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Wedonotseemtorealizethatverylittleexcellenceisachievedbylivingawell-balancedlife.Edison,Ford,EinsteinandFreudallhadsingle-mindeddevotiontoworkwherebytheysacrificedmanythings,includingfamilyandfriendship.Theaccusationismadethatworkaholicsbearguiltbynotbeinggoodparentsorspouses.Butguiltcanexistinthebalancedlifealso.Thinkhowmany"
normal"
peopleandmiddle-agedwhohaveneverdoneanythingwell--theyaregoingtosettleforlessthanwhattheycouldhavebecome.
Fromthispassageweknowthatworkaholicisatermreferringtothose______.
Awhoenjoyworkmorethananythingelse
Bwhomakegreatercontributionsthanothers
Cwhomakeuncommonsacrificeintheirpersonallife
DAlloftheabove.
【正确答案】:
A
【本题分数】:
1.0分
【答案解析】
[解析]工作狂指那种热爱工作胜过其他一切的人。
选项B和选项C只是工作狂的两种表现,但不是所有的工作狂都贡献比别人大,在日常生活中做出的牺牲比别人多。
第2题
Theauthor'
smainconcerninthispassageisto______.
ApointouttheroletheworkaholicplaysintheAmericaneconomy
Bdefendpeoplewhoareaddictedtowork
Cencourageusnottoworryaboutourimperfection
Dconsiderthedifficultiesthatconfrontusatmiddleage
B
[解析]由文章第一句Somepeopleoughttodefendtheworkaholic可知,作者在文章中的本意是为那些献身工作的人辩护。
第3题
Accordingtotheauthor,onecanhardlyachieveexcellenceunlessone______.
Alivesanabnormallife
Bsacrificesfriendshipandfamily
ChastotaldevotiontoWork
Dignorespopularopinions
C
[解析]根据作者意图,一个人要想取得成绩必须全心全意投入工作,这也就是为什么作者赞美工作狂并为其辩解的原因。
第4题
Theauthorofthepassagewouldmostlikelyagreethattheworkaholic______.
Aismentallyill
BperformsaninsignficantproportionofAmericanbusiness
Cwillnothavetheregretsthatmany"
peoplefaceatmiddleage
Dsuffersfromlowself-esteem
[解析]选项A:
工作狂是神经病。
显然不对。
选项B:
工作狂对美国的商界无足轻重。
文章说美国30%的商贸活动都是由他们来实现的。
所以不对。
选项C:
通常没有正常人在中年时有的那些遗憾。
正确,因为他们对工作已经完全付出了,并且取得了成就。
选项D:
工作狂缺乏自信。
显然也不对。
第5题
Accordingtothispassage______.
AFreudledawell-balancedlife
Bworkaholicscanbehelped
Cworkaholicsshouldbeadmired
Dso-called"
peoplearetrulythesickpeopleamongus
弗洛伊德生活的很规律。
错误,文章说爱迪生、福特、爱因斯坦和弗洛伊德都是一心一意地投人工作,牺牲了许多东西,包括家庭和友谊。
工作狂能够得到帮助。
文章没有提到。
工作狂应该受到尊敬。
正确,这是作者的意图。
所谓的正常人其实是我们身边的病人。
错误,作者只是认为我们周围这些正常人并没有做太多的事,并没有付出多少努力。
第6题
Inthe18thcentury,NewYorkwassmallerthanPhiladelphiaandBoston.TodayitisthelargestcityinAmerica.Howtoexplainthechangeinitssizeandimportance?
Toanswerthisquestionwemustconsidercertainfactsaboutgeography,historyandeconomies.TogetherthesethreewillexplainthehugegrowthofAmerica'
smostfamouscity.
ThemapoftheNortheastshowsthatfourofthemostheavily-populatedareasinthisregionarearoundseaports.AtthesepointsmaterialsfromacrosstheseaenterAmerica,andtheproductsofthelandaresentthereforexportacrossthesea.
Economistsknowthatplaceswheretransportationlinesmeetaregoodplacesformakingrawmaterialsintocompletedgoods.Thatiswhyseaportsoftenhavecitiesnearby.ButcitieslikeNewYorkneededmorethantheirgeographicallocationinordertobecomegreatindustrialcenters.Theirdevelopmentdidnothappensimplybychance.
About1815,whenmanyAmericansfromtheeastcoasthadalreadymovedtothewest,trademutesfromtheportstothecentralregionsofthecountrybegantobeaseriousproblem.Theslowwagonsofthattime,drownbyhorsesoroxen,weretooexpensiveformovingheavyfreightveryfar.AmericanshadlongadmiredEurope'
scanals.InNewYorkStateacanalseemedthebestsolutiontothetransportationproblem.FromtheeasternendofLakeErieallthewayacrossthestatetotheHudsonRiverthereisalongtripoflowland.HeretheErieCanalwasconstructed.Afterworkingforseveralyearsitwascompletedin1825.
Thecanalproducedanimmediateeffect.Freightcostswerecuttoaboutone-tenthofw