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Somebody ought to defend the workaholic. These people are unjustly accused, abused, and defamed,often termed sick or morbid (病态的

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问题     Somebody ought to defend the workaholic. These people are unjustly accused, abused, and defamed,often termed sick or morbid (病态的).
    One third of American business and commerce is carried on the shoulders of workaholics. The ratio might exist in art and science too. Workaholics are achievers. There is a national conspiracy against excellence undue admiration of commonness and mediocrity (平庸). It is as though we are against those who make uncommon sacrifices because they enjoy doing something.
Some popular psychologists say that the workaholic has an inferiority complex which leads to overcompensation. This is certainly not the case. Inferiority, or low esteem, describes laziness more accurately than it describes dedication.
    We do not seem to realize that very little excellence is achieved by living a well-balanced life. Edison, Ford, Einstein, Freud all had single-minded devotion to work whereby they sacrificed many things, including family and friendship. The accusation is made that workaholics bear guilt by not being good parents or spouses. But guilt can exist in the balanced life also. Consider how many "normal" people find, at middle age, that they have never done anything well they are going to settle for less than what they could have become.
According to the author, one can hardly achieve excellence unless one______ . (  )
选项 A、lives an abnormal life
B、sacrifices friendship and family
C、had total devotion to work
D、ignores popular opinions
答案C
解析 细节题。“根据作者观点，一个人除非怎么样才能达到优秀?”C选项“完全投入工作”，是正确答案。文中第四段提到Edison，Ford，Einstein，Freud all had single—minded devotion to work；A选项“过着不正常的生活”；B选项“牺牲友谊和家庭”；D选项“忽略流行的观念”。
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