单选题 Some people ought to defend the workaholic.
These people are unjustly accused, abused, and defamed -- often termed sick or morbid or on the border of pathology. About 30% of American business and commerce is carried on the shoulders of workaholics. The ratio might exist in art and science too.
Workaholics are the achievers, the excelers. There is a national conspiracy against excellence and undue admiration of commonness and mediocrity. It is as if we are against those who make uncommon sacrifices because they enjoy doing something.
Some famous psychologists say that the workaholic has an inferiority complex which leads to overcompensation. This is certainly not the case. Inferiority, or low esteem, describes laziness more accurately than it describes dedication.
We do not seem to realize that very little excellence is achieved by living a well-balanced life. Edison, Ford, Einstein, Freud all had single-minded devotion to work whereby they sacrificed many things, including family and friendship. The accusation is made that workaholics bear guilt by not being good parents or spouses. But guilt can exist in the balanced life also. Think how many "normal" people and middle-ages who have never done anything well -- they are going to settle for less than what they could have become.

单选题 From this passage we know that workaholic is a term referring to those

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 工作狂指那种热爱工作胜过其他一切的人。选项B和选项C也是工作狂的一种表现，但不是所有的工作狂都贡献比别人大，在日常生活中做出的牺牲比别人多，这些只是那些名人的表现。

单选题 The author's main concern in this passage is to

单选题 The author of the passage would most likely agree that the workaholic

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本文作者最可能同意以下哪种说法：选项A：工作狂是神经病。显然不对。选项B：工作狂对美国的商界无足轻重。文章说美国30%的商贸活动都是由他们来实现的。选项C：通常没有正常人在中年时有的那些遗憾。正确，因为他们对工作已经完全付出了，并且取得了成就。选项D：工作狂缺乏自信。文章第四段第二句：This is certainly not the case。

单选题 According to this passage,

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据本文判断下列哪个对：选项A：弗洛伊德生活得很规律。错误，文章说爱迪生、福特、爱因斯坦、弗活伊德都是一心一意地投入工作，牺牲了许多东西，包括家庭和友谊。选项B：工作狂能够得到医治。错误，文章根本没有说他们像通常人认为的那样有毛病需要医治，而是在为他们正名。选项C：工作狂应该受到尊敬。正确，这是作者的意图。选项D：所谓的正常人其实是我们身边的病人。错误，作者只是认为我们周围这些正常人并没有做太多的事，付出多少努力。