单选9. Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get. An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet.Many people work part-time because they ___.A. prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobsB. feel that is enough to make ends meetC. cannot get their hands on full-time jobsD. haven't seen the weakness of the market

题目分析

题目： Many people work part-time because they ______.
（许多人做兼职工作是因为他们______。）

我们需要根据短文内容，找出人们做兼职工作的原因。

原文定位与理解

首先，我们阅读并理解给出的短文：

• 第一句： "Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs."
  （许多做兼职工作的人实际上想要全职工作。）
• 第二句： "They take part-time work because this is all they can get."
  （他们做兼职工作是因为这是他们唯一能得到的（工作）。）
• 第三句： "An increase in involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market and it means that many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet."
  （非自愿性兼职工作的增加是劳动力市场疲软的证据，这意味着许多人将很难维持生计。）

选项逐一分析

• A. prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs（更喜欢兼职工作而不是全职工作）

  • 根据第一句 "actually want full-time jobs"（实际上想要全职工作）可知，他们并不喜欢兼职，而是想要全职。因此，A 选项与原文意思相反，是错误的。

• B. feel that is enough to make ends meet（觉得那足够维持生计）

  • 根据第三句 "many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet"（许多人将很难维持生计）可知，兼职工作并不能让他们觉得足够维持生计，反而让他们生活困难。因此，B 选项也是错误的。

• C. cannot get their hands on full-time jobs（得不到全职工作 / 找不到全职工作）

  • 根据第二句 "They take part-time work because this is all they can get."（他们做兼职工作是因为这是他们唯一能得到的。）这里的 "this" 指代兼职工作，意思是他们只能得到兼职，得不到全职。这与 C 选项 "cannot get their hands on full-time jobs"（无法获得全职工作）的意思完全一致。因此，C 选项是正确的。

• D. haven't seen the weakness of the market（没有看到市场的疲软）

  • 原文提到兼职工作的增加是市场疲软的证据，但并没有说明人们做兼职的原因是他们没看到市场疲软。这属于无中生有，因此 D 选项是错误的。

结论

综上所述，许多人做兼职工作的原因是他们找不到全职工作，只能做兼职。

正确答案：C. cannot get their hands on full-time jobs