It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(調(diào)查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.
So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.
The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
British workers have the longest working week in Europe(歐洲),with 23 vacation days --the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75﹪ say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工資)for one more vacation day.
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A．AllB．MostC．SomeD．Few
小題2:How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?
A．9B．12C．15D．23
小題3:Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?
A．America.B．France.C．Sweden.D．great Britain.
小題4:What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?
A．Use up.B．Put up.C．Take up. D．Give up.
小題5:Which of the following is true?
A．Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.
B．French workers can take one Three-to-four week days.
C．Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.
D．British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：外面的風景是多么的美麗，面對無聊的辦公室工作，為什么不去度假呢？因此對全世界各國的假期情況進行了一個調(diào)查。報告中指出了美國、法國、瑞典、英國等國家的假期情況，但是報告中也展示出了有的國家工人并不是將全部假期用完。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。問題：有多少美國工人不全部用完他們的假期？分析原文：A new survey(調(diào)查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.句意：一個調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)：31%的美國工人并不是一直花費全部的假期，因此結(jié)合選項之意，選擇第四項。故選D
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。問題：實際上美國一年平均有多少天的假期？分析原文：Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.句意：美國人每年假期平均有12天，但是他們每年平均返還3天的假期。分析問題：實際有多少天的假期，有12天，返還3天，12-3=9，因此實際為九天的假期。故選 A
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。問題：哪一個國家有多數(shù)工人在假期中工作？分析原文：Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.句意：工人在瑞典獲得每年平均25天的假期, 但他們不能找到合適的方式來使用它們。所以更多的工人在假期工作。這種現(xiàn)象比其它調(diào)查過的國家都多。從最后的總結(jié)中體現(xiàn)了答案。故選C
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。問題：在最后一段中這個單詞的意思？分析原文：their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工資)for one more vacation day.句意：周末或假期太短，40﹪的人將放棄一天的工資為了能夠多一個假期。也就是說他們會請假去休息。故選D
小題5:細節(jié)理解題。問題：下列的描述中正確的是哪一項？分析原文：French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.句意：法國工人平均有39天的假期，40﹪的人計劃一個至少3到4周的假期。故選B
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