2020年7月11日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：Stress of Workplace

2020年7月11日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：Stress of Workplace

A How busy is too busy? For some it means having to miss the occasional long lunch; for others it means missing lunch altogether. For a few, it is not being able to take a “sickie” once a month. Then there is a group of people for whom working every evening and weekend is normal,and frantic is the tempo of their lives.For most senior executives, workloads swing between extremely busy and frenzied. The vice-president of the management consultancy AT Kearney and its head of telecommunications for the Asia-Pacific region, Neil Plumridge, says his work weeks vary from a “manageable” 45 hoursto80hours,butaverage60hours.

B Three warning signs alert Plumridge about his workload: sleep, scheduling and family.He knows he has too much on when he gets less than six hours of sleep for three consecutive nights; when he is constantly having to reschedule appointments; “and the third one is on the family side”, says Plumridge, the father of a three-year-old daughter, and expecting a second child in October. “If I happen to miss a birthday or anniversary, I know things are out of control.” Being “too busy” is highly subjective. But for any individual,the perception of being too busy over a prolonged period can start showing up as stress: disturbed sleep, and declining mental and physical health. National workers’ compensation figures show stress causes the most lost time of any workplace injury. Employees suffering stress are off work an average of 16.6 weeks. The effects of stress are also expensive. Comcare, the Federal Government insurer, reports that in 2003-04, claimsforpsychologicalinjuryaccountedfor7%ofclaimsbutalmost27%ofclaimcosts. Experts say the key to dealing with stress is not to focus on relief – a game of golf or a massage – but to reassess workloads. Neil Plumridge says he makes it a priority to work out what has to change; that might mean allocating extra resources to a job, allowing more time or changing expectations. The decision may take several days. He also relies on the advice of colleagues, saying his peers coach each other with business problems. “Just a fresh pair of eyes over an issue can help,”hesays.

雅思阅读题目：

Question1-5

Use the information in the passage to match the people (listed A-D) with opinions or deedsbelow.

Write the appropriate letters A-D in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.

NB You may use any letter more than once.

A Jan Elsnera

B Vanessa Stoykov

C Gal Zauberman

D Neil Plumridge

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