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Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues that, no, business travel isn’t as fun and glamorous

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问题     Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues that, no, business travel isn’t as fun and glamorous as it seems. Finally, there could be proof to back this up. Researchers at the University of Surrey, in Britain, and Linnaeus University, in Sweden, have published a new study highlighting what they call "a darker side of hypermobility. " The researchers warn, "whilst aspects of glamorisation in regard to mobility are omnipresent in our lives, there exists a worrying silence with regard to its darker side.
    The study, which synthesises existing research on the effects of frequent travel, finds three types of consequence: physiological, psychological and emotional, and social. The physiological ones are the most obvious. Jet lag is the suffering travellers know best, although they may not anticipate some of its more terrible, if rarer, potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there’s the danger of exposure to germs and radiation -people who fly more than 85,000 miles a year exceed the regulatory limit for exposure to radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than people who stay in place.
    The psychological and emotional toll of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience "travel disorientation" from changing places and time zones so often. They also suffer mounting stress, given that "time spent travelling will rarely be offset through a reduced workload, and that there may be anxieties associated with work continuing to accumulate whilst away. " Due to the absence from family and friends, "hypermobility is frequently an isolating and lonely experience," the authors write. The accumulated impact can be substantial.
    Finally, there are the social effects. Marriages suffer from the time apart, as does children’s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more unequal, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more domestic duties. There’s a gender disparity here, since most business travellers are men. Friendships also fray, as business travellers often " sacrifice local collective activities and instead prioritise their immediate families when returning from trips. "
    Of course, these impacts are comforted by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a segment of the population that is already doing rather well. The "mobile elite" tend to have higher incomes and access to better health care than the population at large.
    These may be problems of the very few people, though, they’re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances’ Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concern as well.
What to some extent has relieved the impacts of hypermobility according to the text?
选项 A、Hypermobility mostly happens to a small part of outstanding people.
B、Frequent travellers tend to have a better sense of how to enjoy life.
C、Most people can understand the difficulties facing business travellers.
D、Most business travellers are males.
答案A
解析 本题是细节题。根据题干中的关键词relieved the impacts定位至倒数第二段。该段首句指出，由于这些影响的主要对象只是小部分已经非常成功的人士，因而其影响力有所减弱。可知，在某种程度上过度旅行的影响减弱的原因是“过度旅行主要集中于一小部分杰出人士的身上”。故答案选A。B项“频繁旅行者往往更懂得如何享受生活”在文中并未提及，故排除；C项“大多数人能理解商务旅行者的艰辛”由文章首段和末段内容可知，大多数人并不理解商务旅行者所面临的艰辛，故排除；D项“大多数商务旅行者是男性”与过度旅行影响减弱无关，故排除。
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