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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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2012-06-02
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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.
【C13】
选项
A、minimized
B、reduced
C、lessened
D、relieved
答案
B
解析
语义衔接题。这里指减少了专业人员和管理阶层的数量。[A]minimize指“努力使损失或风险(loss/risk)等尽可能地减少”;[B]reduce“在范围、数量上或程度上减少”;[C] lessen表示“数量(distance/chance)或程度(influence/suffering/pressure)的减少”;[D]relieve表示“减轻(症状),缓和(局面)”等。很显然,[B]更能与文意衔接。本题答案为[B]。
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