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
In our society, work is identified with a job; it is done for an employer and for money; unpaid activities do not count as work.
In our society, work is identified with a job; it is done for an employer and for money; unpaid activities do not count as work.
admin
2013-04-15
40
问题
In our society, work is identified with a job; it is done for an employer and for money; unpaid activities do not count as work. For example, the work【C1】______by women and men in households is not【C2】______any economic value; yet this work equals, in monetary terms, two-thirds of the total【C3】______of wages and salaries paid by all the【C4】______in the United States. On the other hand,work in paid jobs is no longer【C5】______for many who want it. Being unemployed carries an ill【C6】______; people lose status and respect in their own and other’s eyes【C7】______they are unable to get work.
At the same time those who do have jobs very often have to【C8】______work in which they cannot take any pride, work that leaves them【C9】______alienated and dissatisfied. Workers have no【C10】______about the use to which their work is【C11】______, and cannot identify in any meaningful way【C12】______the production process. The modem industrial worker no longer feels responsible for his work【C13】______takes pride in it. The result is products that show less and less craft,【C14】______quality or taate. Thus work has become【C15】______degraded; from the worker’s point of view, its only purpose is to earn a【C16】______. This state of affairs is in sharp【C17】______to traditional societies in which ordinary women and men were engaged in a【C18】______variety of activities, all of them useful, skilled and【C19】______work. In our society most people are not satisfied with their work and hold an opinion that recreation is the main focus of their lives.【C20】______work has become opposed to leisure, and the latter is served by a huge industry featuring resource and energy-intensive gadgets—computer games,speedboats and snowmobiles and exhorting(劝告) people to ever more wasteful consumption.
【C17】
选项
A、opposition
B、difference
C、contrast
D、comparison
答案
C
解析
固定搭配。本句意为“现实与传统社会形成鲜明对照”,C)contrast与前面的in和后面的to构成固定短语,意为“与……形成对照”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xbB7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
ALookThatConveysaMessageTotouranassemblyplantinCanada,SergioMarchionne,thechiefexecutiveofChrysler,wore
Bynow,howtheimmunesystemisaffectedbystresshasbeenwell-documented.Inonestudy【C1】______newlywedcouples,forexampl
A、Theydon’tgetridofflabbyarms.B、Theycandamagearmmuscles.C、Theyaren’tacceptabletomostpeople.D、Theycanraiseon
Itisamazingthatsomanypeople______(愿为社区的利益做义务工作)
Everdippedintothebiscuittinthendecidedyou’veruinedyourdietsoyoumayaswelleatthelot?Orthoughtthatbecauseyo
ThemoreAmericansengageinoneoftheirfavoritepastimes—sittingaround—theshortertheiraveragelifespan,anewstudyofm
A、Makingahotelreservation.B、Purchasingticketsattheboxoffice.C、Inquiringaboutticketsinformation.D、Bookingairticke
OnStudents’InterpersonalRelationshipI.目前许多大学生处理不好人际关系2.出现这种现象的原因3.我的看法
Afewyearsagoitwas【B1】______tospeakofagenerationgap,adivisionbetweenyoungpeopleandtheirelders.Parents【B2】____
A、Campinthemountains.B、Stayathisownhouse.C、Writetohisgirlfriend.D、Holdhisuncle’smails.A信息明示题。男士说自己大多数时间都会在山上露营,
随机试题
在某次考试中,学生成绩普遍较差,经核实,学生成绩普遍较差的原因既不是学生学得不好,也不是老师教得不好。所以,我们认为这次考试学生成绩普遍较差的原因是试卷难度过高。以下选项如果为真,最能支持以上观点的是:
肾小球滤过膜
一因车祸受重伤的男子被送去医院急救,因没带押金,医生拒绝为病人办理住院手续,当病人家属拿来钱时,已错过了抢救最佳时机,病人死亡。本案例违背了病人权力的哪一点
红细胞生成的基本原料是
配伍变化处理方法
上海某区法院审理案件过程中,被告人丁某(彝族)提出自己听不懂普通话,要求翻译。对此,以下说法正确的是()。
焊缝的外观检验包括()。
阅读以下文字,完成问题。“微博粉丝”的兴起与媒体技术的发展密切相关,同时也受“粉丝”自身心理因素的驱动。美国社会学家卡茨认为:人们接触和使用传媒的目的都是为了满足自己的社会、心理需要。“微博粉丝”的出现也是源于这个群体的特定需求。“微博粉丝”对于
TherecentsocialandeconomicchangesintheUShavegreatimpactonalltheAmericanhousingsystem.
Cellscannotremainaliveoutsidecertainlimitsoftemperatureandmuchnarrowerlimitsmarktheboundariesofeffectivefunc
最新回复
(
0
)