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2009-08-08

根据下列文章,请回答题。Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A ,B ,C orD . Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET1.
Text 1
  Some people ought to defend the workaholic.
  These people are unjustly accused, abused, and defamed -- often termed sick or morbid or on the border of pathology. About 30% of American business and commerce is carried on the shoulders of workaholics. The ratio might exist in art and science too.
  Workaholics are the achievers, the excelers. There is a national conspiracy against excellence and. undue admiration of commonness and mediocrity. It is as if we are against those who make uncommon sacrifices because they enjoy doing something.
  Some famous psychologists say that the workaholic has an inferiority complex which leads to overcompensation. This is certainly not the case. Inferiority, or low esteem, describes laziness more accurately than it describes dedication.
  We do not seem to realize that very little excellence is achieved by living a well-balanced life.Edison, Ford, Einstein, Freud all had single-minded devotion to work whereby they sacrificed many things, including family and friendship. The accusation is made that workaholics bear guilt by not being good parents or spouses. But guilt can exist in the balanced life also. Think how many "normal" people and middle-ages who have never done anything well -- they are going to settle for less than what they could have become.From this passage we know that workaholic is a term referring to those_____

A.who enjoy work more than anything els
B.who make greater contributions than other
C.who make uncommon sacrifice in their personal lif
D.All of the abov

参考答案

A

答案解析

  应该有人为工作狂辩护。
  这群人受到不公正的指责、诋毁和中伤——经常被说成是有病、不正常或处于病态的边缘。大约30%的美国商业和贸易都靠工作狂们来完成。在艺术和科技领域比例可能也是如此。
  工作狂是事业有成者,是优胜者。全国上下都不谋而合地反对优秀,赞赏平庸。我们反对那些做出了不同寻常的牺牲的人们,似乎是因为他们能从工作中得到享受。
  一些著名的心理学家说工作狂有一种自卑情结,这导致他们过分补偿的行为。事实显然并非如此。自卑,或缺乏自信,可以更准确地描述懒惰而非敬业。
  我们似乎尚未认识到过各方面兼顾的生活很难取得杰出的成就。爱迪生、福特、爱因斯坦和弗洛伊德都是一心一意地投入到工作中,为此他们牺牲了很多东西,包括家庭和友谊。有人指责工作狂说他们应为没有做好的父母或配偶而感到内疚。但是过着各方面兼顾的生活的人也会有内疚。想想有多少“正常”人和中年人什么事也没有做好——他们不能取得本应取得的成就而只能勉强接受这一现实。
  答案及解析
  【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也是工作狂的一种表现,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,这些只是那些名人的表现。

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