Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
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Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay overtime. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. Some people think it’s their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
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A．513B．1,646C．2,159D．3,805
小題2:The word “overtime” in Paragraph 3 means _____________.
A．稅費B．加班費C．學費D．冷飲費
小題3:People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.
A．FranceB．GermanyC．the United StatesD．Great Britain
小題4:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．No companies offer vacations to their workers.
B．Many people say they have enough time to relax.
C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work.
D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days.
小題5:What can we infer(推斷) from the passage?
A．Many workers have to work long hours.
B．Many people have vacations long enough.
C．Work hours are the same around the world.
D．There are a lot of dull people in the world.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析：文章主要講訴了很多工人不得不加班。不同的國家給工人的待遇也不同。日本工人工作的時間就比法國工人工作的時間長。有些地方還不給加班費。在不同的國家工人休假的長短也不一樣。工人們期待更長的假期。 
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中；That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker，可知選.A。
小題2:詞義推測題。根據(jù)這句：Their workers don’t get more pay for more work很多工人做了更多的工作得不到更多的錢。可知應(yīng)選B。    
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù):and in the United States, two weeks可知，美國休假為兩周。故選C 。                  
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中：However, many companies don’t pay overtime. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. 很多工人沒有得到更多的錢�？芍⒉皇撬械墓径冀o加班費。故選 C 。                 
小題5:推理判斷題 Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.可知很多人害怕如果他們不工作很長時間會失去工作。故選 A。
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