What does the word "projects" in the first paragraph mean?
A. Throws
B. Predicts
Concludes
D. Claims
A.unbelievableB.uncountableC.uncomfortableD.unforgettable
A. unbelievable
B. uncountable
C. uncomfortable
D. unforgettable
We can infer from the passage that______.
A. postcards will disappear in a few years because of other devices of communication
B. people's happiness in sending and receiving postcards can only last a moment
C. postcard collecting might be one of the reasons why some people still like the postcards
D. without postcards, people will have less communication with others
We can learn from the last paragraph that______.
A. it is necessary for people to use phone calls, instant messages and direct photo shots via the mobile
B. unlike phone calls, instant messages and direct photo shots via the mobile, postcards are not functional
C. it is necessary for people to use postcards in spite of the convenience provided by other devices
D. postcards are completely the same as phone calls, instant messages and others