答案第1页,共18页 专题12 语法填空训练 (2) 1.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The UK will soon adopt a four-day work week trial, which will run between June and November 2022, letting employees at 60 UK____1____(company)work for four days a week instead of five while____2____(receive) the same pay. Researchers will measure the impact of reduced hours ____3____productivity, the environment, gender equality and workers’ well-being. The trial is part of the 4-Day Week UK campaign,____4____encourages businesses to create better work environments. The previous largest four-day work week trials____5____(do)in Reykjavik,Iceland,and involved over 2,500 workers. These led to long-term changes in the country’s average working schedule,with a research____6____(conduct) in 2021 estimating that 86% of the workers in Iceland were either working shorter weeks____7____getting the right to do so. In____8____2021 survey of 500 British business leaders, researchers found that 78% of those who had already started using four-day work weeks said employees were less stressed, and 75% said employees were happier. The same survey asked 2,000 British workers about a four-day work week. The largest number said they would be____9____(extreme) interested in the idea if they could choose which day to take off each week. But 56% said they would still be interested even if their employers____10____(choose) which day they took off. 【答案】 companies receiving On/upon which were done conducted or a extremely 10. chose 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了英国即将采取一周四天工作日制度。 1.考查名词复数。句意:英国很快将采用一项为期四天的每周工作制试点,该试点将于2022年6月至11月进行,让60家英国公司的员工每周工作四天,而不是五天,同时领取相同的工资。根据空前的60可知,空处表示60家英国公司,所以需要名词的复数形式。故填companies。 2.考查非谓语动词。句意:英国很快将采用一项为期四天的每周工作制试点,该试点将于2022年6月至11月进行,让60家英国公司的员工每周工作四天,而不是五天,同时领取相同的工资。分析句子结构可知,句中已有谓语动词,所以空中为非谓语动词作状语,和逻辑主语 答案第1页,共18页 employees之间存在主动关系,所以用现在分词。分词作状语时,有时为了强调状语的类型,可以在分词前加上从属连词,比如while,when,if等。故填receiving。 3.考查介词。句意:研究人员将衡量减少工时对生产力、环境、性别平等和工人福利的影响。the impa