In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage
is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea.
When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For
blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing
information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just
heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally，when the passage
is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
The social effects of job-sharing are likely to be beneficial,
since it attempts to match work opportunities to a wider variety of lifestyles.
The (36) of one full-time and one part-time spouse might
become much more common：which was the husband and which was the wife would
(37) according to taste，time of life and career requirements.
What exactly is job-sharing The Equal Opportunities
Commission (38) it as“a form of part-time employment where
two people (39) share the responsibility of one full-time
position. ”Salary and benefits are (40) between the two
sharers. Each person’s terms and conditions of employment are the same as those
of a full-timer. If each works at least 15 hours a week, then they enjoy certain
(41) rights that ordinary part-time workers do not have.
Part-timers usually earn less per hour than a full-timer,
and have fewer benefits and less job (42) . They have
virtually no career prospects. Employers often think that working part-time
(43) that a person has no ambitions and so offer no chance of
promotion. (44) and that does not
mean just married women. As Adrienne Broyle of“New Ways to Work”—formerly the
London Job-sharing Project points out：“ (45) ”.
“A growing number of men want to job-share so that they
can play an active role in bringing up their children. It allows people to study
at home in their free time， (46) . Job-sharing is also an
ideal way for people to ease into retirement”.