[填空题]In a competitive and fast-paced modern society, busy business
executives are so engrossing in their work that they hardly know (1) ______
what the word "leisure" means. The higher an executive’s posi-
tion is on the business ladder, the more hours he spends on his
work. With a view to gaining greater corporate standing or a big (2) ______
pay rise, he, as a rule, far exceeds
over the 40-hour working week. The additional stress and tension (3) ______
as well as the shortage of suitable rest and recreation very often (4) ______
have a disastrous effect on his health. Few such executives rea-
lize that unless they learn how to relax, they will soon run of (5) ______
steam before they get to the top of the executive ladder. A not-
ed American authority on leisure has said that "The key to relax-
ation to busy executives is to avoid the types of activities that are (6) ______
part and parcel of their dail