Question

【题目】阅读下面的短文, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全短文。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time with their families. They can't take care of things at home. They don't have time to relax.

【1】In France, people spend about 1, 646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2, 159 hours a year. That means a Japanese employee（员工）works 513 more hours a year than a French one. That is more than 12 weeks, or three months, of extra（额外的）work!

【2】Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money, However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their employees don't get extra pay for extra work. These people work extra hours because they think it's their duty. Some people are afraid they will lose their jobs if they don, t work extra hours.

【3】In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation. In Germany, they get from four to six weeks. In the United States, two weeks of vacation is the average（平均）. In one study in Great Britain, fewer than half of the workers ran out of all their vacation days.【4】If that is true, there will be a lot of dull（无聊的）people in the world.

A.And in English, people say, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”

B.Work hours are different from one country to another.

C.Many people say that their vacations are too short.

D.Vocation is a time for people to relax themselves.

E.Why do people work so many hours?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要介绍了不同国家的加班问题，不同国家加班时间不一样。还介绍了加班的原因以及假期太短的问题。

【1】根据下句In France, people spend about 1, 646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2, 159 hours a year.在法国，人们一年工作1646个小时。然而，在日本人们一年工作2159个小时可知，前句应是“工作时间因国而异”，故答案为B。

【2】根据下句Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money,和These people work extra hours because they think it's their duty.可知，加班原因一是为了获得额外报酬，其次是为了完成职责，所以前句应是“人们为什么工作这么长时间”，故答案为E。

【3】根据下句In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation. In Germany, they get from four to six weeks. In the United States, two weeks of vacation is the average（平均）.在法国，人们有五个星期的带薪休假。在德国，他们休四到六周。在美国，平均休假两周可知，是讨论各国假期时长，所以前句应是“许多人说他们的假期太短”，故答案为C。

【4】根据下句If that is true, there will be a lot of dull（无聊的）people in the world.如果那是真的，世界上会有许多笨蛋可知，上句应是陈述一个人们的说法或做法，即：在英语中，人们说：“只工作不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻”符合语境，故答案为A。