【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 26-29
(26) {{U}}Men in Britain are less engaged in their work compared with women until the final years of employment when they get a late surge of enthusiasm, according to a survey.{{/U}} Men start off their careers at a much lower level of job satisfaction than women, only catching up shortly before they give up the commute and pick up their pension. "One line of theory which I would like to look at more is (27) {{U}}that men have the principle of going out to work to make money and not to enjoy it",{{/U}} Simon Faston, one author of the report said. Women's engagement starts high, before dipping mid- career and then bouncing back, again shortly before retirement.
The research did not look into why there were changes in enthusiasm or explain the differences between the attitudes of men and women. (28) {{U}}But it should encourage employers to hang on to older, more experienced workers who are generally more "engaged".{{/U}}
It comes at a time when the British government is looking to speed up plans to raise retirement ages in a bid to rein in a record peacetime budget deficit. Van Laar, the other author, also said (29) {{U}}the findings suggested employers could increase employee retention and get higher productivity if they found ways to increase young men's engagement and satisfaction in the workplace.{{/U}} Employers could also try to better understand why women lose engagement at work mid-career, he said. The research quizzed 4,000 people at nine large educational organizations including academics, managers and cleaners as part of wider research into the quality of working life.
Q: When do men get a late surge of enthusiasm in work?
[听前预测] 四个选项均是与时间有关的短语，推测考察时间的细节。
[答案解析] 文中提到男人直到工作的最后几年才像女人一样投入工作。故选A)项。