Question

It's every student's dream to do well in the national college entrance examination and enter a good university. In the eyes of students and parents, a good university should have a high ranking, and the employment rate of its graduates should be high. But be careful! The employment rate they tell you might not always be true.

Recently, people created a Chinese phrase "bei jiuye", which has become popular on the Internet almost overnight across China. The word "bei" has a grammatical use in Chinese: it has a function similar to the passive voice in English. But now people often use it to express their doubts about something. Here, the phrase "bei jiuye" has the literal meaning of "to be hired", but people understand that it really means "to be hired without one's knowledge" or "be hired for jobs that may not exist at all".

The story of "bei jiuye" goes like this. Zhao Dongdong, a graduate of a university in Shanxi province, was surprised to find that he got a job from a company he never applied to, which he wasn't even sure was a real place. On his last day of graduation ceremonies, he was surprised to come across the employment contract.

"God! At that time, I had not landed a job yet, but they gave me an employment contract! I wondered who on earth signed the contract with the company." When Zhao made a phone call to the company to check it out, no one answered.

He was not the only one in his college who was "hired" for a job that did not exist. One of his classmates signed a contract with a company called Xi'an Beilin Industrial Corporation, which could not be found on the Internet either. In the end, it turned out that the college had faked the contract to make it seem like the employment rate for new graduates was higher than that. By doing this, the college could build up a "good" reputation that could help it attract new students.

"Bei jiuye" is just one of many hot "bei" words on the Internet. See some of them in "Bonus". The use of "bei" is a satirical (諷刺的) way for the public to express its helplessness and criticize abuses of power, some people say. People also use "bei" words to bring attention to social problems, hoping they will be noticed by authorities.

Standards of students’ and parents’ 1.__________	Having a high ranking
Having a high 2.______________
3._______ of the phrase “ Bei jiuye”	To be hired 4._________
To be hired with no knowledge or for 5.__________ jobs
6._________ of the appearance of the phrase “ Bei jiuye”	Seemingly 7. __________ rate for new graduates
To 8.___________
9.__________ to the hot phrase “Bei jiuye”on the Internet	A way of expressing helpless and 10.__________ A way of fixing attention to social problems and being noticed by authorities

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 dream / good university

 graduate employment rate

 Definition / Concept / Meaning

 Literally  

 nonexistent

 Causes / Purposes

 to improve / increase employment

 form/ create good reputation

 Conclusion

 criticizing power abuses

【解析】

 根據第一段的第一句和a good university should have a high ranking, and the employment rate of its graduates should be high可知。      

 根據第一段 the employment rate of its graduates should be high可知

 根據第二段the phrase "bei jiuye" has the literal meaning of "to be hired", but people understand that it really means "to be hired without one's knowledge" or "be hired for jobs that may not exist at all"可知，這是它的意義

 根據第二段the phrase "bei jiuye" has the literal meaning of "to be hired可知

 根據第二段people understand that it really means "to be hired without one's knowledge" or "be hired for jobs that may not exist at all"可知    

 根據該部分的內容可以判斷

 根據第五段faked the contract to make it seem like the employment rate for new graduates was higher than that可知，是為了提高就業率

 根據第五段By doing this, the college could build up a "good" reputation that could help it attract new students可知

 Conclusion                     

 根據最后一段criticize abuses of power可知