Question

【题目】Many people say that they are working too ____1____ hours. They don't have free time with their families. They can't take care ____2____ things at home. They don't have time to relax.

Work hours are ______3______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 means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year _____4_____a French worker. That is about 12 weekends of extra(额外的) work!

_____5_____ do people work so many hours ?Some people work extra hours because they want to get more money , but many companies don’t pay ____6____ extra work .The people in these companies work extra hours because they think it's their duty .Some people are afraid they will ______7______their job if they don’t work extra hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short .In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation. In Germany ,they get about four weeks. In the United States, two weeks of ______8______is the average(平均). And many people don't ______9______ all of their vacation days .In one survey, in England ,fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days .In English ,people say ,"all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ."That is true, there are a lot of _____10_____ people in the world.

Answer 1

【答案】many

of

different

than

Why

for

lose

vacation

use

dull

【解析】试题分析：短文谈论的是工人的工作时间问题。开头先尖锐地指出工作时间太多的问题，随后对法国和日本的工作时间进行对比，印证各国的工作时间不同，然后求证工作时间太多的原因，是因为许多工人害怕失业，最后对超时工作的人提出了批评。

【1】句意：很多人说他们工作时间太多了。hours复数名词，前面可加表数量的形容词；too太，副词，后接形容词修饰名词。根据句意，可知填many。

【2】句意：他们不能照顾家里的事情。take care of照顾，照料，后接名词，固定短语。根据句意，可知填of。

【3】句意：从一个国家到另一个国家工作时间是不同的。from one to another. 从一个到另一个。根据下文法国和日本的工作时间对比，可知每个国家的工作时间不一样，故填different。

【4】句意：这意味着一个日本工人比一个法国工人每年多工作513个小时。根据句意，这里是对两个国家进行了比较。more…than比……多。根据句意，故填than。

【5】句意：为什么人们工作这么多小时？根据下个句子Some people work extra hours because they want to get more money.给出了原因，可知上一句问的是为什么。故填Why。

【6】句意：但是许多公司不支付额外的工作量。pay for sth.为……付钱，固定短语。根据句意和语境，可知填for。

【7】句意：有些人担心如果他们不加班，他们就会失业。lose job失业。根据句意和语境，可知填lose。

【8】句意：在美国，有平均两周的假期。根据下一句And many people don't use all of their vacation days .，可知填vacation

【9】句意：而且许多人不实际使用他们所有的假期。根据句意和语境，可知填use。

【10】句意：世界上有很多无趣的人。dull迟钝的。根据上一句all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.可知填dull。