Most of us think that, work is the central, dominating fact of life. We spend more than half our conscious hours at work, preparing for work, commute to and from work. What we do there largely determines our standard of living and to a great extent the status we are accorded by our fellow citizens as well. It is sometimes said that because leisure has become more important, the indignities and injustices of work can be pushed into a corner, that because most work is pretty intolerable, the people who do it should compensate for its boredom, frustrations and humiliations by concentrating their hopes on the other parts of their lives. I desparately reject that. For the foreseeable future the material and psychological rewards which work can provide, and the conditions in which work is done, will continue to play an essential part in determining the satisfaction that life can offer. Yet only a small minority can control the pace at which they work or the conditions in which their wo
A. matter less than it does now.
B. be as important as it is now.
C. be better paid than it is now.
D. offer more satisfaction than it does now.
Young people and older people do not always agree. They some- times have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special programme in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several
hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.
There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.
When people live together, rules are necessary. In this programme the teenagers and the adults make the rules
A. teach one another new ways of building houses
B. do not work together
C. are friendly to one another
D. spend eight weeks together
2013年的政府改革“要把错装在政府身上的手换成市场的手”,要求各级政府切实从“越位点”退出,把“缺位点”补上。这一要求的出发点在于()。
①弱化行政管理,提高服务水平
②监督政府权力,推动政务公开
③转变政府职能,提高行政效率
④依法行使职能,促进经济发展
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