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
Oscar Wilde said that work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do. If so, Americans are now among the world’s sa
Oscar Wilde said that work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do. If so, Americans are now among the world’s sa
admin
2020-06-21
68
问题
Oscar Wilde said that work is the refuge of people who have nothing
better to do. If so, Americans are now among the world’s saddest refugees.
Factory workers in the United States are working longer hours than at any 【M1】______
other time in the past half century. America once led the rich world in cut
ting the average working week—from 70 hours in 1850 to less than 40
hours by the 1950s.
It seemed natural that as people grew richer they would trade extra earn
ings for more leisure. Since the 1970s, however, the hours clocked up by
American workers have raised to an average of 42 this year in manufactur- 【M2】______
ing. Several studies suggest that something similar is happening outside
manufacturing. Americans are spending more time at work than they did 20
years ago. Executives and lawyers boast 80-hour weeks. On holiday, they 【M3】______
seek out fax machines and phones as eagerly as Germans bag the best sun
loungers. Yet working time in Europe and Japan continue to fall. In Germa- 【M4】______
ny’s engineering industry the working week is to be trimmed from 36 to 35
hours next year. Most Germans get six week paid annual holiday; even the 【M5】______
Japanese now take three weeks. Americans still make with just two. 【M6】______
Germany responds to this contrast with its usual concern about whether
people’s aversion to work is damaging its competition. Yet German work- 【M7】______
ers, the Japanese, seem to be acting sensibly: as their incomes rise, they can
achieve a better standard of living with fewer hours of work. The puzzle
is why America, the world’s richest country, sees things differently. It is a
puzzle with sinister social clues. Parents spend less time with their children, 【M8】______
who may be left alone at home for longer. Is it just a coincidence that juve
nile crime is in the rise? Some explanations for America’s time at work fail 【M9】______
to stand up for scrutiny. Some blame weak trade unions that leave workers 【M10】______
open to exploitation, others suggest Americans actually want to work longer hours.
【M2】
选项
答案
raised —risen
解析
动词“raise”为及物动词,只能选用不及物动词“rise”的过去分词“risen”来代替。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/XYbK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
AskingQuestionsEffectivelyI.ReasonAskingtherightquestionshelpsimprovecommunicationskills:—collectingbetter【T1】__
AskingQuestionsEffectivelyI.ReasonAskingtherightquestionshelpsimprovecommunicationskills:—collectingbetter【T1】__
(1)Ifallhadgoneaccordingtoplan,theJamesWebbSpaceTelescope(JWST)wouldbecelebratingits10thanniversaryofcapturing
Somepeoplesaylovemakestheworldgoaround.Otherssayitisnotlove:it’smoney.Sincethetruthisthatitisenergythat
Inmanycountries,whenpeoplegivetheirname,theyrefertothemselvesusingtheirlastnameorfamilyname.IntheUnitedSt
Inmanycountries,whenpeoplegivetheirname,theyrefertothemselvesusingtheirlastnameorfamilyname.IntheUnitedSt
Inmanycountries,whenpeoplegivetheirname,theyrefertothemselvesusingtheirlastnameorfamilyname.IntheUnitedSt
(1)Britain’seconomywilllosemomentumthisyearamidsqueezedlivingstandardsanduncertaintyoverBrexitandtheinconclusiv
(1)Britain’seconomywilllosemomentumthisyearamidsqueezedlivingstandardsanduncertaintyoverBrexitandtheinconclusiv
Now,thesecondcharacteristicofactivelearnersistoreflectoninformationand【T1】______.Beingreflectiveisanimportantp
随机试题
女,65岁。慢性咳喘15年,间断性下肢水肿2年。查体:BP120/80mmHg,颈静脉怒张,左下肺可闻及干湿啰音,心界向左扩大,P2>A2,三尖瓣区可闻及3/6级杂音。肝肋下3cm。与上述诊断符合的心脏改变是()
伤寒杆菌从肠道感染后进入血液通过
涂膜防水层的耐用年限取决于:[2011年第57题]
在10/0.4kV变压器为电动机供电时,当系统短路容量是变压器容量的50倍以上时,笼型电动机全压直接经常启动的最大电动机额定功率不宜大于电源变压器容量的多少()
入境尸体、棺柩、骸骨的报检,报检人应向检验检疫机构提供( )。
爱国主义教育在我国中小学德育的内容中属于()范畴。
中国早期接受宣传马克思主义的主要是()。
[*]
在窗体上画一个名称为Command1的命令按钮,编写如下事件过程:PrivateSubCommandl_Click()n=0Fori=0To10X=2*i-1TfXMod3=0Thenn
DuringtheH1N1flupandemic(流行病),schoolsclosed,healthofficialsencouragedhandwashingandwarnedpregnantwomentogetvac
最新回复
(
0
)