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The full-time unemployment
7.) Support for a premise
(A). The question in choice A is discussed in the first paragraph
of the passage. The other questions may all be raised by the information
provided in the passage, but none of them can be answered by the
passage.
8.) Type: Tone
(C). In paragraph 1 the author says “… it cannot be zero
or even close to zero.” The author clearly does not believe
a zero unemployment rate is possible and even makes fun of the idea
by explaining what it would look like: “A zero unemployment
rate would mean that no one ever entered or re-entered the labor
force, that no one ever quit a job or was laid off, and that for
new entrants or re-entrants, the process of searching for a job
consumed no time.” ‘Suspicion’ is the best match
for the author’s feelings of the adjectives provided. (D) and
(E) are too extreme.
9.) Function of a part of
the passage
(A) The second paragraph shows how the full-time unemployment rate
was and is determined. It has changed over time and due to many
factors and opinions. Therefore it was a complex process in which
the term “full-time unemployment rate” was defined. (E)
is tricky, but the author has no bias about the definitions, and
simply presents them, without a defense.
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