people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US
dollars a kilorneter. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have
some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the
least sign of anxiety.
The dining rooms in an big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests
have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would
do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can
easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed
with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid
accordingly.
With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take
"petty advantages". But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always corne back to pay their fare
after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has everbeen found in the free hotel dining
rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act
on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real "gentleman".
In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?
B. only pays two US dollars for a taxi ride
C. can neverbe tumed down by the taxi driver whereVer he wants to go
D. needs to provide good faith denlonstration before leaving without paying
B. big hotels provide meals for all kinds of diners
C. guests can enjoy free food once they stayed in the hotel
D. big hotels are mostly poorly managed
B. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.
C. The workers are always honest with their working hours.
D. The bosses are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.
B. Finland has been a good place for cheats
C. the Finnish society is of very high moral level
D. all the Finns are rich and therefore honest
tomb for the aged. However, the situation is quite different in Australia. Different people have their own ways
for enjoyment and their own worlds of pastime.
Most children often work hard in school since they have to face various exams. After school they do not
want to confine themselves to books any more. Instead, they put aside their schoolbags at home and sneak
quickly to some quiet street corners for their games. Bigger children like to shoulder their large kites to some
steep cliffs, and jump to fly in the sky with their kites.
Some old people often get up early in the morning and go to parks to do newspaper reading. After breakfast,
they come to horse races, dog races and sometimes car races for betting. If he wins, he will feed himself a
good dinner. In the evening, they stay at home, watching TV sometimes with grandchildren. Some of the aged
also enjoy fishing and gardening.
Young people prefer to go outing for holidays. At the weekends, they go to the seashore for swimming or
to the forest for hunting and camping, or mountainous areas for picnicking. Then in the evenings on Sundays,
they start their long bumper-to-bumper drive back on the highways. Nobody seems in a hurry.
The Australian government also encourages its people to have more relaxation after work. Sometimes,
certain kind of financial help is distributed to people going on holidays and public holidays are purposely set on
Monday or Friday so that Australians may have a longer weekend for enjoyment. They think people can work
better only after they get a full relaxation. And it grows out of this idea that relaxation comes the top priority
(优先权) for enjoyment in Australia.
B. The competition among American young people is fierce.
C. The life of the American old people is very terrible.
D. Children in America are extremely happy.
B. is not a struggling field for the youth
C. is not a tomb for the aged
D. has different worlds for different people
B. a full relaxation will make people work better
C. enjoyment can make people happy
D. Australian people are lazy
B. prevent themselves from
C. limit themselves to
D. satisfy themselves with
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I am not opposed to drinking, but it sometimes makes Christmas parties out of control. Every year, the
company my wife works for 1______ (host) a Christmas dinner party at a local restaurant. What used to be
an enjoyable meal with some employees has become a large, drunken event 2______ (last) late into the night.
One year, two employees 3______ (expect) had a fight outside the entrance. Last year, it was even more
embarrassing that the scene 4______ some drunken employees set fire to one of the tables was viewed by
other customers in the restaurant. Every year, my wife talks about not going, 5______ always does and insists
we stay till the end of the party. This year, we thanked the hosts, left the restaurant and had cocktails and
dinner at home. I think we would be setting a good example and other employees would follow. What do you
think?
Dear West.
We"re with you, as you never know 6______ the party will have in store for you. 7______ you don"t make
your farewells in an unhurried manner and don"t give the impression that you are 8______ a rush, it will not
be rude to do so. The employees who get drunk may not even notice you"re gone. More importantly, other
employees may find courage in 9______ to do the same, and perhaps if enough of them walk out, the boss
will find 10______ way to celebrate the holiday.
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