[单项选择]Flexible working hours will definitely ______ people to be more efficient at work.
A. enable
B. accuse
C. acquire
D. agree

[单项选择]Flexible working hours were firstly used by the ______.


A. British
B. Americans
C. Germans
D. Japanese

[单项选择]Some companies have introduced flexible working time with less emphasis on pressure ______.


A. than more on efficiency
B. and more on efficiency
C. and more efficiency
D. than efficiency

[单项选择]The importance of flexible working arrangements, ______ for women, is to be discussed at a half-day seminar this month.
A. particularly
B. primarily
C. probably
D. perpetually

[填空题]The flexible working time system will enable the (employ) ______ to work more efficiently.

[填空题]The new flexible working time system will enable the (employ) ______ to work more efficiently.

[多项选择]The growth of part-time and flexible working pattern, and of training and retraining schemes, ______ more women to take advantage of employment opportunities.
A. have allowed
B. allow
C. allows
D. allowing

[单项选择]The growth (of) part-time and flexible working patterns (allow) more women (to) (take) advantage of employment opportunities.


A. of
B. allow
C. to
D. take

[单项选择]

Passage 1
Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are healthier than housewives. Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than jobholders. An investigation shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases by 2%. All this comes down to one point: work is helpful to health,
Why is work good for health It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness. Researches show that people feel unhappy, worried and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are busy. (1) Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between man and reality. By work people come into with each other. By collective activity they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work means the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him i
A. healthy
B. lazy
C. ordinary
D. poor