Question

【題目】閱讀下面的短文, 從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項補全短文。選項中有一項為多余選項。

Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time with their families. They can't take care of things at home. They don't have time to relax.

【1】In France, people spend about 1, 646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2, 159 hours a year. That means a Japanese employee（員工）works 513 more hours a year than a French one. That is more than 12 weeks, or three months, of extra（額外的）work!

【2】Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money, However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their employees don't get extra pay for extra work. These people work extra hours because they think it's their duty. Some people are afraid they will lose their jobs if they don, t work extra hours.

【3】In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation. In Germany, they get from four to six weeks. In the United States, two weeks of vacation is the average（平均）. In one study in Great Britain, fewer than half of the workers ran out of all their vacation days.【4】If that is true, there will be a lot of dull（無聊的）people in the world.

A.And in English, people say, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

B.Work hours are different from one country to another.

C.Many people say that their vacations are too short.

D.Vocation is a time for people to relax themselves.

E.Why do people work so many hours?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要介紹了不同國家的加班問題，不同國家加班時間不一樣。還介紹了加班的原因以及假期太短的問題。

【1】根據下句In France, people spend about 1, 646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2, 159 hours a year.在法國，人們一年工作1646個小時。然而，在日本人們一年工作2159個小時可知，前句應是“工作時間因國而異”，故答案為B。

【2】根據下句Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money,和These people work extra hours because they think it's their duty.可知，加班原因一是為了獲得額外報酬，其次是為了完成職責，所以前句應是“人們?yōu)槭裁垂ぷ鬟@么長時間”，故答案為E。

【3】根據下句In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation. In Germany, they get from four to six weeks. In the United States, two weeks of vacation is the average（平均）.在法國，人們有五個星期的帶薪休假。在德國，他們休四到六周。在美國，平均休假兩周可知，是討論各國假期時長，所以前句應是“許多人說他們的假期太短”，故答案為C。

【4】根據下句If that is true, there will be a lot of dull（無聊的）people in the world.如果那是真的，世界上會有許多笨蛋可知，上句應是陳述一個人們的說法或做法，即：在英語中，人們說：“只工作不玩耍，聰明的孩子也變傻”符合語境，故答案為A。