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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.
【C4】
选项 A、exceeds
B、outnumbers
C、overtakes
D、outstrips
答案D
解析 语义衔接题。本句是在拿美国工人的工作时间和别的工业国家工人的工作时间做比较。所给的四个选项都有“超过”的意思。[A]exceeds是指“在某一具体的数字或数量上超过”，或者是指“超出…的界限”；[B]outnumbers很明显是在“数目”上超出；[C]overtakes多指“超过人或车辆的速度”，或者“在数目或重要性上超过”；而[D]outstrips则具有比较的意思，指“在数量、重要性上胜过对手，比对手变得更快、更好、更重要”。相比而言，outstrips更能衔接文意。所以本题答案为[D]。
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