Question

【題目】 In the future, people will work fewer hours a week than today, right?【1】Too much work takes up a most all of their time. They are busy and feel very tired. Many people are asking,“When will I get some free time?”

【2】One reason is the increase in the cost of living. In order to support a family today，many people have to work longer hours or work at a second job.【3】She works in New Jersey as a social worker from 8:30a.m.until 12:30p.m. In the late afternoon and in the evenings， she sees private customers. On the weekends, she works as caterer(宴會承辦者) . It costs so much to support her family, she says, that working less is not impossible.

But there is a second reason for peoples overwork. 【4】Employees feel that they have no choice. If they don't agree to work overtime, they are afraid that they will he fired by their companies. Changes in technology make it easier for people to be working all the time.With faxes， cellphones, and e-mail, people can work even when they are on holiday.

【5】If things continue this way into the future, we may never get to leave the office, at least not for long. Or people may begin to say, “This is enough. I need my relaxing time.”

A.Take the example of Lily P.

B.Most of people's work will be replaced by the robots.

C.People working longer hours will be much better paid.

D.More people are working long hours for two reasons.

E.Where will technology and the demands of the workweek take us?

F.Today, many companies are trying to do more work with fewer workers.

G.Actually, more people nowadays are working 10 to12 hours a day, six days a week than ever before.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】D

【3】A

【4】F

【5】E

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了如今越來越多的人工作時間過長這一現象并分析了原因。

【1】空前提到了將來人們每周的工作時間會比今天少，空后又說太多的工作占據了他們大部分的時間，這說明現在人們每周工作的時間很長，故G項（事實上，現在越來越多的人每天工作10到12小時，每周工作6天）符合語境。

【2】上文提到了人們工作時間長的問題，再根據空后的“One reason”及下一段第一句“But there is a second reason for peoples overwork.”可知，此處是說人們工作時間長有兩個原因，故D項（越來越多的人長時間工作主要有兩個原因）符合語境。

【3】空后說她從早上8:30到中午12:30做社工，下午和晚上，她為私人顧客服務，周末她還要承辦宴會，空后的“She”表明此處會以一位女性為例對空前所說的“為了養(yǎng)家糊口，許多人不得不延長工作時間或從事第二份工作”進行舉例說明，故A項（以莉莉為例）符合語境。

【4】空后說員工們覺得他們別無選擇，如果他們不同意加班，他們擔心自己會被公司解雇，這說明公司強制要求員工加班干更多的活，也就是說公司想用更少的人做更多的工作，故F項（如今，許多公司都試圖用更少的員工做更多的工作）符合語境。

【5】上一段最后兩句說技術的發(fā)展使人們更容易一直工作，有了傳真、手機和電子郵件，人們甚至在度假時也能工作，空后又說如果這種情況持續(xù)下去，我們可能永遠都無法離開工作，至少不會太久，因此此處應該是說技術的發(fā)展和常規(guī)工作（辦公室或車間工作）會如何影響我們，故E項（技術和工作周的需求會把我們帶到哪里?）符合語境。