RC Workholism JC
RC Workholism JC
A
A survey of 8,000 people by the UK Institute of Personnel and
Development found that one in three people work more than 48
hours per week and claim to be addicted to their jobs. One in six
people work more than 60 hours a week and three-quarters of
employees currently work overtime but only one-third gets paid for 5
it.
Workaholics are often stressed. Studies show that Japan has the 30
E largest amount of workaholics worldwide and overwork is
responsible for 10,000 deaths there each year. The Japanese even
have a word for death by overwork - ‘karoshi’.
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Physical or mental exercise such as positive thinking, relaxing 35
meditation, or spiritual comfort from family and friends can all help
to overcome workaholism.
.Answer the questions about the reading passage
.A) People in the UK are addicted to work but don’t get paid for it
.Working overtime in the UK is: c) not paid for the majority of employees .2
A) a cause of accidents
A) social drinking
B) addictive habits
C) personal happiness
D) emotional problems
?Which country has the highest number of workaholics .5
A) The UK
B) India
C) Japan
D) The US
A) active workaholics
B) passive workaholics
D) both B and C
A) 8,000
C) 10,000
D) 1,000
?Which type of workaholic is more energetic and has more fun doing work .8
A) Japanese
B) passive
C) active
D) Karoshi
What does the pronoun it in paragraph A line 6 refer to? It refers to the .9
people who don’t get paid for working on overtime
?What does the pronoun they paragraph D line 25 refer to .10
It refers to the active workaholics, they think have energy for working ___
longer hours and they believe that all the hard work brings special
.rewards for them