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rk. Now the government wants to 10 overtime to a maximum of 100 hours a month and 11 panies that do not obey. In another case 12 became known, 24yearold Matsuri Takahashi, killed herself in 2015 after suffering from 13 and working long hours for a Japanese advertising agency. Japanese employees, 14 , work more hours than anywhere else in the Western world. They also 15 only a third of the holidays they are entitled to. Many Japanese work hard in order to show that they are loyal(忠誠(chéng)的) to their 16 . In 2016, two thousand Japanese workers killed themselves due to stress and 17 . Many others died from stressrelated diseases, 18 from heart attacks and high blood pressure. The Japanese 19 such workrelated deaths as karoshi(過(guò)勞死). We can conclude from above that too much work does 20 stress and illnesses. Therefore, the Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to enjoy their holidays.1. A. uncertainB. suspectedC. confusedD. public2. A. reportB. bookC. headlineD. scheme3. A. unwillinglyB. wholeheartedlyC. secretlyD. severely4. A. hospitalB. schoolC. munityD. organization5. A. motivationB. instructionC. electionD. position6. A. afraidB. awareC. demandingD. guilty7. A. involvedB. investigatedC. concludedD. assisted8. A. ofB. inC. toD. on9. A. littleB. fewC. muchD. many10. A. limitB. assessC. suspectD. submit11. A. honourB. praiseC. rewardD. fine12. A. thatB. whereC. whenD. whose13. A. violenceB. lonelinessC. unemploymentD. stress14. A. in conclusionB. on averageC. after allD. above all15. A. connectB. convinceC. consumeD. control16. A. teachersB. friendsC. paniesD. parents17. A. overviewB. overworkC. overweightD. overflow18. A. sufferingB. keepingC. hearingD. resulting19. A. lead toB. depend onC. link toD. look on20. A. exposeB. makeC. causeD. reduce【答案】 (1)D;(2)A;(3)B;(4)D;(5)C;(6)B;(7)A;(8)B;(9)C;(10)A;(11)D;(12)A;(13)D;(14)B;(15)C;(16)C;(17)B;(18)A;(19)D;(20)C; 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文,借日本女記者M(jìn)iwa Sado 的死亡事件,向讀者講述了日本社會(huì)的“過(guò)勞死”現(xiàn)象和過(guò)勞死的原因,以及該事件對(duì)日本社會(huì)造成的影響。日本政府意識(shí)到超負(fù)荷工作的危險(xiǎn),已發(fā)起運(yùn)動(dòng)鼓勵(lì)國(guó)民享受假期。 (1)考查形容詞。A:uncertain“不確定的”;B:suspected“被懷疑的”;C:confused“困惑的”;D:public“公眾的”。 日本女記者M(jìn)iwa Sado 的死亡事件,在勞工督察發(fā)布了一個(gè)詳細(xì)報(bào)告后,于本周公布于眾。bee/go public“公開(kāi)發(fā)布,公布于眾”,故選D。 (2)考查名詞。A:report“報(bào)告”;B:book“書(shū)”;C:headline“新聞提要,頭條新聞”;D:scheme“主題”。publish a detailed report“公開(kāi)發(fā)布一個(gè)詳盡的報(bào)告”。故選A。 (3)考查副詞。A:unwillingly“不情愿地”;B:wholeheartedly“全心全意地,全神貫注地”;C:secretly“秘密地”;D:severely“嚴(yán)厲地”。根據(jù)上文可知,該記者一個(gè)月加班159個(gè)小時(shí),最終死于心力衰竭,可見(jiàn)她是全身心地投入到工作中去。故選B。 (4)考查名詞。A:hospital“醫(yī)院”;B:school“學(xué)?!?;C:munity“社區(qū)”;D:organization“組織,機(jī)構(gòu)”。 NHK指日本放送協(xié)會(huì),日本的一個(gè)大眾傳播機(jī)構(gòu)。故選D。 (5)考查名詞。A:motivation“動(dòng)機(jī)”;B:instruction“指導(dǎo)”;C:election“選舉”;D:position“位置”。根據(jù)下文“for the next governor”判斷出,Miwa Sado正在為東京的下一任管轄者競(jìng)選收集信息。故選C。 (6)考查形容詞。A:afraid“害怕的”;B:aware“有意識(shí)的”;C:demanding“苛刻的”;D:guilty“內(nèi)疚的”。 大家期望Miwa Sado 的死亡事件會(huì)給日本政府敲響警鐘,從而使他們意識(shí)到超負(fù)荷工作帶來(lái)的健康風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。故選B。 (7)考查動(dòng)詞。A:involved“涉及”;B:investigated“調(diào)查”;C:concluded“總結(jié)”;D:assisted“幫助”。