单选题
单选题 How long is the holiday in a year?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[听力原文] 15-17
Nearly all British people in full time jobs have at least 4 weeks' holiday a year, often in two or three separate periods. The normal working time in a week is 35-40 hours, from Monday to Friday. More overtime is worked at extra pay than in most other Western European countries, but there is relatively little "moonlighting" —that is, work for pay in leisure time.
There are only eight official public holidays in a year, only one of them in the six months before Christmas. None of them celebrates anything to do with state or nation, though the first Monday in May was made a "bank holiday" by a recent Labor government as the British holiday in honor of working people.
The most obvious—and traditional—British holiday destination is the coast. No place in the country is more than three hours' journey from some part of it. The coast is full of variety with good cliffs and rocks between beaches, but the uncertain weather and cold sea are serious disadvantages. Also two weeks in a hotel room with private bathroom can now cost less in Spain or Greece, than the same in a British hotel. Most of the hotels in the numerous seaside resort towns were built in the railway age and seem not to be used as much by people going to conference as by those on holiday.
由文章的第一句话中“Nearly all British people in full time jobs have at least 4 weeks' holiday a year”可知,英国人每年有4个星期的假期。因此,[C]正确。
单选题 What does moonlight refer to?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】文章中提到“there is relatively little "moonlighting" —that is, work for pay in leisure time.”,moonlight指在业余时间为了赚钱而从事的工作,不是[A]超时工作,[D]正确。
单选题 Which of the following is not a disadvantage at a seaside resort?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】文章第二段提到,英国人最爱到海边度假,因为在英国无论从什么地方到海边都不会超过3个小时。但海边也有不利因素:天气变化莫测,海水很冷和旅馆要比西班牙和希腊贵。只是说那里的房间较少用于开会,并不是一个不利因素,故[A]正确。