单选题 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 unfinished statements or questions. For each statement there are four choices marked A, B, C and D, you should make the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Most people work eight hours or so every day because they need to make money to support their family. They work not because they like it but that they have to, so they often complain and count the minutes until stopping work or holidays. On the contrary, there are work home with them. They are so crazy about work just as some people are about drugs or alcohol (酒精). They can't do without work. These people are called workaholics (工作狂).
In some urban cities, workaholism is so common that people do not regard it as unusual. It is said that many workaholics in New York city went to work when there was no electricity, no air conditioning, no elevators or lights in the year 1977. Workaholics prefer to work rather than do anything else because they don't know how to entertain and they dislike sitting there without doing anything. They don't know how to kill time if they don't work. They can only get pleasure from work. Work is everything for them.
As a result, workaholism can cause some problems. First of all, they often have health problems because they don't have time to relax and keep themselves occupied all the time. Secondly, their family life is not happy since they spend little time with their family. Their marriage, often ends in divorce. So workaholism is dangerous in a sense.
单选题 What kind of people belong to workaholics?
  • A. People who often work overtime without pay.
  • B. People who are eager to go home while working.
  • C. People who enjoy work very much and often work more than 8 hours.
  • D. People who are crazy about wine and drugs at work.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第一段第三句,可知答案为C(非常喜欢工作且经常工作超过8小时的人为“工作狂”)。
单选题 Which of the following statements is true?
  • A. Workaholics have advantages over other people.
  • B. Workaholics are considered as uncommon by most people.
  • C. Workaholics are mostly in New York city.
  • D. Workaholics have disadvantages.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第三段内容。A“工作狂”比别人有优势(未提到);B大多数人认为“工作狂”不同寻常(根据第二段第一句可知错);C大部分“工作狂”在纽约城(第二段只是举个例子);D为正确答案(“工作狂”有缺点)。
单选题 Why do workaholics enjoy work so much?
  • A. They want to get promotion in their company.
  • B. They just work for the sake of it.
  • C. They don't want to be with their family.
  • D. They have nothing interesting to do except work.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第二段内容可知“工作狂”只是为了工作而工作,即答案为B。
单选题 What does this article mainly discuss?
  • A. The characteristics of workaholics.
  • B. Problems of workaholics.
  • C. Typical workaholics.
  • D. All of the above.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] A“工作狂”的特点在第一段论述;B“工作狂”的问题在第三段论述;C在第二段论述,故答案为B。
单选题 What is the author's attitude towards workaholics?
  • A. Positive.
  • B. Negative.
  • C. Neutral.
  • D. Not mentioned.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题为作者态度题。A肯定的;B否定的;C中立的;D没提。根据第三段内容可知,答案为B。