
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 W.Berry Fowler. In 1979, Fowler started a tutoring company that became so successful he was able to sell out and retire in 1978 – a multimillionaire at 40. He bought a 50-foot cabin cruiser(可住宿的游艇) 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(彩票) 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(标准尺) 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(有利可图的) it becomes.
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 retied.
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 offer pay, increase 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 中华考试网(www.Examw。com)
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
参考答案:
1. A. 2. C. 3. B. 4. A. 5. A. 6. B. 7. A.
2017年职称外语考试综合类阅读判断模拟4.doc正在阅读:
读《红岩》有感600字07-31
新疆石河子大学体育学院2016年公开招聘1名专业教师启事03-27
四川广元2019年10月自考时间:10月19日-20日03-28
宝剑锋从磨砺出梅花香自苦寒来作文350字12-05
怀孕前三个月的胎教故事:雪花的故事10-17
法国留学发展前景好的专业有哪些08-01
小学生奥数方阵问题、填算式练习题10-14
2020年安徽宿州市砀山县省级示范高中校园招聘18人(网络招聘)01-14
中考优秀作文范文:守望麦田02-09