2021年GRE考试高分冲刺练习试题及答案8高分冲刺英语.doc

2021年GRE考试高分冲刺练习试题及答案8_高分冲刺英语新东方金牌名师直冲高分！20_年GRE考试全程课程火热开售中>>In 1919 Britain e_perienced its largest ever reduction in industrial working hours, to 48 per week.In Dowies view the 48-hour week played a central role in Britains poor economic performance during the 1920s.Dowie argued that the reduction, together with rapid wage growth, drove up prices.However, Greasly and O_ley found that the First World War (1914-1918) constituted a more powerful negative macroeconomic shock to Britains competitiveness.And Scott argues that Dowies thesis ignores considerable evidence that hourly productivity improves when hours are reduced from a high base level.Crucially, Dowies thesis does not acknowledge that hours were reduced to around 48 hours a week for industrial workers in most industrialized nations at this time so farundermining any potential impact of reduced hours on industrial productivity relative to other nations.1.Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for Scotts argument?A.Companies have generally found that part-time employees are less productive than full-time ones.B.When the total number of hours worked at a company increases owing to the addition of more employees, the usual result is improved productivity at the company.C.When the total hours worked by all employees per week in two companies are equivalent, hourly productivity tends to be equivalent as well.D.Companies whose employees usually work a high number of hours tend to have greater total costs than do similar companies whose employees work fewer hours.E.Companies have found that total output per employee is not necessarily changed by reductions in the number of hours worked per employee.2.It can be inferred from the passage that in the view of Greasley and O_leyA.a reduced workweek was ultimately beneficial to employeesB.the economic effects of the reduction in working hours in 1919 were briefC.Britain became less economically competitive in the 1920sD.reduced working hours were the primary cause of the economic changes observed by DowieE.the changes in economic performance in Britain in the 1920s were unforeseen答案：E C第 3 页 共 3 页