Passage One
As more and more people lose their jobs, now is perhaps the time to consider the experience of unemployment. [26]What are the first feelings? Well, losing a job, or not being able to find one, almost always brings unwelcome changes. [26]As well as the loss of income, many people find the whole routine of their life is shattered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed.
At first there may be good feelings too-a new and better job is just around the corner-it's nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning or spend more time with the children; have more time to think. [27]But, unless a better job does turn up, the chances are the days start getting longer and time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating. They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely.
[28]Despite all these problems though, unemployment can be a chance for a fresh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to sort out or rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use the time to plan how to find a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies or see if you can run your own business.

答案解析：
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What are the first feelings when one is jobless?
[A]解析：短文說：失去工作幾乎總是會帶來一些令人不快的變化。收入減少之外，許多人還發現整個生活常規全打亂了，與別人的接觸減少，雄心受挫，還失去了工作者的身份。A正確。四個陳述句選項，各自的主語都不相同，選項的主要詞匯也沒有什么關聯。由此可以推測的是，本題應該問細節而非主旨（主旨題各選項中的詞語總會相互關聯）。可以“聽到什么選什么”。短文中的設問句What are the first feelings?之后出現了A中的原詞，也屬于在語義強調之處出題。
27. What do the unemployed feel before finding a new job?
[A]解析：短文中說到：但是如果不能找到一個更好的工作的話，日子可能會變得漫長，時間也變得更難以打發。由此選A。A、B、C三個選項說“時間”，D說“業余愛好”。A、B語義矛盾，B、C其實語義一致（等價）。由選項自身可以初步判斷答案是A。But轉折處出題。
28. What does the speaker try to tell us?
[C]解析：短文在前兩個段落談到失業的不良影響后，在第三段說“失業也是一個新的開始的機會”，該如何利用失業重新開始，故答案是C。A、B內容矛盾，各執一詞，但太絕對化，故不能是答案。