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　　Almost half of French people believe it is acceptable for workers facing layoffs to lock up their bosses, according to an opinion poll published on Tuesday．

　　Staff at French plants run by Sony, 3M and Caterpillar have held managers inside the factories overnight, in three separate incidents, to demand better layoff terms – a new form of labor action called“bossnapping(老板劫持)”by the media．

　　A poll by the CSA institute for Le Parisien newspaper found 50 percent of French people surveyed disapproved of such acts, but 45 percent thought they were acceptable．“They are not in the majority…．but 45 percent is an enormous percentage and it demonstrates the extent of exasperation among the public at this time of economic crisis,”Le Parisien said．

　　On March 31, billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault was trapped in a taxi in Paris for an hour by staff from his PPR luxury and retail group who were filled with anger about layoffs．Riot police had to be called in to intervene to free him．

　　Le Parisien found that 56 percent of blue-collar workers polled approved of bossnappings while 41 percent disapproved．Among white-collar workers, 59 percent were against the practice while 40 percent thought it was acceptable．“These hostage(人质)takings, we know how it starts but no one knows how far it can go,”said Xavier Bertrand, a former labor minister now secretary-general of the ruling UMP party．“Our country must avoid entering a wave of violence,”he said in reaction to the opinion poll．Some high-ranking government official also expressed the view that bossnappings cannot be tolerated．

1．Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word“exasperation”．

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2．According to this passage, why did the staff of related factories or companies lock up their bosses?(回答词数不超过9个)

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3．What do the majority of the blue-workers think of bossnappings?(回答词数不超过4个)

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4．What is Xavier Bertrand’s attitude towards bossnappings?(回答词数不超过4个)

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5．What is the main idea of the passage?(回答词数不超过10个)

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Answer 1

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解析：

1．Anger 　　2．Because they wanted to demand better layoffterms．/Because they were angry about layoffs． 　　3．They approved of them． 　　4．He disapproves of them． 　　5．Almost half of French approve of locking up bosses．