D) The U.K.
33. A) By doing odd jobs at weekends.
B) By working long hours every day.
C) By putting in more hours each week.
D) By taking shorter vacations each year.
34. A) To combat competition and raise productivity.
B) To provide them with more job opportunities.
C) To help them maintain their living standard.
D) To prevent them from holding a second job.
35. A) Change their jobs.
B) Earn more money.
C) Reduce their working hours.
D) Strengthen the government’s role.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is
read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When
the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard.
For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing
information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have
just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when
the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have
written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false
impression that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are (36)
________ to provide nursing care only. We do not have any legal or moral (37)
________ to any physician. We provide health teaching, (38) ________ physical as well
as emotional problems, (39) ________ patient-related services, and make all of our
nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If, in any (40)
________, we feel that a physician’s order is (41) ________ or unsafe, we have a legal
(42) ________ to question that order or refuse to carry it out.
Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of
that before they enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress. However, that
occurs due to odd working hours is a (43) ________ reason for a lot of the career
dissatisfaction. (44) ________________________________. That disturbs our personal
lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything except