In prison you spend the majority of your time in an 8*10 cell.At work you spend most of your time in a 6*8 cubicle (小房间).In prison you get three meals a day.At work you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it.In prison you get time off for good behavior.At work you get rewarded for good behavior with more work.

In prison a guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.At work you carry around a security card and unlock and open all doors yourself.In prison you can watch TV and play games.At work you get fired for watching TV and playing games (or being on the Internet).In prison you get your own toilet.At work you have to share.In prison they allow your family and friends to visit.At work you cannot even speak to your family and friends.

In prison all expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required.At work you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.In prison you spend most of your life looking through bars (铁条), waiting to get out.At work you spend most of your time waiting to get out and inside bars.In prison there are wardens who are often sadistic(虐待成性的).At work they are called managers.

1.The author makes a contrast between a prisoner’s and an office worker’s lives in order to show that ____________.

  A.the former is more comfortable than the latter

  B.compared with prisoners, office workers have been badly treated

  C.it is unfair that a worker lives more miserably than a prisoner

  D.working in an office can be more restricting than being in prison

2.According to the passage, if an employee has performed well in the company, he will probably ____________.

  A.get a promotion            B.be given a pay rise

  C.receive a reward             D.have a heavier load

3.By saying “At work you spend most of your time wanting to get out and inside bars”, the author means that __________.

  A.an office worker always wants to leave his job and be put in prison

  B.an office worker always wants to leave his cubicle and be put in prison

  C.an office worker always wishes to have a drink at work

  D.an office worker always wishes to end a day’s work and go for a drink

4.Which of the following words can best describe a manager’s image in the author’s mind?

  A.Cruel.    B.Strict.      C.Kind.     D.Serious

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