[填空题]
Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, fill in
a suitable word in each blank on the ANSWER SHEET.
There are people who are especially attracted (51)
the notion of "climbing the ladder" so as to (52)
their status, financial position, and sense of self-worth.
(53) part, as a result of the work ethic, these people are
internally "driven" to work. Not infrequently, foreign visitors have
observed that Americans spend an inordinate (54) of time
working and, (55) a consequence, Americans have little time
for leisure or personal relationships. In American English a new word has
been (56) to (57) people who work
compulsively. The word "workaholic" describes an individual who is (58)
addicted to work as an alcoholic is to liquor.
There
are conflicting points of view about workaholics. Those concerned with problems
of mental stress believe workaholics abuse themselves