In 2007, five young people in the American state of Massachusetts developed an idea. The team knew that the world is filled with mobile phones. About eighty percent of all people are said to live within reach of a wireless telephone signal.
The idea was to use mobile phones and the Internet to connect job seekers with employers. The young people wrote a business plan and formed a company called Assured Labor.
Assured Labor won a development competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）. Three of the founders were graduate students there.
Assured Labor is an electronic marketplace. It has two parts. One is for the United States. That operation was launched in January in Boston. It links people with employers offering temporary jobs.
The other arm of the business is for developing markets. That operation is meant to help people get more permanent jobs. A representative is currently building partnerships with universities and international companies in Central America.
Assured Labor’s president, David Reich, says the companies now place job advertisements on radio or in newspapers. Some even drive around in cars with loudspeakers announcing that jobs are available. He says the companies are interested in having more modern hiring practices.
Through Assured Labor, companies will list open positions on the Internet. People who think they could do the job could reply by text message or on their cell phones.
This is how the system works in Boston:
The jobs available include house cleaning, dog walking and home repair. People who want their house cleaned, for example, can look online at a list of twenty housekeepers. The list tells what services they offer and how much they want to be paid. People need two letters praising their work to get on the list of service providers.
The employer chooses workers they would like to hire. The company then sends the workers a text or e-mail message so they can respond quickly to an offer.
After a job is completed, the employer and employee rate each other. The rating is kept for future use. Assured Labor is not charging anyone right now, but the plan is to have employers pay for the service.
1．Assured Labour is founded by .
A．David Reich B．five young people in Massachusetts
C．an unknown expert D．three graduate students from MIT
2．What kinds of jobs does Assured Labor offer?
A．Temporary jobs. B．Permanent jobs.
C．Free jobs. D．Both A and B.
3．Which is NOT one of the means for Assured Labor to advertise jobs available?
A．Radio B．Newspapers
C．TV programmers D．Cars with loudspeakers
4．Which of the following is the proper procedure to seek a job through Assured Labor?
a. People can look online at a list of jobs.
b. Companies will list open positions on the Internet.
c. The company sends the workers a text or e-mail message.
d. The workers can respond to an offer.
e. The employer chooses workers they would like to hire.
A．acdbe B．baecd C．bcdae D．abdea
5．What can be inferred from the passage?
A．The present hiring practices need to be improved.
B．Employers don’t need to pay Assured Labour.
C．Universities also join Assured Labor for financial help.
D．Assured Labor only offers household jobs.
6．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．An Electronic Marketplace
B．Mobile Phones and Markets
C．Getting Into Job Market by Mobile Phone
D．Job Seekers and Markets