2017年catti英語筆譯初級模擬題：高考擴(kuò)招幅度十年最低
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高考擴(kuò)招幅度十年最低
教育部日前宣布，今年全國普通高校本專科招生繼續(xù)擴(kuò)招，但是擴(kuò)招幅度是十年來最小的一年。2008年，全國普通高校本�？普猩媱潪�599萬，比上一年增長5%，其中包括通本科300萬人，高等職業(yè)教育299萬人。
自從1997年我國普通高校本�？普猩状螖U(kuò)招以來，招生規(guī)模的增幅已連續(xù)第9年下降，而2008年5%的增幅是十年來普通高校本�？普猩鷶U(kuò)招幅度最小的一年。對此，教育部并沒有解釋擴(kuò)招幅度下降的原因，但是持續(xù)升高的失業(yè)率可能是其中一個因素。
據(jù)中國社科院發(fā)布的《社會藍(lán)皮書》顯示，2007年，全國有近20 010的高校畢業(yè)生沒有找到工作。于是，很多應(yīng)屆畢業(yè)生選擇報名參加公務(wù)員考試，從而造成公務(wù)員考試一年比一年熱。
我國自1994年開始組織公務(wù)員考試以來，公務(wù)員已成為求職者最受歡迎的職業(yè)之一，這主要是因?yàn)楣珓?wù)員收入穩(wěn)定，社會地位高，福利待遇好。
2007年約有53萬人報名參加國家公務(wù)員考試，競爭1.27萬個職位，錄取平均比例為1:42。根據(jù)教育部網(wǎng)站的估計，今年將有超過80萬人參加12月份舉行的公務(wù)員考試。
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Increase of College Enrollment in China to Hit Decade Low China will continue to enroll more college students this year, but the rate of increase will hit its lowest point in 10 years, the Ministry of Education said recently. China plans to enroll 5.99 million college students in 2008, up five percent from the previous year. It includes three million students for undergraduate education and 2.99 million for college-level vocational training.
The growth rate, which follows a nine-year downward trend, will hit its lowest point in 2008 since China first expanded college enrollment in 1997.The ministry did not give the reason for the trend but a rising rate of unemployment in China is a possible factor.
About 20 percent of university students who graduated in 2007 have so far failed to find employment, according to a blue paper issued by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Many college graduates have turned to civil service. This resulted in highly competitive civil servant recruitment examinations.
Since China began organizing the examinations in 1994, civil service has become one of the most popular professions of job seekers as it offers a stable income, high social status and good welfare insurance.
In 2007, more than 530,000 applicants competed for 12,700 government jobs —42 people competing for each position on average. This year, more than 800,000 applicants will sit for the civil service examination in December, according to a statement on the ministry's website.
