Question

Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family

Work hours is different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1，646 hours a year on work. In Japan，however, people work about 2，159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.

Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work hours. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of the workers use all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull(遲鈍的)boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

1.The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means .

A. 正常的 B. 額外的 C. 有用的 D. 少量的

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. No companies offer vacations to their workers.

B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.

C. Not all companies pay their workers for more work.

D. More than half of the workers use all their vacation days.

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Many workers have to work long hours.

B. Many people have vacations long enough.

C. Work hours is the same around the world.

D. There are a lot of dull people in the world.

1.B 2.C 3.A 【解析】本文介紹了不同國家每年工作的時間不一樣。有些人加班工作是為了多賺錢，但是有些人加班工作并沒有多賺錢。他們擔心如果不加班工作，就會失去工作。 1.B 詞義猜測題。根據However, many companies don't pay overtime.可知此處表示工作的時間更多，因此表示額外的時間，故選B。 2.C 推理判斷題...

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