大家期望Miwa Sado 的死亡事件會(huì)給日本政府敲響警鐘,從而使他們意識(shí)到超負(fù)荷工作帶來(lái)的健康風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。故選A。 (8)考查介詞。one out of/in five“五分之一”。故選B。 (9) 考查形容詞。調(diào)查顯示,五分之一的工人因?yàn)檫^(guò)度工作而有患重病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。故選C。 (10)考查動(dòng)詞。A:limit“限制”;B:assess“評(píng)估”;C:suspect“懷疑”;D:submit“呈遞”。 意識(shí)到了問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性,日本政府打算把每月的加班時(shí)間限制到100個(gè)小時(shí),并對(duì)不遵守規(guī)定的公司進(jìn)行罰款。故選A。 (11)考查名詞。A:honour“尊敬”;B:praise“表?yè)P(yáng)”;C:reward“報(bào)答”;D:fine“罰款”。意識(shí)到了問(wèn)題的嚴(yán)重性,日本政府打算把每月的加班時(shí)間限制到100個(gè)小時(shí),并對(duì)不遵守規(guī)定的公司進(jìn)行罰款。故選D。 (12)考查定語(yǔ)從句。此處“…became known…”是定語(yǔ)從句,修飾先行詞another case。從句中缺少主語(yǔ),故用that,選A。 (13)考查名詞。A:violence“暴力”;B:loneliness“孤獨(dú),寂寞”;C:unemployment“失業(yè)”;D:stress“壓力”。二十四歲的Matsuri Takahashi自殺也是由于工作壓力大,工作時(shí)間長(zhǎng)。故選D。 (14)考查介詞短語(yǔ)。A:in conclusion“總之”;B:on average“平均”;C:after all“畢竟”;D:above all“最重要的是”。日本員工的平均工作時(shí)間比西方其他地方要高出許多。故選B。 (15)考查動(dòng)詞。A:connect“連接”;B:convince“使相信”;C:consume“消費(fèi)”;D:control“控制”日本的員工只消費(fèi)了他們享有的假期的三分之一。故選C。 (16)考查名詞。A:teachers“教師”;B:friends“朋友”;C:panies“公司”;D:parents“父母”。賣(mài)力地工作當(dāng)然顯示的是對(duì)公司的忠誠(chéng)。故選C。 (17)考查動(dòng)詞。A:overview“概述”;B:overwork“過(guò)度工作”;C:overweight“超重”;D:overflow“溢出”。 因?yàn)閴毫Υ螅^(guò)度工作而引起自殺。故選B。 (18)考查動(dòng)詞。A:suffering“遭受,患有”;B:keeping“保留”;C:hearing“聽(tīng)見(jiàn)”;D:resulting“導(dǎo)致”。其他許多人死于與壓力相關(guān)的疾病,如患有心臟病、高血壓。suffer from固定短語(yǔ),“遭受”。故選A。 (19)考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。句意:日本人把這種工作相關(guān)的死亡稱(chēng)為“過(guò)勞死”。look on…as....固定短語(yǔ),“把……看作”,故選D。 (20)考查動(dòng)詞。A:expose“暴露”;B:make“制作,使”;C:cause“引起”;D:reduce“減少”太多的工作的確會(huì)使人有壓力,引發(fā)疾病。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及動(dòng)詞,名詞,形容詞,副詞,介詞,定語(yǔ)從句,固定短語(yǔ)等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查,是一篇社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類(lèi)閱讀,要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上,進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系,進(jìn)行分析推理,從而選出正確答案。4.閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 When Bill Geske was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, his life was turned upside down. After being 1 to the emergency room with severe stomach pain, doctors found a tumor in his left kidney and 2 spots on his lungs. For treatment, Geske had the kidney removed and at the time the spots were 3 . However, a few months later, he learned from doctors that the cancer had indeed 4 . The situation wasn39。t good, and doctors estimated his 5 to be no more than two years. 6 the emotional and physical pains, his personal and family life suffered. We have a family business. We have two children who were thrown into the middle of this chaos 7 , and they39。ve had to grow up very fast and handle the business, which they knew 8 about. he said. But 9 all the chaos, there has been one constant: his wife Diane. Whether it was acpanying him to every doctor39。s 10 or cooking his favorite meal, Diane always made sure her husband knew he had her full 11 . I really see what love is. My wife 12 so much suffering. I39。m so 13 to have her fight with me and not against me. Geske said. The Geskes 14 that their road has be