学位英语考试真题2009[1]

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1、北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试（A）2009.11.21　　PartIReadingComprehension（30%）　　Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblacken

2、thecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.　　Passage1　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:　　Accordingtoarecentsurv,ey,employeesinmanycompaniestodayworklongerhoursthanemployeesdidin1979.Theyalsotakeshortervacationsthanemployeesin1979.ItseemsthatAmerica

3、nsareworkinghardertodaythaneverbefore.Orarethey?Amanagementconsultant,BillMeyer,decidedtofindout.Forthreedays,heobservedaninvestmentbankerhardatwork.Meyerwrotedowneverythingthebankerdidduringhislongworkday.Attheendofthethree-dayperiod,Meyerreviewedthebank

4、er'sactivitieswithhim.Whatdidtheyfindout?Theydiscoveredthatthemanspent80percentofhistimedoingunnecessarywork.Forexample,heattendedunnecessarymeetings,maderedundant（多余的）telephonecalls,andspenttimepackingandunpackinghistwobigbriefcases.　　（76）Apparentlymanyp

5、eoplebelievethatthemoretimeapersonspendsatwork,themoreheorsheaccomplishes.Whenemployersevaluateemployees,theyoftenconsidertheamountoftimeonthejobinadditiontojobperformance.Employeesknowthis.Althoughmanyworkingpeoplecandotheirjobeffectivelyduringaregular40

6、-hourworkweek,theyfeeltheyhavetospendmoretimeonthejobafternormalworkinghourssothatthepeoplewhocanpromotethemseethem.　　Agroupofheadhunters（猎头）wereaskedtheiropinionaboutasituation.Theyhadachoiceoftwocandidatesforanexecutivepositionwithanimportantcompany.The

7、candidateshadsimilarqualificationsforthejob.Forexample,theywerebothreliable.Onecoulddothejobwellina40-hourworkweek.Theotherwoulddothesamejobinan80-hourworkweekjustaswell.Accordingtoaheadhuntingexpert,the80-hour-a-weekcandidatewouldgetthejob.Thetimethiscan

8、didatespendsonthejobmayencourageotheremployeestospendmoretimeatwork,too.Employersbelievethatiftheemployeesstayatworklater,theymayactuallydomorework.　　However,theconnectionbetweentimeandproductivity（生产率）isnotalwayspo