Question

根据下列短文内容，用下列动词的适当的形式填空。

(Be,   relax,   mean,   pay,   get,   lose,   get,   make,   use,   work)
     Many people say that they    1    (work) too many hours. They don't have free time with their families.
They can't take care of things at home. They don't have time    2    .
     Work hours are different 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    3    a Japanese worker works
513 more hours a year than a French worker. That is about 12 weekends of extra (额外的) work!
      Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want    4    more
money, but many companies    5    for extra work. The people in these companies work extra hours because
they think it's their duty. Some people are afraid they    6    their job if they don't work extra hours.
      Many people say that their vacations are too short .In France, people    7    five weeks of paid vacation.
In Germany, they get about four weeks. In the United States, two weeks of vacation    8    the average (平均). And many people don't use all of their vacation days. In one survey, in England, fewer than half of workers
    9    all their vacation days .In English, people say , "all work and no play    10    Jack a dull boy ." That is
true, there are a lot of dull people in the world.
1.______ 2.______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______
6.______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______

Answer 1

1. are working   2. to relax   3. means   4. to get   5. don't pay
6. will lose   7. get   8. is   9. used   10. makes