Question

These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers” for the simple reason that they wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a（an） for the Ellesmere Corporation.

When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his . Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found job. He will soon be working in an office. He will earn much less than he used to, but he feels that his rise in is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs' 'Alf'.

1.A. eventuallyB. occasionallyC. usuallyD. apparently

2.A. excitedB. willingC. interested D. lucky

3.A. officialB. managerC. salesmanD. dustman

4.A. hopefullyB. probablyC. simply D. politely

5.A. woreB. put C. triedD. dressed

6.A. tookB. spentC. costD. wasted

7.A. mistakeB. secretC. memoryD. reputation

8.A. anotherB. oneC. the otherD. other

9.A. statusB. look C. direction D. statue

10.A. in spite ofB. regardless ofC. instead ofD. in case of

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.C

【解析】

試題分析：現(xiàn)在，從事體力勞動(dòng)的人常常比坐辦公室的人掙更多的錢(qián)。這些在辦公室工作的人常被稱(chēng)為“白領(lǐng)”。許多人愿意用豐厚的工資來(lái)?yè)Q取白領(lǐng)的特殊待遇，這就是人性。

1.People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers”在辦公室工作的人常被稱(chēng)為“白領(lǐng)”，是因?yàn)樗麄兺ǔ４┮r衫打領(lǐng)帶，故選C。

2.

3.as a dustman”可知，Alf是一名清潔工，故選D。

4.Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job可知，Alf沒(méi)有告訴妻子自己工作的事情，僅僅告訴她自己是這個(gè)公司的一名員工，故選C。

5. in a smart black suit穿著一套黑色西裝，be dressed in穿著......，故選D。

6. the next eight hours as a dustman，Alf以清潔工的身份度過(guò)接下來(lái)的八個(gè)小時(shí)，主語(yǔ)是人時(shí)，用spend，故選B。

7.Alf's wife has never discovered可知，Alf的同事替他保守著這個(gè)秘密，keep one’s secret替某人保守秘密，故選B。

8.for Alf has just found job，Alf剛找到一份新工作，故選A。

9.but he feels that his rise in is well worth the loss of money他認(rèn)為金錢(qián)的喪失換來(lái)地位的上升是值得的，故選A。

10.others will call him “Mr. Bloggs” “Alf”他人將會(huì)稱(chēng)呼他“Mr. Bloggs”而不是“Alf”故選C。

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