6．Garlos Slim's proposal that we work a three-day week sounds crazy．But many，in 1922，thought Henry Ford was crazy when he announced that his staff would work a five-day week．
Our working week seems normal to us because it is what we all always do．
He certainly could be for those who are not ready to retire and whom he was most concerned about when he made his statement about a three-day week at a business conference in Paraguay．As Slim said，it no longer made sense for people to stop working in their fifties or sixties when they might still have up to a third of their lives ahead of them．
"People are going to have to work for more years，until they are 70or 75，and just work three days a week-perhaps 11hours a day，"he said．
Keeping older employees at work makes sense for societies，especially those with a decreasing number of young people who are expected to support long-lived pensioners．
He appeared to be suggesting that these short-week workers earned the same as they did full-time．That is what happens at Telmex，his Mexican telecommunications company，where those qualified for retirement can choose to work four-day weeks on full pay．
Older workers elsewhere might prefer shorter weeks at reduced pay---eight or nine hours a day rather than 11．Their companies might benefit from keeping their experience while saving money on their salaries．What about everyone else？There are those who are unemployed，or in jobs at risk，and who would be delighted to have three secure，well-paid days of work a week．
Others in hospitals，supermarkets and petrol stations have to work at night，as well as on the weekend that Ford made rest time for his employees．
But a shorter week would work for many others if their companies agree to it．
I have managed about a dozen working parents working three or four days a week．They have，in almost all cases，been more productive and industrious than their colleagues working five days a week．They were generally more focused and better-organised．
Shorter weeks don't work in every job，but they work in more jobs than most tradition-bound managers think．People living longer，in better health，are changing working life too．Slim's idea is in tune with times．
28．What is the best title for this passage？B
A．The three-day work per week isn't a great idea．
B．The three-day work per week is a great idea．
C．The five-day work per week isn't a great idea．
D．The five-day work per week is a great idea．
29．Why does Slim think it unwise for people in their fifties or sixties to retire？D
A．The people in their fifties or sixties have much experience．
B．They have many children and old parents to support．
C．They have much interest in their former work．
D．They have longer life to live in their future．
30．Why is it reasonable for the older people to continue working？A
A．It can reduce the young's pressure to support their old parents．
B．It can make the older people live a longer life．
C．It can make the older people feel less dull．
D．It can make the older people live happier．
31．What can we infer from the passage？C
A．Older workers elsewhere specially prefer shorter weeks at reduced pay．
B．Only a company values old workers'working experience by reducing their salaries．
C．Slim encourages his retired employees to continue working．
D．All companies like their employees to work three days per week．
分析 本文主要講述了Garlos Slim提出的每周3天工作日的想法是非常好的一個提議．工作時短可以讓人們更多的關注健康，更多的關注生活．
解答 28．B 主旨題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，主要講述了Garlos Slim提出的每周3天工作日的想法是非常好的一個提議．雖然現(xiàn)在沒有得到實施，但是那再未來完全是有可能的．結(jié)合選項，故選B
29．D 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，As Slim said，it no longer made sense for people to stop working in their fifties or sixties when they might still have up to a third of their lives ahead of them．由此可知，Slim說對于人們在50歲或者60歲的時候就不工作時不明智的，因為他們生命還有很長，結(jié)合選項，故選D
30．A 細節(jié)題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，Keeping older employees at work makes sense for societies，especially those with a decreasing number of young people who are expected to support long-lived pensioners年長者的繼續(xù)工作，對社會也是一種貢獻，尤其可以減輕現(xiàn)在很多年輕人的贍養(yǎng)壓力，結(jié)合選項，故選A
31．C 推理題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，Garlos Slim提出的每周3天工作日的想法是非常好的一個提議，他的言論里還提到老人也該繼續(xù)上班，那樣的話，對自己和子女都是好的，結(jié)合選項，故選C
點評 本文是人生感悟類閱讀理解．做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍，做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結(jié)合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)
