Question

These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers” for the simple reason that they      wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often       to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a（an）     for the Ellesmere Corporation.

  When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He      told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home      in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and    the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his       . Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found      job. He will soon be working in an office. He will earn much less than he used to, but he feels that his rise in     is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs'      'Alf'.

1.A. eventuallyB. occasionallyC. usuallyD. apparently

2.A. excitedB. willingC. interested D. lucky

3.A. officialB. managerC. salesmanD. dustman

4.A. hopefullyB. probablyC. simply    D. politely

5.A. woreB. put C. triedD. dressed

6.A. tookB. spentC. costD. wasted

7.A. mistakeB. secretC. memoryD. reputation

8.A. anotherB. oneC. the otherD. other

9.A. statusB. look C. direction D. statue

10.A. in spite ofB. regardless ofC. instead ofD. in case of

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：现在，从事体力劳动的人常常比坐办公室的人挣更多的钱。这些在办公室工作的人常被称为“白领”。许多人愿意用丰厚的工资来换取白领的特殊待遇，这就是人性。

1.People who work in offices are frequently referred to as “white-collar workers”在办公室工作的人常被称为“白领”，是因为他们通常穿衬衫打领带，故选C。

2.

3.as a dustman”可知，Alf是一名清洁工，故选D。

4.Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job可知，Alf没有告诉妻子自己工作的事情，仅仅告诉她自己是这个公司的一名员工，故选C。

5. in a smart black suit穿着一套黑色西装，be dressed in穿着......，故选D。

6. the next eight hours as a dustman，Alf以清洁工的身份度过接下来的八个小时，主语是人时，用spend，故选B。

7.Alf's wife has never discovered可知，Alf的同事替他保守着这个秘密，keep one’s secret替某人保守秘密，故选B。

8.for Alf has just found job，Alf刚找到一份新工作，故选A。

9.but he feels that his rise in is well worth the loss of money他认为金钱的丧失换来地位的上升是值得的，故选A。

10.others will call him “Mr. Bloggs” “Alf”他人将会称呼他“Mr. Bloggs”而不是“Alf”故选C。

考点：社会类短文阅读