2016年12月大學英語四級閱讀模擬練習(36)

　　One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks withco-workers, where the most common (1) rangefrom bad-mouthing(說……的壞話)another worker to kissing a colleagueand drinking too much,according to a study (2) on Tuesday.

　　Most workers attend so-called happy hours to (3) with colleagues, although 15 percent go tohear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated,said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder. com,an online job site.

　　As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percentreported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about acolleague, 8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too muchand acted (4) .5 percent said they had shared a secret aboutthe company, and 4 percent (5) to singing karaoke.

　　While 21 percent of those who attend say happy hours are good for (6) ,85 percent said attending had not helped themget (7) to someone higher up orget a better position.

　　An equal number of men and women said they attend happy hours withco-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least (8) to attend.

　　Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workersand, of those, (9) a quarter go at least once a month.

　　The survey was (10) online by Harris Interactive on behalf ofCareerBuilder. com among 6,987 full-time employees.

　　A) bond

　　B) acknowledged

　　C) nearly

　　D) specially

　　E) anywhere

　　F) mishaps

　　G) obligated

　　H) likely

　　I) conducted

　　J) idly

　　K) unprofessionally

　　L) networking

　　M) released

　　N) confessed

　　O) researched

　　【答案解析】

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