Technology companies usually focus their employee benefits around making people stay in the office longer：ping-pong tables，game rooms, on-site training rooms, some even offer laundry services. We, ABC Company, don’t do any of these.

　　Instead, we focus on benefits that get people out of the office as much as possible. We designed our benefits system to reflect that. Here are some of the benefits we offer to get people away from the computer:

　　Vacations： For the last three years in a row, we’ve worked with a professional travel agent to prepare different travel packages that employees could pick from as a holiday gift. Everything is paid for and included. Specific pre-arranged trips—whether for a family to go to Disneyland or a couple to tour Spain—have helped make sure people actually take their vacations.

　　4-day Summer Weeks： From May through October, everyone who’s been with the company for more than a year gets to work just four days in a week. This started out as “Friday's off”，but roles like customer support and operations need to cover all hours.

　　To come up with the best ideas，you need a fresh mind. These travel and time-off benefits help everyone stay sharp.

　　38.ABC Company pays for everything in the travel packages in order to_____.

　　A)make sure its employees take their vacations

　　B)build up business relations with a travel agent

　　C)encourage its employees to travel on business

　　D)help the development of tourism in the area

　　【答案】A)。

　　【解析】語義理解題。根據(jù)題干中的ABC Company 和travel packages定位到文章第二段Vacations部分。 該部分指出，ABC公司連續(xù)三年與專業(yè)旅行社合作為員工提供各類旅行服務，一切費用均由公司承擔，公司這樣做的目的是確保員工真正地休假。由此可知，公司承擔員工所有旅行費用的目的是讓員工休假，故A)為本題的答案。

　　39.Who can enjoy the 4-day Summer Weeks in the company?

　　A)Employees of 18 years old and above.

　　B)Customer support employees.

　　C)The newly-employed staff.

　　D)Employees working over a year.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)關鍵詞4-day Summer Weeks定位到文章第二段4-day Summer Weeks部分。該部分解釋了哪些員工可以享受為期4天的夏日假。公司規(guī)定凡在公司工作滿一年，五月至十月，每周就可以工作四天，由此可以確定D)“工作時間超過一年的員工”為本題的答案。

　　40.By saying “stay sharp” in the last paragraph, the writer means “be______”.

　　A) more carefulB)open-mindedC)quick-mindedD)healthier

　　【答案】C)。

　　【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)關鍵詞stay sharp和last paragraph定位到最后一段。該段說明了 ABC公司鼓勵員工旅行休假的原因;旅行和休假能使人保持敏銳的頭腦，更能想出好的方案。由此確定C)“敏銳的頭腦”為本 題的答案。

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