2023届高三英语外刊改编语法填空专项训练（4）

高考英语 外刊改编 第一篇 假日喧嚣:大多数人都讨厌利用周末休息 A new survey launched before the Labor Day holiday shows many in China find working weekends for longer holidays “exhausting.” As the Labor Day holiday approaches, China’s public holiday system, 1. ____ allows employees to trade weekends for longer holidays, has yet again sparked widespread debate. An ongoing survey 2. ____(conduct) by domestic media outlet China Newsweek on China’s microblogging platform Weibo starting Monday showed that 92% of around 157,000 respondents voted against “compensation weekends” 3. ____ asked if such a system was necessary. While most said working extra weekends was “exhausting,” those 4. _____(support) the current arrangement said it was necessary to boost5. _____(consume) and help migrant workers see their families. China’s calendar counts a total of 11 days each year to celebrate seven public holidays ranging from longer ones like Spring Festival and the National Day vacation 6. ______ shorter ones such as Tomb-sweeping Day and Labor Day. Since 1999, the government 7. _____create longer vacations by swapping working days with weekends preceding and following the holiday. To illustrate, the May 1 Labor Day vacation 8. ____(mandate) just a one-day holiday. But under the current system, employees get five days off from April 29 to May 3 this year. But to make up for the two extra holidays, employees have to work on April 22 (Sunday) and May 6 (Saturday). The 9. _____(arrange) is aimed at driving consumption by offering a longer and more uniform period for travel and entertainment. But many, particularly employees already stressed by the overtime culture, feel working extra weekends isn’t worth it. Shanghai-based office worker Sheila Yu, 42, told Sixth Tone: “I just want to rest after days of hard work, but now I have to work on weekends under such 10. ____(reason) and tokenistic holiday arrangements.” 答案： 1. which 2. being conducted 3. when 4. supporting 5. consumption 6. to 7. has created 8. man