Manypeoplesaythattheyareworkingtoomanyhours.Theydon’thaveenoughtimetorelaxortostaywiththeirfamily.

Manypeoplesaythattheyareworkingtoomanyhours.Theydon’thaveenoughtimetorelaxortostaywiththeirfamily.

Workhoursaredifferentfromonecountrytoanother.InFrance,peoplespendabout1,646hoursayearatwork.InJapan,however,peopleworkabout2,159hoursayear.ThatmeansaJapaneseworkerworks513morehoursayearthanaFrenchworker.

Whydopeopleworksomanyhours?Somepeopleworkextrahoursbecausetheywanttomakemoremoney.However,manycompaniesdon’tpayovertime.Theirworkersdon’tgetmoremoneyformorework.Somepeoplethinkit’stheirdutytoworkmorehours.Someareafraidoflosingtheirjobsiftheydon’tworkmorehours.

Manypeoplesaythattheirvacationsaretooshort.InFrance,peoplegetfiveweeksofpaidvacationayear.InGermany,theygetfourtosixweeks,andintheUnitedStates,twoweeks.Onestudyshowsfewerthanhalfofworkersusedalltheirvacationdays.InGreatBritain,thereisasaying,“AllworkandnoplaymakesJackadull(迟钝的)boy.”Ifthatistrue,theremustbealotofdullpeopleintheworld.

【1】 AJapaneseworkerworks morehoursayearthanaFrenchone.

A.513 B.1,646 C.2,519 D.3,805

【2】 Theunderlinedword“extra”inParagraph3means“ ”.

A.正常的 B.额外的 C.有用的 D.少量的

【3】 WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.Nocompaniesoffervacationtotheirworkers.

B.Manypeoplesaytheyhaveenoughtimetorelax.

C.Notallcompaniespaytheirworkersformorework.

D.Morethanhalfofworkersusealltheirvacationdays.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

这篇短文主要谈到了各国的工人的工作时间问题，从中我们可以知道各国工人的工作时间很不一样，工作目的也不尽相同。

【1】A计算分析题。根据第二段InFrance,peoplespendabout1,646hoursayearatwork.InJapan,however,peopleworkabout2,159hoursayear.描述,计算可知2159-1646=513,故选A.

【2】 B词义猜测题。联系下文becausetheywanttomakemoremoney.可知此处指的是额外的工作，故选B.

【3】 C细节理解题。根据短文第三段However,manycompaniesdon'tpayovertime.Theirworkersdon'tgetmorepayformorework.描述，可知选C.