Whether work should be placed among the causes of happiness or among the causes of unhappiness may perhaps be regarded as a doubtful question. There is certainly much work which is exceedingly weary and an excess of work is always very painful. I think, however, that, provided work is not excessive in amount, even the dullest work is to most people less painful then idleness. There are in work all grades, from mere relief of tedium up to the profoundest delights, according to the nature of the work and the abilities of the worker. Most of the work that most people have to do is not in itself interesting, but even such work has certain great advantages. To begin with, it fills a good many hours of the day without the need of deciding what one shall do. Most people, when they are left free to fill their own time according to their own choice, are at a loss to think of anything sufficiently pleasant to be worth doing. And whatever they decide, they are troubled by the feeling that s
A. To make wise use of leisure
B. To be free from hard work
C. To keep oneself busy with trifles
D. To work to some extent
Questions 102-104 refer to the following letter.
Customer Service Department
Northland Electronics Center
4022 First Street
Wellington
Now Zealand
Dear Northland Representative,
I would like to share with you a positive experience I recently had with your company.
On February 4, I ordered a DVD player and two DVDs from your online store. The_(1)_________delivery time was five business days, so I expected to receive the items no later than February 11.
When this day came and my order had not arrived, I was upset.
I waited another week to__(2)___________any unexpected postal delays, and then, on February 18, I emailed the Northland Customer ServiceDepartment about the problem. They responded
immediately with an apology and promised to resend the order by express delivery at no extra charge. I received it just two days later, on February 20.
I would like to_(3)___________my gratitude to t
A. be allowed for
B. allow for
C. be allowing
D. allow of
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