第1题
Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no doubt that this is true. The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a fixed way. Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is usually very little that can be done to create it. Another important consideration is how much each worker contributes to the product he is making. In most factories the worker sees only one small part of the product. Some car factories are now experimenting with having many small production lines rather than one large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line. It would seem that not only is the degree of workers' contribution an important, factor, therefore, but it is also one we can do something about.
To what extent more money led to greater productivity? The workers themselves certainly think this is important. But perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring. Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more. A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours. Perhaps if we succeed in making their jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them.
Which of these is not a possible factor leading to greater productivity?
A.To make jobs more varied.
B.To give the worker freedom to do his job in his own way.
C.Degree of work contribution.
D.Demands for longer working hours.
第2题
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第3题
Sources at the Beijing People's Political Consultative Conference said resistance to home service work is melting away from minds of the city's laid-off workers.
The Conference suggested the establishment of municipal centers which supervise property management, household mending and installation, and house keeping services.
Modern city life is creating a need for industrialization home services. This will create job opportunities for laid-off workers, said vice director of the Social Judicial Committee of the Conference.
Beijing residents have long desired a home service industry. The demand is expected to drive new economic growth. There are few high quality home help services in Beijing and customers are always complaining.
In the past, few laid-off workers in Beijing desired to work as home, helpers, jobs largely taken by young women from the countryside. At the same time, some city residents have not felt safe trusting rural girls with modem household machines or with their small children. Many people would pay more for reliable house keepers who are more familiar with city life, but they have had no way of getting one, even though the city is home to thousands of laid-off workers.
By the end of June this year, there were 30,600 jobless workers in the city. Most of them are women in their 40' s, who are not blessed with particular skills and who have had their work ethics shaped by the planned economy. Many of them were at a loss when they first realized they had lost their jobs and a way of life they had got used to for decades.
They never imagined being laid-off by state-owned enterprises; they never considered other kinds of employment. For them, the private sector meant taking risks; housekeeping implied lower social status. Gao Yunfang, 44, is a pioneer who is breaking the ice. She sells the Beijing Morning Post in the morning, and works at two households in the afternoon. She earns 1,000 yuan per month. So she no longer worries about her daughter's tuition at a university in Shanghai.
What is talked about in the passage?
A.Home service.
B.Modem city life.
C.Laid-off workers.
D.Social status.
第4题
Passage 1
Conrad Hilton really wanted to be a banker. Instead, he successfully changed the _1_purchase of a Texas low-end hotel into a multimillion-dollar hotel empire that earned him the _2_ “innkeeper to the world.” Born in New Mexico in 1887, Hilton was 19 when his parents began renting out rooms in their home. The business didn&39;t interest him, however, so he became a _3_ legislator, founded a bank and went off to war. In 1919, after Hilton’s father died, a friend suggested he go to Texas to make his _4_. Hilton ended up in Cisco; when his bank deal there _5_, he headed to a nearby hotel, the Mobley. It _6_ to oil-field workers, so its 40 rooms turned over every eight hours. A week later, Hilton owned it. He soon acquired more hotels—and started to build new ones. His first, the Dallas Hilton, opened in 1925. By the late 1940s, Hilton’s list included the Town House in Beverly Hills and Chicago’s Palmer House, as well as _7_ nightclubs featuring A-list stars. He also expanded internationally. And in 1949, he bought the “greatest of them all”: New York City&39;s magnificent Waldorf- Astoria. Typically American, Hiltons were _8_ too: the first to have rooms with air-conditioning, TVs, ironing boards and sewing kits. Even modern hotel-reservations systems _9_ from one Hilton which was established in 1948. Today the Hilton Hotels Corp. owns some 3,300 _10_ in 78 countries. Last year more than a quarter-billion guests checked in.
A)soured
B) motivated
C) nickname
D) catered
E) previously
F) luxurious
G) properties
H) features
I) fortune
J) evolved
K) casual
L) severe
M) inherited
N) creative
O) state
第1空答案是:
第5题
听力原文:W: You told me you liked your job.Why do you look so upset?
M: Whenever we try to change the work routine.the workers have so many ifs and buts that we never manage to change anything.
Q: What does the man mean?
(17)
A.The workers make many complaints.
B.The workers make a lot of objections.
C.The workers make lots of proposals.
D.The workers make numerous mistakes.
第6题
Why are so many Chinese workers willing to work abroad in spite of poor conditions?
A.They want to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
B.They want to make a leisurely life.
C.They want to make more money.
D.They are not diligent.
第7题
A.way
B.step
C.pace
D.routine
第8题
A.is another form. of commodities
B.arouses peoples passionate concern
C.is the same thing,as economy
D.has the same description as medicine
第9题
A) the poverty level for a family of four went up drastically
B) there were fewer legal barriers when they filed for claims
C) the number of workers suing for damages increased
D) more money was allocated to their compensation system
第10题
A.They have great power.
B.They have very diversified responsibilities.
C.They are very modern and efficient.
D.They are so smart.