首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] A study has shown that here in the United States, we’ve experi
[originaltext] A study has shown that here in the United States, we’ve experi
游客
2025-01-13
37
管理
问题
A study has shown that here in the United States, we’ve experienced the revolution concerning our attitudes towards the workweek and weekend. Although some calendars still mark the beginning of the week "Sunday", more and more of us have come to regard Monday as the first day of the week with Saturday and Sunday comprising the two-day periods thought of as the weekend. In fact, the word "weekend" didn’t even exist in English until about the middle of the 19th century. In England at that time, Saturday afternoons had just been added to Sundays and holidays as a time for workers to have off from their jobs. This innovation became common in the United States in the 1920s. But as the workweek shortened during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the weekend expanded to two full days, Saturday and Sunday. Some people thought that this trend would continue due to increasing automation and the workweek might decrease to four days or even fewer. But so far, this hasn’t happened. The workweek seems to have stabilized the 40 hours made up of five eight-hour days. Next time I’m going to talk about the idea of adding Monday to the weekend.(199)
Question No. 15 When did the word "weekend" begin to exist in the English language?
Question No. 16 When did American people begin to have two-day weekend?
Question No. 17 What did some people predict from increasing automation?
Question No. 18 What is the speaker going to talk about next time?
选项
A、The workweek might decrease to four days.
B、Workers might depend heavily on automation.
C、Inefficient employees might lose their jobs.
D、Employees might work in a relaxed atmosphere.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3911161.html
相关试题推荐
______[br][originaltext]Americansarefriendly,butintheirownway.Ing
______[br][originaltext]SentenceNo.1Youshouldinspectyourpurchasewhen
______[originaltext]SentenceNo.1Youshouldinspectyourpurchasewhenitis
[originaltext]Alex:IthinkIreallyneedtomove,Linda.Thisapartmentistoo
[originaltext]Alex:IthinkIreallyneedtomove,Linda.Thisapartmentistoo
[originaltext]Whenyoustopandthinkaboutyourhighschoolorcollegeyou
[originaltext]Whenyoustopandthinkaboutyourhighschoolorcollegeyou
[originaltext]Whenyoustopandthinkaboutyourhighschoolorcollegeyou
[originaltext]George:HiJenny.I’mthinkingofapplyingforajobwithamulti
[originaltext]ThedayafterThanksgivinghasbecomeAmerica’swildestshoppi
随机试题
It’snevereasyforamightymilitarytotreadlightlyonforeignsoil.Int
SummerforCollegeStudentsCollegestudentsspendtheirsummersinmany
两个公司需要通过Internet传输大量的商业机密信息,为了确保信息的安全,要实
成年人正畸治疗中,组织反应区别于青少年的特点为A.牙周支持组织细胞活性增加 B
请阅读Passage2,完成小题。 Passage2 Thesubj
城市广场规划中,站前广场设置的目的就是()。A.形成公共活动空间 B.设置
以下所列药物中,能促进小肠对维生素D的吸收是A.矿物油 B.雌激素 C.硫糖
某公司2011年3月份新购入一项固定资产,4月份安装调试完成,5月份投入使用。该
男,45岁,蛋白尿1年,乏力、恶心2月,平时血压偏高,贫血貌,血压180/110
女性,26岁,产前检查发现子宫肌瘤直径2cm,足月顾产后,阴道流血淋漓2月余,前
最新回复
(
0
)