单选题
Who is there among us who hasn"t dreamed of having his or her own small (maybe, several years later, even big)business, and having wonderful freedom, both from a boss and from the time clock; the freedom to make up our own rules for our work, and our own plans — arranging our own hours of work? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.
Well, in fact it isn"t quite as simple as that. Yes, it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business. But in those early years of starting your own business, you shouldn"t think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month"s vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week, and if there is a day off, that day might need to be devoted to accounting (算账).
But this negative picture doesn"t destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return — both material and mental — continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.
单选题
From the text, we know that, being an employee, you ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题要求考生从文章第一段中推断出作为员工所不能拥有的自由。这里的逻辑是这样的：员工都想成为老板，因为老板可以不受上司的管束和时间的限制、可以自己制定工作中的规定、可以自己安排工作计划……，那么员工必然不会拥有这些自由，否则，又有什么好“梦想”的呢?按照这一思路，我们我们可以得出员工“have no freedom both from a boss and from the time clock”。选项B因此正确。选项A过分夸大了员工的“不自由”，选项C和D是员工所不能拥有的自由。