单选题
New Vacation Policy

All vacation days must be taken within the calendar year with written requests submitted and approved by your direct supervisors:
1. All new employees are entitled to 3 weeks' paid vacation per year.
2. Any employee on their probationary period will not be included under policy until his/her 3 months is up.
3. All vocation requests must be made in writing at least 2 weeks in advance of your requested dates. These will be approved at the discretion of your supervisor according to your departmental workload requirements.
4. All vacation days must be taken within the calendar year. Otherwise, you will lose them.
5. Only one person per individual department may be away on vacation for a period of a week or more (to ensure sufficient staffing is available in each department).
6. Employees will receive an extra week of vacation time for every 5 years of additional service.
7. A maximum of two weeks' vacation (at one time) may be taken. Certain requests for longer period of vacation may be considered for exceptional circumstances. Please see your supervisor if this is applicable.
8. We strongly encourage all our employees to spread out your vacation days and enjoy themselves.
Vacation Request Memo

To: Sally Benson, Supervisor, Human Resources
From: Mary Black
Date: January 5,2007
Re: Vacation Request for January 25-February 8,2007
Sally,
This is a memo to give you advance notice of my request for my upcoming vacation days of January 25-February 8.
As written in the vacation policy, I am providing ample notice of my requested days. So hopeful, these 2 weeks will be okay to be away from the office. We are planning a family reunion which had been planned for the last couple of years.
I know that I have just recently joined the company and normally would need to wait until my probationary period is over before taking any vacation days. However, as you may recall, this request for some advance days was discussed and agreed to in our negotiation meetings in late November.
Thank you for your understanding. I will make sure that my work is covered to avoid any disruption in my projects.
Mary

单选题 Which of the following is NOT stated in the policy?
A. All regular employees are allowed at least three weeks off in a year
B. Any request for time off can be rejected depending on the circumstances
C. Any vacation time not taken will be compensated at the end of the year
D. A three-week holiday can be granted if a legitimate reason is provided
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 规定中指出:新员工拥有3周的带薪年假A;根据业务需要,上司拥有休假的决定权B;最多可以申请2周连续休假,但有特殊情况可延长D。答案是C。
单选题 According to the policy, how many vacation weeks would an employee who has worked at the company for 11 years receive?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第六项规定“每5年增加1周年假”可知,11年工龄将增加2周年假,因此年假总共5周。故正确答案为C。
单选题 Why did Mary write the memo?
A. To make a request well ahead of time
B. To inform the staff of the new policy
C. To point out a mistake in the policy
D. To ask for a day off next week
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 第二篇文章开头提到了这是有关休假的申请书。答案是A。
单选题 What can be inferred about Mary from the memo?
A. She has been with the company for less than three months
B. She has not met her family for over two years
C. She has close ties to some important people in the company
D. She took her last vacation in November 2006
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 第二项规定提到试用期为3个月,玛丽在申请中写道:need to wait until my probationary period is over before taking any vacation day,可见她进公司不到3个月。
单选题 Which of the following information is true?
A. Mary will most likely get exempted from rule number 2
B. Mary is not abiding by rule number 3
C. Mary is entitled to take advantage of rule number 1
D. Mary only has a year left to go to be considered for rule number 6
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第二项规定,玛丽不能申请休假,但是双方在去年11月协商时,公司同意了其提前休假的请求,故答案为A。