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Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:
Happy hours are not necessarily happy, not do they last for an hour, but they have become a part of the ritual of the office worker and businessman.
On weekdays in pubs and bars throughout America, there is the late afternoon happy hour. The time may vary from place to place, but usually it is held from four to seven. After the workday is finished, office workers in large cities and small towns take a relaxing pause and do not go directly home. They head off instead for the nearest bar or pub to be with friends, co-workers and colleagues. Within minutes the pub is filled to capacity with businessmen and secretaries, office clerks and stock executives. They gather around the bar like birds around a fountain or forest animals around a watering hole and chat about the trifles of office life or matters more personal. This is their desert garden, the place to relieve the day’s stress at the office.
At these happy hours, social binding occurs between people who share the same workplace or similar professions. They may chat about each other or talk about a planned project that has yet to meet a deadline. In this sense, these places become extensions of the workplace and constitute a good portion of one’s social life.
单选题
For office workers and businessmen the happy hour is their_______ .
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】【解析】细节题,答案在第一句
【点评】段首、转折句
单选题
Happy hours are held because office workers need to _______ .
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】【解析】细节题
单选题
The phrase “filled to capacity” in paragraph 2 means the pub is ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】【解析】变相词汇题
【点评】capacity表示容量,所以整个词组表示“达到容量”。
单选题
Happy hours contribute to office workers’ _____.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】【解析】细节题
单选题
Which of the following statements is NOT true?