阅读判断分析 实战演练 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.

［词汇提示］

cruiser n. 可住宿的游艇

lottery n. 彩票

gauge n. 标准

lucrative adj. 获利多的

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］题干大意：盖洛普民意调查显示，很多人为了不工作而想要变得富有。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年的盖洛普民意调查显示，很多人想变富有的一个重要理由是想辞掉工作，题干所述与原文信息一致，故答案为A。

2．C。［解析］题干大意：盖洛普民意调查之后，研究者又做了其他的调查。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“研究人员发现，工作是人们生活满足感的主要来源之一”，但是并没有说研究人员又做了其他的调查。故答案为C。

3．B。［解析］题干大意：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, 故答案为B。

4．A。［解析］题干大意：据Berry Fowler所说，他的娱乐时间不如他的工作时间那么有趣。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. 在高尔夫球场最好的时光远不及工作中美好的一天那么有趣。由此可知题干所述与文章信息一致，故答案为A。

5．A。［解析］题干大意：工作是重要的，因为它既提供工资，也可以增强信心和自我价值感。文章第四段前两句提到：A job, studies show, is more than a paycheck. Doing something well can increase confidence and self-worth. 故答案为A。

6．B。［解析］题干大意：研究表明工作的满足感主要来自于人们的收入。文章最后一段的倒数第二句提到：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. 研究显示，相对于收入的多少，人们的工作满足感更多的是来自于工作中的挑战和他们能够发挥的控制力的大小。由此可知题干所述与文章信息相反，故答案为B。

7．A。［解析］题干大意：Roper Starch Worldwide的调查显示，大多数美国人认为薪水较高的工作更让人满意。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. 约70％的调查对象表示，如果家庭收入能加倍，他们会更加满意。由此可知题干所述与文章信息一致，故答案为A。