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“Reskilling” is something that sounds like a buzzword but is actually arequirement if weplan to have a future in which a lot of would-be workers do notget left behind. We know we are moving into a period where the jobs in demandwill change rapidly, as will the requirements of the jobs that remain. Researchby the World Economic Forum finds that on average 42 percent of the “coreskills” within job roles will change by 2022. That is a very short timeline.

The question of who should pay for reskilling is a thorny one. Forindividual companies, the temptation is always to let go of workers whose skillsare no longer in demand and replace them with those whose skill are. That doesnot always happen. AT&T is often given as the gold standard of a companythat decided to do a massive reskilling program rather than go with afire-and-hire strategy. Other companies had also pledged to create their ownplans. When the skills mismatch is in the broader economy. Though, the focususually turns to government to handle. Efforts in Canada and elsewhere have beenarguably languid at best. And have given us a situation where we frequently hearof employers begging for workers. Even at times and in regions whereunemployment is high.

With the pandemic, unemployment is very high indeed. In February, at 3.5percent and 5.5 P. C. respectively, unemployment rates in Canada and the U. S.were at generational lows andworker shortages were everywhere. As of May, thoserates had spiked up to 13. 3 P. C. and 13.7 percent, and although may workershortages, has disappeared, not all had done so. In the medical field, to takean obvious example. The pandemic meant that there were still clear shortages, ofdoctors, nurse and other medical personnel.

Of course, it is not like you can take an unemployed waiter and train himto be a doctor. In a few weeks. But even if you cannot close the gap, maybe youcan close others and doing so would be to the benefit of all concern. That seemsto be the case in Sweden: when forced to furlough 90 P. C. of their cabin staff.Scandinavian Airline decided to start up a short retaining program thatreskilled the laid-off workers to support hospital staff. The effort was acollective one and involved other companies as well as a Swedish university.

21. Research by the World Economic

Forum suggests

[A] an increase in full-time employment

[B] an urgent demand for new job skills

[C] a steady growth of job opportunities

[D] a controversy re about the”core skills”

22. AT&T is cited to show_

[A] an alternative to the fire-and-hire strategy

[B] an immediate need for government support

[C] the importance of staff appraisal standards

[D] the characteristics of res-killing programs

23. Efforts to

resolve the skills mismatch in Canada

[A] have driven up labour costs

[B] have proved to be inconsistent

[C] have met with fierce opposition

[D] have appeared to be insufficient

24. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that there was_

[A] a call for policy adjustment

[B] a change in hiring practices

[C] a lack of medical workers

[D] a sign of economic recovery

25. Scandinavian Airlines decided to

[A] create job vacancies for the unemployed

[B] prepare their laid-off workers for other jobs

[C] retrain their cabin staff for better services

[D] finance their staff’s college education

【正确答案】21. B 22. A 23. D 24. C 25. B

【解析】

21. 根据关键词World Economic Forum 定位到第一段，到2022年，平均会有42%的核心技能(coreskills)发生转变。结合本文首句，再就业技术培训(reskilling)是所需要的(requirements)。因此B为正确答案。A选项中的full-timeemployment属于未出现信息，无中生有。C选项指工作机会的增长，而原文只提到了对工作需求的改变，该选项属于偷换概念。D中的争议(controversy)属于无中生有信息。

22.根据关键词定位到第二段第四句，提到AT&T公司做了大量的再就业技术培训的计划，而不是解雇再招聘的策略。故选项A为正确答案，其中alternative是对ratherthan表达的替换。B选项的政府支持(governmentsupport)为定位中未提及信息。C中的员工评价标准(staffappraisal standards)为无中生有的信息。D中的特征(characteristics)未得到体现。

23.根据关键词定位到第二段末句，加拿大政府在解决技术不匹配所做的努力是慵懒的(languid)，故答案选D。其中insufficient是对languid一词的改写。若对该词理解困难，可继续看完该句。该句提到我们经常听到老板招不到员工，甚至有时在失业率很高的地方也是如此，说明加拿大政府做出的努力是不够的。A、B、C三个选项均为未提及信息。

24.根据关键词定位到第三段，尽管许多劳工短缺现象消失了，但并非所有领域都这样。作者进一步举例说到，在医学领域的人员短缺现象仍然严峻。故答案选C。A选项未提到政策问题。B中hiringpractices为定位处未提及信息，无中生有。D中的经济复苏为无中生有信息。

25. 根据关键词定位到末段倒数第二句，ScandinavianAirlines对失业员工进行技术再培训，以支援医务人员不足的问题。因此答案选B，让失业员工为其他工作做准备。A 中的创造职位空缺为未涉及内容。C对机舱乘务员再培训，属于偷换概念，原文是对失业人员再培训。D 中资助教育的问题为未提及信息。