首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、Change their jobs. B、Earn more money. C、Reduce their working hours. D、Strengthen the government’s role. C
A、Change their jobs. B、Earn more money. C、Reduce their working hours. D、Strengthen the government’s role. C
admin
2021-08-20
52
问题
Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War Ⅱ. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. Today, it exceeds every country but Japan where industrial employees load 2 155 hours a year compared with 1951 in the US and 1603 in the former West Germany.
Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The workweek has remained at above 40 hours. But people are working more weeks each year. Specifically pay-time-off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrank by 50% in the 1980s. As corporations have experienced stiff competition and slower growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduced the professional and managerial ranks, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations where wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job.
For the first time, large numbers of people say they want to cut back on working hours even if it means earning less money. But most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.
12. In which country do industrial employees work the longest hours?
13. How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?
14. Why do corporations press their employees to work longer hours according to the speaker?
15. What does the speaker say many Americans prefer to do?
选项
A、Change their jobs.
B、Earn more money.
C、Reduce their working hours.
D、Strengthen the government’s role.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/guD7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Theyenableyoutoaddpeopleyouknowasfriends.B、Theyofferyouaplacetobuildupyouraccountandprofile.C、Theymake
A、Itwasthefirstgraduateschooleverfounded.B、Itdidnotacceptundergraduatestudents.C、Peopleinitwereinfavorofthe
LessNews,MuchBetterA)Inthepastfewdecades,thefortunateamongushaverecognizedthehazardsoflivingwithanoverabund
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaycommentingonthesaying"Wealthisnothingwithouthealth."Youca
Itmaycomeasasurprisetomanyanexhaustedmotherorfather—butthinkingaboutyourchildrencouldimproveyourmemory,ast
不断壮大的中国农民工(migrantworkers)群体正成为一个有实力的消费者群体。这一转变将推动中国的经济演变。2012年,蓝领劳动力(bluecollar)由过剩转为短缺。这使得农民工的收入增长速度超过了其他任何重要的消费者群体。随着收入的增长,
A、Whetherthesecuritycheckswerereallynecessary.B、Howtocopewiththehugecrowdsofvisitorstothemunicipalbuilding.C
A、Theyarequitesusceptibletosuicide.B、Theyimprovepeople’squalityoflife.C、Theysufferagreatdealfromillhealth.D、
A、TheycompletetheirlanguageandculturetraininginGermany.B、Theywillgothroughatwo-yearoccupationaltrainingprogram.
随机试题
Therearemomentsinlifewhenyou_______【C1】someonesomuchthatyoujustwanttopickthemfromyourdreamsandhugthemfor
根据消费者能够接受的最终销售价格来推算产品的批发价和零售价的定价方法是()
从母公司的角度看,国际企业内部的资金来源渠道主要有【】
肺动脉起源于
《行政处罚法》规定,执法人员可以当场收缴罚款,但要符合规定,下面哪些事项属于此范围?
净化空调系统综合效能试验测定与调整的项目,由建设单位根据()等要求进行综合衡量确定。
工程项目质量控制,包括在( )等各阶段。
3年前爷爷的年龄是小明年龄的4倍,5年后爷爷的年龄是小明年龄的3倍,求爷爷今年的年龄是多少岁?()
人的价值就是指个人的价值。()
正义不应缺席,也不应迟到,迟到的正义是有瑕疵的正义,这句话反映了法治思维的()
最新回复
(
0
)