单项选择题

Of all the employed workers in the United States, 12.5 million are part of a temporary workforce. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 9.2 percent of workers as those who have (62) they term "alternative employment arrangements." The government predicts that temporary staffing agencies will (63) growth of 49 percent by 2010. If numbers increase (64) the rate of predicted, these companies will add 1.9 million new jobs by 2010.
Temporary workers were the first ones to be affected by the recent economic recession, but they are likely to be the first to regain (65) as the economy (66) and companies work to rebuild. Employers use temporary workers as a resource because they offer (67) and come at a low cost. Many temporaries are (68) as "independent contractors" instead of employees, (69) allows the employer to avoid paying certain taxes. Because they are not required to offer (70) to temporary workers, companies can save a great deal of money by hiring temps. Usually, temporary workers can qualify for benefits if they work for a staffing company for a certain length of time. Most temps, (71) , do not continue with one company long enough to qualify for them because they regard the position as a step to a permanent position.
According to Richard Wahlquist, president of the American Staffing Association, 75 (72) of temporary workers hope for transition out of the temporary staffing category after a period of time. Wahlquist finds that temporary workers spend about 11 weeks on various assignments before their (73) out of the temporary workforce. Many use temporary positions to gain experience and skills before they move on to (74) jobs. Wahquist says that the temp workforce as a whole turns (75) 400 percent each year.
Tom Dilworth, research director at the Employment Policies Institute, explains that some workers like having temporary jobs because it (76) them a lot of (77) with time and everything. Some temps only have a limited amount of time to work and temp agencies can help coordinate jobs to (78) their schedules. Other sometimes—employees use temporary jobs to get a (an) (79) to a company from the inside, to get a (80) in the door of a certain business or career. Some others take temporary positions in hopes their employers will change them (81) to permanent positions eventually.