2009年12月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試模擬試題(三)

　　Part II Reading Comprehension

　　(Skimming and Scanning)

　　1. B)。參見(jiàn)第一段中“In the past few years, human resources experts say time off has consistently placed among the top three employee concerns, along with compensation and staffing levels ...”可知，過(guò)去幾年中雇員對(duì)休息時(shí)間的關(guān)注程度有所提高。

　　2. B)。參見(jiàn)A New Generation 小標(biāo)題下“... younger workers are more likely to be ‘family-centric’ or ‘dual-centric’ (with equal priorities on both career and family) rather than ‘work-centric’ when compared to members of the Boomer Generation.”可知，出生在生育高峰期的那代人與當(dāng)代的年輕人相比，他們對(duì)工作的重視程度要大于對(duì)家庭的重視程度。

　　3. C)。參見(jiàn)September 11th and the End of the Roaring Nineties小標(biāo)題下“I started looking at things completely differently.”可知，Tony Jackson已經(jīng)改變了對(duì)工作和生活的態(tài)度。

　　4. D)。參見(jiàn)September 11th and the End of the Roaring Nineties小標(biāo)題下“Even before September 11th, some experts say the slow shift in worker attitudes was already underway due to the end of the roaring 1990’s ...”可知，在9.11事件之前就有專家稱：工人們對(duì)待工作的態(tài)度在喧囂的20世紀(jì)90年代末已經(jīng)開(kāi)始發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)變。

　　5. A)。參見(jiàn)September 11th and the End of the Roaring Nineties小標(biāo)題下“... due to the fact that workers have been pushed to their limit in recent years.”可知，工人們的工作時(shí)間已經(jīng)達(dá)到極限，這是他們改變了對(duì)工作的態(tài)度的原因。

　　6. D)。參見(jiàn)Monetary Needs Less Intense Due to Dual Income Households 小標(biāo)題下“Financial pressures are eased by both of them working and keeping a careful watch on their expenses.”可知，他們沒(méi)有過(guò)大的經(jīng)濟(jì)壓力是由于夫妻雙方都有工作，而且不亂花錢(qián)。

　　7. D)。參見(jiàn)Burnout小標(biāo)題下“After a layoff, workers who remain behind are often asked to pick up most or even all the load of the people who were let go, requiring more and more hours at the office.”可知，裁員后，被辭退員工的工作通常由在職的員工幫助完成。

　　8. 20%。參見(jiàn)第一段最后一句“... but the desire for time off is up almost 20% from just three years ago when Salary.com conducted a similar poll.”可知，與三年前的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)相比，要休息時(shí)間而不要補(bǔ)貼的人數(shù)上升了20%。

　　9. fatten their paycheck。參見(jiàn)Show Me the Money小標(biāo)題下第一句話“... the majority in the Salary.com poll still chose to fatten their paycheck if given the choice.”可知，如果有機(jī)會(huì)，大多數(shù)人仍然選擇豐厚的報(bào)酬。