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Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. 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. (2015, Text 4)37. Many people work part-time because they ____.[A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs[B] feel that is enough to make ends meet[C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs[D] haven't seen the weakness of the market

Before explaining the connection to the Obamacare, it is worth making an important distinction. 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. (2015, Text 4) 37. Many people work part-time because they \_\_\_\_. [A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs [B] feel that is enough to make ends meet [C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs [D] haven't seen the weakness of the market

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答案

我们来一步一步分析这道题：

原文内容回顾：

> 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.

题目：

  1. Many people work part-time because they ____.

选项如下：

[A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs
[B] feel that is enough to make ends meet
[C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs
[D] haven't seen the weakness of the market

解题思路：

我们逐个分析选项与原文的对应关系：

原文关键句：

> Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get.

这句话的意思是：很多做兼职的人其实想要全职工作，他们做兼职是因为他们只能找到兼职工作。

所以，问题“为什么很多人做兼职？”的答案应该是：因为他们找不到全职工作。

选项分析：

  • [A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs
    错误。原文明确说“many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs”，说明他们不是更喜欢兼职。

  • [B] feel that is enough to make ends meet
    错误。原文说“many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet”，说明他们做兼职并不能“勉强维持生计”，所以这个选项与原文矛盾。

  • [C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs
    正确。对应原文“they take part-time work because this is all they can get”，意思是他们只能找到兼职，找不到全职。

  • [D] haven't seen the weakness of the market
    错误。原文提到“involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market”，但并没有说人们是因为没看到市场疲软才做兼职。

正确答案：

$\boxed{C}$

解析

本题考查对文章细节信息的理解，需定位到原文中关于人们从事兼职工作原因的描述。

关键原文分析

文章明确提到："Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get."
这句话的核心信息是：从事兼职的人实际上想要全职工作，做兼职只是因为“这是他们能找到的所有工作”，即无法获得全职工作。

选项逐一判断

  • [A] prefer part-time jobs to full-time jobs
    原文明确“actually want full-time jobs”（实际上想要全职），与“更喜欢兼职”矛盾，错误。

  • [B] feel that is enough to make ends meet
    原文后半句提到“many people will be having a very hard time making ends meet”（很多人难以维持生计），说明兼职收入并不足够，与选项矛盾，错误。

  • [C] cannot get their hands on full-time jobs
    “cannot get their hands on”（无法获得）对应“this is all they can get”（只能找到这个），即无法获得全职工作，正确。

  • [D] haven't seen the weakness of the market
    原文提到“involuntary part-time work is evidence of weakness in the labor market”（非自愿兼职是劳动力市场疲软的证据），但未提及人们“没看到市场疲软”才做兼职，无依据，错误。