英语四级听力_2015年12月英语四级听力练习:短文(time)

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  【Directions】

  In this section, you will hear a short passage. At the end of each passage, you will hoar some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose tho best answer from tho four choices marked A., B., C.andD.. Then mark tho corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through tho centre.

  【Listening】  

  

  【Questions】

  Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.

  1. What is the speaker complaining about?

  A) The lack of time

  B) The quality of life.

  C) The frustrations at work.

  D) The pressure on working families.

  2. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?

  A) They were just as busy as people of today.

  B) They saw the importance of collective efforts.

  C) They didn't complain as much as modern man.

  D) They lived a hard life by hunting and gathering.

  3. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the three organizations?

  A) To look for creative ideas of awarding employees.

  B) To explore strategies for lowering production costs.

  C) To seek new approaches to dealing with complaints.

  D) To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.

  【Answers】

  1. A) The lack of time.

  2. A) They were just as busy as people of today.

  3. D) To find effective ways to give employees flexibility.

  【听力原文】

  Time. I think a lot about time and not just because it's the name of the news organization I work for. Like most working people, I find time, or the lack of it, and never-ending frustration and an unwinnable battle. My every day is a race against the clock that I never ever seem to win. This is hardly a lonesome complaint. According to the families and work institutes, national study of the changing workforce, 55 percent of employees say they don't have enough time for themselves, 63 percent don't have enough time for their spouses or partners, and 67 percent don't have enough time for their children. It's also not a new complaint. I bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild animals and gathering nuts and complained about how little time they had to paint battle scenes on their cave walls. The difference is that the boss of animal hunting and the head of nut gathering probably told them to shut up or no survival for you. Today's workers are still demanding control over their time. The difference is today's bosses are listening. I've been reading a report issued today called "when work works" produced jointly by three organizations. They set up to find and warn the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility. I found this report worth reading and suggest every boss should read it for ideas.

  Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.

  Question 1. What is the speaker complaining about?

  Question 2. What does the speaker say about our ancestors?

  Question 3. Why does the speaker suggest all bosses read the report by the three organizations?

  【参考解析】

  1. 整篇短文都在讲述时间的问题,其中“ Like most working people, I find time, or the lack of it”点名了文章的抱怨点“缺少时间”

  2. 作者对我们的祖先发表了什么看法。从原文中“I bet our ancestors returned home from hunting wild animals and gathering nuts and complained about how little time they had to paint battle scenes on their cave walls. ”可以得出答案。

  3. 为什么作者建议所有老板阅读三个组织提出的报告?原文中“They set up to find and warn the employers who employ the most creative and most effective ways to give their workers flexibility.”可以得出答案。

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