题目内容
6.Garlos Slim's proposal that we work a three-day week sounds crazy.But many,in 1922,thought Henry Ford was crazy when he announced that his staff would work a five-day week.Our working week seems normal to us because it is what we all always do.
He certainly could be for those who are not ready to retire and whom he was most concerned about when he made his statement about a three-day week at a business conference in Paraguay.As Slim said,it no longer made sense for people to stop working in their fifties or sixties when they might still have up to a third of their lives ahead of them.
"People are going to have to work for more years,until they are 70or 75,and just work three days a week-perhaps 11hours a day,"he said.
Keeping older employees at work makes sense for societies,especially those with a decreasing number of young people who are expected to support long-lived pensioners.
He appeared to be suggesting that these short-week workers earned the same as they did full-time.That is what happens at Telmex,his Mexican telecommunications company,where those qualified for retirement can choose to work four-day weeks on full pay.
Older workers elsewhere might prefer shorter weeks at reduced pay---eight or nine hours a day rather than 11.Their companies might benefit from keeping their experience while saving money on their salaries.What about everyone else?There are those who are unemployed,or in jobs at risk,and who would be delighted to have three secure,well-paid days of work a week.
Others in hospitals,supermarkets and petrol stations have to work at night,as well as on the weekend that Ford made rest time for his employees.
But a shorter week would work for many others if their companies agree to it.
I have managed about a dozen working parents working three or four days a week.They have,in almost all cases,been more productive and industrious than their colleagues working five days a week.They were generally more focused and better-organised.
Shorter weeks don't work in every job,but they work in more jobs than most tradition-bound managers think.People living longer,in better health,are changing working life too.Slim's idea is in tune with times.
28.What is the best title for this passage?B
A.The three-day work per week isn't a great idea.
B.The three-day work per week is a great idea.
C.The five-day work per week isn't a great idea.
D.The five-day work per week is a great idea.
29.Why does Slim think it unwise for people in their fifties or sixties to retire?D
A.The people in their fifties or sixties have much experience.
B.They have many children and old parents to support.
C.They have much interest in their former work.
D.They have longer life to live in their future.
30.Why is it reasonable for the older people to continue working?A
A.It can reduce the young's pressure to support their old parents.
B.It can make the older people live a longer life.
C.It can make the older people feel less dull.
D.It can make the older people live happier.
31.What can we infer from the passage?C
A.Older workers elsewhere specially prefer shorter weeks at reduced pay.
B.Only a company values old workers'working experience by reducing their salaries.
C.Slim encourages his retired employees to continue working.
D.All companies like their employees to work three days per week.
分析 本文主要讲述了Garlos Slim提出的每周3天工作日的想法是非常好的一个提议.工作时短可以让人们更多的关注健康,更多的关注生活.
解答 28.B 主旨题.根据文章内容,主要讲述了Garlos Slim提出的每周3天工作日的想法是非常好的一个提议.虽然现在没有得到实施,但是那再未来完全是有可能的.结合选项,故选B
29.D 细节题.根据文章内容,As Slim said,it no longer made sense for people to stop working in their fifties or sixties when they might still have up to a third of their lives ahead of them.由此可知,Slim说对于人们在50岁或者60岁的时候就不工作时不明智的,因为他们生命还有很长,结合选项,故选D
30.A 细节题.根据文章内容,Keeping older employees at work makes sense for societies,especially those with a decreasing number of young people who are expected to support long-lived pensioners年长者的继续工作,对社会也是一种贡献,尤其可以减轻现在很多年轻人的赡养压力,结合选项,故选A
31.C 推理题.根据文章内容,Garlos Slim提出的每周3天工作日的想法是非常好的一个提议,他的言论里还提到老人也该继续上班,那样的话,对自己和子女都是好的,结合选项,故选C
点评 本文是人生感悟类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据
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