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  3. Americans suffer from an overdose of work.【C1】______who they are or what they do, they spend【C2】______time at work than at any t

Americans suffer from an overdose of work.【C1】______who they are or what they do, they spend【C2】______time at work than at any t

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问题     Americans suffer from an overdose of work.【C1】______who they are or what they do, they spend【C2】______time at work than at any time since World War II . In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other【C3】______country. Today, it【C4】______every country but Japan, where industrial employees log 2,155 hours a year compared【C5】______1, 951 in the US and 1,603【C6】______West employees. Between 1969 and 1989, employed American【C7】______an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The work-week【C8】______at about 40 hours, but people are working more weeks each year. 【C9】______paid time off — holidays, vacations, sick leave —【C10】______15 percent in the 1990s.
    As corporations have【C11】______stiffer competition and slower growth in productivity, they would【C12】______employees to work longer. Cost-cutting layoffs in the 1980s【C13】______the professional and managerial ranks, leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower-paid occupations【C14】______wages have been reduced, workers have added hours【C15】______overtime or extra jobs to【C16】______their living standard. The government estimates that more than seven million people hold a second job.
    For the first time, large【C17】______of people say they want to cut【C18】______on working hours, even if it means earning less money. But most employers are【C19】______to let them do so. The government which has stepped back from its traditional【C20】______as a regulator of work time, should take steps to make shorter hours possible.
【C10】
选项 A、lessened to
B、shrank by
C、deduced
D、restrained in
答案B
解析 语义衔接题。本句顺承上文，继续证明工作时间的增加。不过，本句是从带薪假期、病假等方面来反面论证工作时间的增加。那么，只有假期的减少才能证明工作时间的增加。所给四个选项中，首先排除[C]deduced"推断"，其与文意无法衔接；[D]restrained in则表示“在…方面约束”，也可排除；[A]lessen一般指“重要性、风险、影响的减弱”；[B]shrank by则是指“在程度和数量上下降”，一般是“shrank by+数字”，表示下降的程度。相比之下，[B]更能衔接文意，也更符合习惯用法。所以本题答案为[B]。
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