单选题 Which statement best describes the change of British working hours?

A、 Over the past 150 years, British working hours fluctuated by as long as 10 hours.
B、 British workers worked 3 hours longer every week than their European counterparts in 2001.
C、 British workers worked longer than French and German workers with higher productivity.
D、 British workers have the least annual paid leave.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】用排除法选出正确答案，首先要找出每个选项里的关键字，如选项A中的150，fluctuated，选项B中的2001，选项C中的两个比较级，以及选项D中的最高级。回到原文中跳读找出带有数字关键字的句子，正确答案在通读第二段后可以找到。

单选题 What does the sentence "thus concerns about hours worked would become little more than of historical interest" imply?

A、 Since there is no wild change in British working hours, the forecasting of work norm lost meaning.
B、 There is no point in concerning about working hours since it is hard to separate employment and leisure.
C、 The notion that the nature of work has changed is not right.
D、 The end of work scenario makes research impossible.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】在原文中找到此句，根据破折号前面的半句话可以得出正确答案，注意破折号后的部分是针对前半句话提出的假设。

单选题 What can we see from the research findings of Michael Moynagh and Peter Nolan?

A、 They agreed that in the future, contracted working time will decrease.
B、 They agreed that more British would like to work from mobile office environments.
C、 They have different conclusions and forecasts about British working time.
D、 Both are against conventional wisdom that the end of work has come.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】遇到人名时，以首字母为标记找出人名在原文中出现的位置，细读前后的观点以选出答案。在分析四个选项时可以看出考点为两个人的观点比较。见paragraph 6-8。

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】见Line 3-5，Paragraph 11。选项A在文中没有提到，选项C与原文相反，选项D过于绝对。