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、By doing odd jobs at weekends. B、By working long hours every day. C、By putting in more hours each week. D、By taking shorter va
A、By doing odd jobs at weekends. B、By working long hours every day. C、By putting in more hours each week. D、By taking shorter va
admin
2013-06-02
41
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 that 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 industrialized employees load 2155 hours a year compared with 1951 in the US and 1603 in the former West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans add an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The workweek has remained 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 (艰难的, 严酷的) competitions and slow in growth of productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1980s reduce the professional and managerial runs, 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(削减,减少) on working hours even 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.
选项
A、By doing odd jobs at weekends.
B、By working long hours every day.
C、By putting in more hours each week.
D、By taking shorter vacations each year.
答案
D
解析
How do employed Americans manage to work more hours?
四个选项均为by引导的介词短语,由此可以推断本题考查做某事的方式。文章提到美国人每周的工作时间不变,但工作时间总数提高了,所以是增加了工作周数,也就是假期减少了,故本题选择D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/C767777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Inastudio.B、Inastore.C、Atthefashionshow.D、Atthepark.AWheredoesthistalkmostprobablytakeplace?四个选项都是关于地点,由此
A、BysettingupjointventureswithpartnersinAsia.B、Byopeningupwholesalechain-storesinJapan.C、Bydistributingitspr
A、PeopleknowalmostnothingaboutShakespeare’searlylife.B、ShakespearewasalreadywellknownbeforehewenttoLondon.C、Pe
A、Someofthemarefrightening.B、Theyeathumanbeingswhendisturbed.C、Theyattackhumanbeingswithoutirritation.D、Someof
Lilyalwaystellsmefirstnomatterwhathappens.I’mgladthat______(他总把我当成最亲密的朋友)
A、Studyingmicrobiologyforayear.B、Teachingbiology.C、Takinganap.D、Takingadifferentcourse.D
Americansthisyearwillswallow15,000tonsofaspirin(阿司匹林),oneofsafestandmosteffectivedrugsinventedbyman.Themost
A、Russianhasanobligatoryforgender.B、Russianhasfewergrammarrules.C、Russianhasdifferentsentencestructures.D、Russia
Amillionmotoristsleavetheircarsfilledupwithpetrolandwiththekeysintheignitioneveryday.Thecarsaresittingin
A、Itwouldmakeleisureactivitiesexpensive.B、Itwouldcreatemuchmorefreetime.C、Itwouldmaketheworkdaylonger.D、Itwo
随机试题
一般大中型光缆通信工程的建设程序()。
触电对人身有较大的危害,其中电伤比电击对人体的危害更大。()
下列方剂中,组成药物不含干姜的是
骨骼肌兴奋一收缩耦联不包括
局限工E期鼻腔和鼻型NK/T细胞淋巴瘤治疗原则
视网膜静脉周围炎可能出现()
甲乙丙三人拟成立一家小规模商贸有限责任公司,注册资本为八万元,甲以一辆面包车出资,乙以货币出资,丙以实用新型专利出资。对此,下列哪一表述是正确的?()
甲取得了县房产局颁发的扩大原地基和建筑面积的建房许可证,阻碍了邻居乙的正常通行,乙与甲协商未果,向市房产局提起行政复议。下列说法正确的有()。
下列不平等条约中,规定允许外国人在中国办工厂的是()。
结合材料回答问题:材料1网络谣言等网络乱象,已成为社会“毒瘤”,法律威慑必不可少。公安机关及时亮剑,果断出击,集中开展整治网络谣言专项行动,严惩“网络大谣”,是顺应民心之举。同时,相关司法解释也在紧锣密鼓制定中,相信随着法律的完善、打击
最新回复
(
0
)