单选题
Editor: These days there has been a lot of talk about cutting a day off the sixday work week. I find one excuse for not taking this system (制度) unacceptable. It says that under today's conditions, when our work efficiency is still very low and the work-load quite heavy, we cannot follow the ex- ample of technologically advanced western countries in practising the five-day work week. Their conclusion is: The time is not ripe for such a system. I really don' t see much point in this argument (争论,论点). They say the efficiency of the majority of our workers has been very low, but do they know what caused today's low efficiency? It's old time requirement that no matter how soon you can get your work done, you must still stick to your post and never leave. If we do not start a new system that is more exciting now , there are few chances that the low efficiency in our work can be changed.
单选题
From this letter we can see that______. A. people's work-load is heavy indeed these days B. it is a letter to the government office C. the writer thinks that the five-day work system is exciting D. a lot of people think a day should be cut off the six-day work week
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】文章主要是批判一些人反对五天工作制的一个理由。作者是支持五天工作制的，认为只有采用五天工作制，人们的工作效率才能提高。最后一段的If we do not start a new system that is more ex- citing now，there are few chances that the low efficiency in our work can be changed，表明了作者的态度，所以选C。
单选题
Many people think that a five-day work week system would not work in a country like ______. A. China B. Italy (意大利) C. Japan D. France
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】第二段提到，…when our work efficiency is still very low and the work-load quite heavy，we cannot follow the example of technologically advanced western countries in practising the five-day work week，四个国家中符合"work efficiency is still very low and the work-load quite heavy"，又不是西方技术先进国家的只有A。
单选题
The word "point" in the third paragraph (段) probably means______. A. main idea of something said B. a small round dot C. reason D. characteristic
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】由原句，I really don't see much point in this argument(我真的看不出这个争论的要点是什么)A的意思最符合。
单选题
It is ______ that caused today's low efficiency. A. the rule that we have to stick to our post B. the Chinese people's laziness C. the heavy work-load D. the old time requirement
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】第三段中的but do they know what caused today's low efficiency? In's old time requirement．．．可得答案。
单选题
Which is the best title (标题) for the passage? A. What Should We Do With the Old System. B. Five-day Week Is More Reasonble. C. The Time Is Not Ripe Yet. D. Less Time, Higher Efficiency.