此题问的是"Which part of the jobs picture was neglected?"即工作图景中的哪部分被忽视了?

可以到原文中确定此题的大致解题范围: 在第二段中发现了job picture 和overlook(neglect的同义词)--也即是这篇文章的第一段没有出题(通过精确定位可以避免对无关文字的深度阅读，从而节约时间，提高解题效率)。

However, there is another important part of the jobs picture that was largely overlooked. There was a big jump in the number of people who report voluntarily working part-time. This figure is now 830,000(4.4 percent) above its year ago level.

然后对着两句精读:第二句说，报告自愿兼职工作的人的数量有一个很大的上升。这就是被忽略的内容。

看选项: 只有B. The increase of voluntary part-time jobs和第二句意思一致。(rise=increase).

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

37题做法和36类似：

根据顺序原则和精确定位的概念，可以看到第三段中出现了Many people who work part-time jobs actually want full-time jobs. They take part-time work because this is all they can get.

其意思是: 很多人之所以做兼职，是因为他们只能得到兼职，而他们其实是想要全职的。

答案选C cannot get their hands on full-time jobs(get one's hands on意为获得)

38. Involuntary part-time employment in the US

A. is harder to acquire than one year ago

B. shows a general tendency of decline

C. satisfies the real need of the jobless

D. is lower than before the recession

38题定位到: An increase in involuntary part-time in June, but the general direction has been down. Involuntary part-time employment is still far higher than before the recession, but it is down by 640,000(7.9 percent) from its year ago level.

这句话中提到: 六月份中的不情愿兼职有所增长，但是整体的方向是向下的。这和B shows a general tendency of decline.(其中direction和tendency同义词;down和decline同义词。 )

39. It can be learned that with Obamacare, __________.

A. it is no longer easy for part-timers to get insurance

B. employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance

C. it is still challenging to get insurance for family members

D. full-time employment is still essential for insurance.

此题定位的关键是Obamacare.倒数第二段。

The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment.此句讲到，Obamacare的主要目标是让雇佣关系之外的人也获得保险。也即是，没有工作也有保险。这和B. employment is no longer a precondition to get insurance(precondition 先决条件 no longer 不再)

40. The text mainly discusses____________.

A. employment in the US

B. part-timer classification

C. insurance through Medicaid

D. Obamacare's trouble

此题考的是主旨: 文章中提到的full-time, Involuntary part-time ,voluntary part-time 其实都是就业问题的具体体现，答案选A。

B只提到了part-time,以偏概全，并且没有讲分类问题。

C insurance 是原文的一个细节，只在最后出现，二细节是不能做主旨的。

D 错误方式和C相同。

总评

由于英语二针对专硕考生，故在出题时故意降低难度，在词法、句法、题型和选项上都考察基础能力，甚少涉及逻辑推理，重点考察语言层面上的理解。因此在整体备考上，大家需要以基础能力的培养为主。

而在解题层面，主要应该培养对于微观题型的把握能力，即精确定位和局部精读的技能。2015年只考了一道主旨题，也可以看出对于全篇文章的把握不是考研的重点。

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