F5/F7 Multiple Choice

Lesson 6
There is a connection between unemployment and crime.
When many people are 1 , theft, burglary, and robbery 1.
may run rampant. This is because 2 frustration and 2.
hopelessness, coupled with the need to 3 can result in a 3.
motive for committing crime. This is particularly 4 for 4.
young people without much education. This may be one of the
5 for the recent surge in violent crime. 5.
To improve this situation, the authorities should, 6 6.
creating jobs through public spending, expand vocational
training programs to 7 the jobless to acquire the training 7.
or skills 8 . 8.
According to recent surveys, many people are unemployed
not because jobs are impossible to find, but because the job
hunters 9 training or information about the job market. 9.
This shows how important vocational training and assistance
10 . 10.

1. A. in anger 5. A. explanation 9. A. lack in

B. out of work B. phenomenon B. lack of
C. under pressure C. manner C. lack
D. behind the times D. reasons D. is in lack of

2. A. a sense of 6. A. as well as 10. A. are

B. on condition that B. instead of B. can
C. in fact C. enable C. will
D. in addition of D. besides D. do
3. A. making a life 7. A. make
B. earn a life B. get
C. make a living C. enable
D. earning a livelihood D. make possible

4. A. useful 8. A. job requiring

B. the case B. jobs require
C. good result C. that job requires
D. the answer D. which require jobs

Answer:
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. D
7. C 8. B 9. C 10. A

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解答分析：

1.B (be) out of work：失業，由前文 unemployment (失業)而來。

2.A a sense of frustration (挫折)：一種挫折感。
3.C the need to + Infinitive：做某事之需要。 make a living: 謀生。
4.B This / That is the case: 情形就是如此。That’s not the case. 情形並非如此。
5.D one of the 之後的名詞必為 plural
6.D besides = in addition to = apart / aside from (除…之外)
7.C enable sb to + Infinitive，或用 make 則接 Bare Infinitive，用 get 則有『強迫』之意。
8.B (which) jobs require: (Adjective Clause)，修飾前面的 training or skills，即指工作上所需要之
訓練與技巧。
9.C lack 做 verb 不可有 ‘of’
10.A how important A and B are：A 與 B 有多重要(間接問句)

課文字/詞指引：

1. There is connection between A and B: A 與 B 之間有關連

2. run rampant (猖獗)：此處 run 是 become 之意，即變得很猖狂。
類例：The river runs dry in summer.
(這河夏天乾涸)
3. (be) coupled with：與…結合在一起。
4. commit (a.) crime：犯(某)罪
5. surge 浪潮，加增
6. public spending：指因公共建設等而做的開銷
7. not because…but because… 非因…而是因…
8. job hunters (獵人)：尋找工作的人
9. lack (v.) 缺乏、缺少
10. job market：工作市場，提供工作機會之場所
11. assistance (n.) 協助