题目

The contract of employment is the agreement made between the employer and the employee. This could be a written agreement or in an oral form. In addition, the contract will also include "custom and practice" agreements. These are how things are usually done in the workplace, for example, if the employer always gives the employees a day’s holiday in August. Even though this is not mentioned in the written contract, this will form part of the contract as it is the usual practice. A trade union may have negotiated(谈判达成)an agreement with an employer about conditions at work. The negotiated agreement will often form part of a contract.Some contracts will be illegal if: the employee gets all or part of their wages in cash; tax and national insurance contributions(国民保险税)are not paid; and the employee knows they are getting paid in this way to avoid paying national insurance and tax.The passage is mainly about ______.A. the negotiation with an employerB. the employment contractC. the working conditionsD. the job responsibilities

The contract of employment is the agreement made between the employer and the employee. This could be a written agreement or in an oral form. In addition, the contract will also include "custom and practice" agreements. These are how things are usually done in the workplace, for example, if the employer always gives the employees a day’s holiday in August. Even though this is not mentioned in the written contract, this will form part of the contract as it is the usual practice. A trade union may have negotiated(谈判达成)an agreement with an employer about conditions at work. The negotiated agreement will often form part of a contract.Some contracts will be illegal if: the employee gets all or part of their wages in cash; tax and national insurance contributions(国民保险税)are not paid; and the employee knows they are getting paid in this way to avoid paying national insurance and tax.The passage is mainly about ______.
  • A. the negotiation with an employer
  • B. the employment contract
  • C. the working conditions
  • D. the job responsibilities

题目解答

答案

B

解析

考查要点：本题主要考查学生对文章主旨的把握能力，需要根据段落内容判断文章的核心主题。
解题思路：文章围绕“employment contract（就业合同）”展开，分别介绍了合同的形式（书面、口头、惯例）、工会谈判协议的作用，以及非法合同的情况。关键点在于识别文章反复提及的“contract”及相关细节，明确其核心讨论对象。

  1. 第一段：定义就业合同的多种形式，包括书面、口头以及“惯例”（如雇主长期形成的习惯做法）。
  2. 第二段：说明工会与雇主谈判达成的协议可能成为合同的一部分。
  3. 第三段：列举非法合同的条件（如现金支付工资、逃税等）。

核心逻辑：文章始终围绕“合同”的构成、类型和合法性展开，所有细节均服务于解释“什么是就业合同”及“如何形成有效合同”。因此，文章主旨应为“the employment contract”。