閱讀判斷分析 實戰(zhàn)演練 一

（一）Job or Money?

Would you quit your job if you didn't need the money? In a 1990 poll by the Gallop Organization, many people said quitting work was an important reason to be rich. Yet researchers find that work is one of life's chief satisfactions for people.

Consider Berry Fowler. In 1979, Fowler started a tutoring company that became so successful he was able to sell out and retire in 1987—a multimillionaire at 40. He bought a 50-foot cabin cruiser and a house in Hawaii, and busied himself vacationing.

But after five years of perpetual vacation, Flower began to miss the challenges of work. So in 1992, he bought a fitness chain for children and now spends 75 hours a week immersed in balance sheets and staff meetings. "My best days on the golf course weren't half as much fun as a good day at the office," he says.

A job, studies show, is more than a paycheck. Doing something well can increase confidence and self-worth. When sociologist H. Ray Kaplan surveyed 139 lottery millionaires, he discovered 60 percent continued working at least a year after they'd won.

If jobs are so important, wouldn't salary size be a gauge of job satisfaction? Americans think so. A survey, conducted last year by Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc., found that almost 70 percent of the respondents said they would be happier if their families had twice as much household income. Yet studies show that job satisfaction comes less from how much people earn than from the challenge of their jobs and the control they are able to exert. Work that doesn't engage a person will never seem rewarding, no matter how lucrative it becomes.

［詞匯提示］

cruiser n. 可住宿的游艇

lottery n. 彩票

gauge n. 標準

lucrative adj. 獲利多的

1. The Gallop poll shows many people want to be rich in order not to work.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

2. Some researchers did another survey after the Gallop poll.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

3. Berry Fowler was no longer busy after he retired.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

4. According to Berry Fowler, his pastime wasn't as funny as working at office.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

5. Work is important in that it offers pay, increases confidence and self-worth.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

6. Studies show that job satisfaction comes mainly from people's income.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

7. The Roper Starch Worldwide survey found that most Americans find jobs of higher pay more satisfying.

A. Right

B. Wrong

C. Not mentioned

［答案解析］

1．A。［解析］題干大意：蓋洛普民意調查顯示，很多人為了不工作而想要變得富有。文章第一段第二句：In a 1990 poll by the Gallop Organization, many people said quitting work was an important reason to be rich. 1990年的蓋洛普民意調查顯示，很多人想變富有的一個重要理由是想辭掉工作，題干所述與原文信息一致，故答案為A。

2．C。［解析］題干大意：蓋洛普民意調查之后，研究者又做了其他的調查。文章第一段最后一句提到：Yet researchers find that work is one of life's chief satisfactions for people. 句子大意是“研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，工作是人們生活滿足感的主要來源之一”，但是并沒有說研究人員又做了其他的調查。故答案為C。

3．B。［解析］題干大意：Berry Fowler在退休后便不再忙碌。文章第三段提到：So in 1992... and now spends 75 hours a week immersed in balance sheets and staff meetings, 故答案為B。

4．A。［解析］題干大意：據(jù)Berry Fowler所說，他的娛樂時間不如他的工作時間那么有趣。第三段最后一句提到：My best days on the golf course weren't half as much fun as a good day at the office, he says. 在高爾夫球場最好的時光遠不及工作中美好的一天那么有趣。由此可知題干所述與文章信息一致，故答案為A。

5．A。［解析］題干大意：工作是重要的，因為它既提供工資，也可以增強信心和自我價值感。文章第四段前兩句提到：A job, studies show, is more than a paycheck. Doing something well can increase confidence and self-worth. 故答案為A。

6．B。［解析］題干大意：研究表明工作的滿足感主要來自于人們的收入。文章最后一段的倒數(shù)第二句提到：Yet studies show that job satisfaction comes less from how much people earn than from the challenge of their jobs and the control they are able to exert. 研究顯示，相對于收入的多少，人們的工作滿足感更多的是來自于工作中的挑戰(zhàn)和他們能夠發(fā)揮的控制力的大小。由此可知題干所述與文章信息相反，故答案為B。

7．A。［解析］題干大意：Roper Starch Worldwide的調查顯示，大多數(shù)美國人認為薪水較高的工作更讓人滿意。文章最后一段的第二句提到：A survey, conducted last year by Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc., found that almost 70 percent of the respondents said they would be happier if their families had twice as much household income. 約70％的調查對象表示，如果家庭收入能加倍，他們會更加滿意。由此可知題干所述與文章信息一致，故答案為A。