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共用题干 第二篇A Four-day WeekFancy a three-day weekend一not just once in a while bu...

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第二篇

A Four-day Week

Fancy a three-day weekend一not just once in a while but week in week out? You may think your bosses would never agree to it,but the evidence suggests that employers,employees and the environment all benefit.
The four-day week comes in two flavors.One option is to switch from five 8-hour days to four 10-hour days,meaning overall hours and salaries stay the same.Two years age,the state of Utah moved all of its employees,apart from the emergency services,to working 4/10,as it has become known.The hope was that by shutting down buildings for an extra day each week,energy bills would be cut by up to a fifth.
The full results of this experiment won't be published until October,but an ongoing survey of 100 buildings suggests energy consumption has fallen by around 13 percent. The survey also found that 70 percent of employees prefer the 4/10 arrangement,and that people look fewer days off sick.
The second form of the four-day week is to work the same number of hours per day for four days only,with a 20 percent pay cut. With the recession hutting revenues , accountancy（会计工作） company KPMG announced in February that it was offering its 11,000 U.K. employees the option of a four-day week to avoid job losses.So far 85 percent of employees have applied to join the scheme, and 800 now do a four-day week.
Not everyone will like the idea of working longer days or taking a pay cut in exchange for a 3-day weekend,but it appears most do.According to Rex Facer at Brigham Young University in Provo,Utah,it was the crash of 1929 that led to the five-day week.During the next big financial crisis in the 1970s,there was much talk of moving to a four-day week,but for a variety of reasons that didn't pan out."Things are different now,"says Facer."I wouldn't be surprised if we could get 50 percent or more of the workforce working four-day weeks in the next few years."
选项 By carrying out the four-day week experiment,the state of Utah aims to_______.
A:reduce energy expenses
B:boost the companies' productivity
C:provide longer weekend
D:increase energy efficiency
答案A
解析本题是细节考查题。题干是：扰他州进行四天工作制实验，其目的是什么？选A的依据是第二段最后一句："The hope was that by shutting down buildings for an extra day each week, energy bills would be cut by up to a fifth.”该州期望通过每周让办公大楼多关闭 1天的方式，削减高达1乃的能源费用。选项A的意思是降低能源的消耗，与原文相符。
本题是细节考查题。题干是：一个正在进行的调查显示_____。选C的依据是第三段第二句：."The survey also found that 70 percent of employees prefer the 4/10 arrangement, and that people look fewer days off sick.”这项调研还发现，70％的雇员更喜欢4天10'J、时工作制，而且雇员请病假的天数也减少了。选项C的意思是大部分员工赞同4天10小时工作制，与原文相符。
本题是细节考查题。题干是：我们对于四天工作制第二种版本的认识是什么？ 选B的依据是第四段第二句："With the recession hutting revenues, accountancy company KPMG announced in February that it was offering its 11,000 U .K.employees the option of a four-day week to avoid job losses.”毕马威会计师事务所（KPMG）在2月份宣布向其1.1万名英国员工提供4天工作制的选择，以避免裁员。选项B的意思是毕马威会计师事务所采用这一工作制是为了避免裁员，与原文相符。
本题是细节考查题。题干是：从短文中可以推理出什么？ 选B的依据是最后一段第二句："it was the crash of 1929 that led to the five-day week.”正是1929年的经济危机导致了五天工作制的诞生。选项B的意思是5天工作制是1929年经济危机的结果，与原文相符。
本题是细节推理题。题干是：费瑟说：“但现在情况不同了，”是想暗示什么？选C的依据是最后一段第一句："Not everyone will like the idea of working longer days or taking a pay cut in exchange for a 3-day weekend, but it appears most do.”不是每个人都喜欢通过延长每天工作时间或减少薪水来换得3天周末，但似乎大多数人还是喜欢的。most do及最后一句的wouldn't be surprise…均表明，与20世纪70年底啊的情况不同，现在实行4天工作制的可能性非常大。选项C的意思是4天工作制很有可能普及，与原文相符。
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