电大英语II(2)历届试题及答案(3)

Employee's lunch hours should be kept within the given time (unless one is officially discussing company business. ) Long lunch-time absence may be overlooked now and then, but not habitually. Also, although others may start getting ready to leave the office a few minutes earlier, new employees should be careful not to cut the day short. Work until the day officially ends at five o'clock if you are in an office where flexible work time is the accepted procedure. Flexible work hours--starting or ending work earlier or later--are fairly common in Europe but relatively new in the U. S. A.

Some half million Americans are on the system; some people estimate that ten million will have that option sooner or later. The system is designed to ease traffic problems at first. But it adds family time to women workers as a result, for it enables them to choose their time working in an office, thus allowing them more chances to work and take care of their children at the same time. Besides it gives people a greater sense of control over their lives. A by-product appears to be greater worker productivity, less absenteeism and a higher sense of work ethic.

如果你是在美国一个新来的一些办公程序可能比较陌生。 再次，时间和速度突然出现问题。工作日正式开始在上午09时这应该真的是9点而不是10过去或九时半。你会发现一些人感到自由与起始时间，但雇主注意到这一点，即使他们不一定怪正式。

在许多国家的员工有一个作品的时候，老板是存在的想法，但任何时候他是不存在的，如果没有什么特殊或榨尽，人们可以通过

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阅读报纸，做一个人的指甲放松身心，或以其他方式“传递以个人的方式的时候。“在美国，一个是被支付一个人的时间。员工们希望能够找到其他的工作，如果自己的办公桌，亲爱的，完成任何东西，从以前的日子离开，或帮助别人对他的工作 - 但决不会坐视而不做他们的职责。雇主预期值。因为他花的钱。他“拥有”你的时间，而他是为它付出。那句“时间就是金钱”，意味着正是这么做的。老板并没有要求更多的你比他正在做自己;他很有可能通过午餐时间工作，甚至把工作带回家深夜。

员工的午餐时间应保持在规定时间内（除非是正式讨论公司的业务。）长的午餐时间没有可现在再被忽视，但不是习惯。此外，虽然别人可能开始准备离开办公室几分钟前，新员工要注意不要剪的日子很短。工作，直到有一天在五点钟正式结束，如果你是在办公室，灵活的工作时间是接受的过程。灵活的工作时间 - 启动或提前或推后结束工作 - 在欧洲相当普遍，但在美国相对较新

一些五十万美国人在系统上;一些人估计，千万迟早有该选项。该系统旨在缓解交通问题在第一。但它增加了家庭时间来女工的结果，因为它使他们能够选择自己的时间在办公室工作，从而使他们有更多机会合作，照顾他们的孩子在同一时间。除了给人在他们生活的控制感更强。副产品似乎是更高的工作效率，更少的缺勤和工作热情更高感。

26. In the first paragraph, the phrase \ D. happen or arise

27. In the sentence \do not necessarily blame it officially\fact that _______

B. this or that employee is late for work

28. The author suggests that it be a wrong idea that _______ in America.

A. if one is not busy, he can relax by reading the newspaper

29. A new employee should be careful __

C, not to leave the office until the day officially ends

30. What is not true as far as flexible working time is considered? A. It has greatly reduced the traffic problem.

26.在第一段中，“突然出现”的意思_______ D.发生或出现

27.在句子“......但雇主注意到这一点，即使他们不一定责怪正式”，代词“这”指的是事实，_______

B.这样或那样的员工上班迟到

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28.笔者认为，这是因为_______在美国一个错误的观念。 A.如果不忙，他可以看报纸放松

29.新员工应慎重__

C，不离开办公室，直到有一天正式结束

30.尽可能灵活的工作时间被认为是什么是不是真的？ A.它大大降低了交通问题。

短文理解2

No country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA . There are almost 2,000 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain. The quality of stone American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted all over the world. Distinguished dailies like the Washington Post or the New York Times have a powerful influence all over the country. However the Post and the Times are not national American city has its own daily newspapers. The best of these present detailed accounts of national and international news, but many tend to limit themselves to state or city news.

Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the \to the \which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events. But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information, for they have to compete with television.

Just as American newspapers appeal to all tastes, so they also try and apply to readers of all political persuasions. A few newspapers support extremist (极端分子) groups on the far right and on the far left, but most daily newspapers attempt lo attract middle of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate. Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different political and social views, in order to present a balanced picture.

As in other democratic countries American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsible, but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once bravely uncovered political scandals (丑闻) or crimes, for instance, the Watergate Affair. The newspapers drew the attention of the public to the fears of the Vietnam War.

世界上没有一个国家有更多的报纸比美国。有几乎其中的2000，与在英国180，在日本，164在阿根廷和111进行比较。石

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美国论文的质量非常高，他们的观点被引用世界各地。尊敬的报纸，如华盛顿邮报和纽约时报有一个强大的影响力遍布全国。然而，邮政及时报不是国家美国城市都有自己的报纸。的国内和国际新闻，这些目前细账最好的，但很多倾向于限制自己国家或城市的消息。

就像记者在大多数其他国家，美国报纸的范围从“煽情”，报道犯罪， …… 此处隐藏：5214字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……