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一篇英语阅读理解
An Englishman came to Tokyo with a contract that gave him two weeks paid holiday a year.He took the first.The second,he was warned in a none-too-subtle way,would incur the company's displeasure.
He doggedly persisted with travel plans,On the eve of his planned departure he found his desk piled high with extra work-- a suggestion from management he should stay and work.
August may be holiday time in the Western capitals of the world,but while London,Rome and New York are abandoned to tourists,in Tokyo it is business almost as usual.
Not only do Japanese companies give their staff fewer paid holidays that those in other developed countries,most Japanese do not even take off all the days they are allowed.
The three or four week holidays common in Europe and North America remain a distant prospect for most Japanese workers,who regard the "workaholic" nickname they were given a decade ago by an irate European Community official with mixed pride and frustration.
1.Which statement is true according to the passage?
A.When an Englishman came to Tokyo to work,he took his holiday first.
B.When an Englishman was employed by a Tokyo company,the first thing for him to do was to go on a holiday.
C.When an Englishman was given a two-week holiday by his Japanese employer,it would be advisable for him to take half as much.
D.No sooner had an English employee come to Tokyo than he enjoyed a two-week holiday given by his employer.
2.It can be concluded that
A.the average Japanese is more obsessed with work than his counterparts in other developed nations.
B.JAPANESE workers are least reluctant to take holidays.
C.JAPANESE employees are most eager to please their bosses.
D.There are so many people competing for jobs in Japan.
3.How do JAPANESE workers react to the epithet given?
A.They feel insulted.
B.They are overwhelmed with conflicting feelings.
C.They think they deserve to be called work freaks.
D.They become furious.
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Rome is swarming with tourists in August.
B.Europeans on the whole won't deny themselves the pleasure of enjoying paid holidays.
C.An European employee in Japan might be hindered from going on a long holiday.
D.Self--discipline and loyalty make the Japanese heat- resistant.
5.This passage may lead us to infer that
A.more marriages will break up in Japan because husbands are spending all their time and energy working.
B.a tradition of hard work and loyalty to the group fostered by Japanese companies,is partly responsible for the reluctance to take holidays .
C.Japanese workers enjoy the challenge,the excitement and the opportunity for growth that their work provides.
D.they are not actually working for the steak.It's the sizzle that fascinates them.
1. a
2. a
3. c
4. d
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