Question

【題目】Many people say that they are working too ____1____ hours. They don't have free time with their families. They can't take care ____2____ things at home. They don't have time to relax.

Work hours are ______3______from one country to another. In France , people spend about 1646 hours a year at work. In Japanese, however, people work about 2159 hours a year .That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year _____4_____a French worker. That is about 12 weekends of extra(額外的) work!

_____5_____ do people work so many hours ?Some people work extra hours because they want to get more money , but many companies don’t pay ____6____ extra work .The people in these companies work extra hours because they think it's their duty .Some people are afraid they will ______7______their job if they don’t work extra hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short .In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation. In Germany ,they get about four weeks. In the United States, two weeks of ______8______is the average(平均). And many people don't ______9______ all of their vacation days .In one survey, in England ,fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days .In English ,people say ,"all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ."That is true, there are a lot of _____10_____ people in the world.

Answer 1

【答案】many

of

different

than

Why

for

lose

vacation

use

dull

【解析】試題分析：短文談?wù)摰氖枪と说墓ぷ鲿r(shí)間問題。開頭先尖銳地指出工作時(shí)間太多的問題，隨后對(duì)法國(guó)和日本的工作時(shí)間進(jìn)行對(duì)比，印證各國(guó)的工作時(shí)間不同，然后求證工作時(shí)間太多的原因，是因?yàn)樵S多工人害怕失業(yè)，最后對(duì)超時(shí)工作的人提出了批評(píng)。

【1】句意：很多人說他們工作時(shí)間太多了。hours復(fù)數(shù)名詞，前面可加表數(shù)量的形容詞；too太，副詞，后接形容詞修飾名詞。根據(jù)句意，可知填many。

【2】句意：他們不能照顧家里的事情。take care of照顧，照料，后接名詞，固定短語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意，可知填of。

【3】句意：從一個(gè)國(guó)家到另一個(gè)國(guó)家工作時(shí)間是不同的。from one to another. 從一個(gè)到另一個(gè)。根據(jù)下文法國(guó)和日本的工作時(shí)間對(duì)比，可知每個(gè)國(guó)家的工作時(shí)間不一樣，故填different。

【4】句意：這意味著一個(gè)日本工人比一個(gè)法國(guó)工人每年多工作513個(gè)小時(shí)。根據(jù)句意，這里是對(duì)兩個(gè)國(guó)家進(jìn)行了比較。more…than比……多。根據(jù)句意，故填than。

【5】句意：為什么人們工作這么多小時(shí)？根據(jù)下個(gè)句子Some people work extra hours because they want to get more money.給出了原因，可知上一句問的是為什么。故填Why。

【6】句意：但是許多公司不支付額外的工作量。pay for sth.為……付錢，固定短語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意和語(yǔ)境，可知填for。

【7】句意：有些人擔(dān)心如果他們不加班，他們就會(huì)失業(yè)。lose job失業(yè)。根據(jù)句意和語(yǔ)境，可知填lose。

【8】句意：在美國(guó)，有平均兩周的假期。根據(jù)下一句And many people don't use all of their vacation days .，可知填vacation

【9】句意：而且許多人不實(shí)際使用他們所有的假期。根據(jù)句意和語(yǔ)境，可知填use。

【10】句意：世界上有很多無趣的人。dull遲鈍的。根據(jù)上一句all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.可知填dull。