Job or Money?
Would you quit your job if you didnt need the money? In a 1990 poll by the Gallop Organization, many people said quitting work was an important reason to be rich. Yet researchers find that work is one of lifes chief satisfactions for people.
Consider W.Berry Fowler. In 1979, Fowler started a tutoring company that became so successful he was able to sell out and retire in 1978 a multimillionaire at 40. He bought a 50-foot cabin cruiser(可住宿的游艇) and a house in Hawaii, and busied himself vacationing.
But after five years of perpetual vacation, Flower began to miss the challenges of work. So in 1992, he bought a fitness chain for children and now spends 75 hours a week immersed in balance sheets and staff meetings. My best days on the golf course werent half as much fun as a good day at the office, he says.
A job, studies show, is more than a paycheck. Doing something well can increase confidence and self-worth. When sociologist H. Ray Kaplan surveyed 139 lottery(彩票) millionaires, he discovered 60 percent continued working at least a year after theyd won.
If jobs are so important, wouldnt salary size be a gauge of job satisfaction? Americans think so. A survey conducted last year by Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc., found that almost 70 percent of the respondents said they would be happier if their families had twice as much household income. Yet studies show that job satisfaction comes less from how much people earn than from the challenge of their jobs and the control they are able to exert. Work that doesnt engage a person will never seem rewarding, no matter how lucrative(有利可图的) it becomes.
1.The Gallop poll shows many people want to be rich in order not to work.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2. Some researchers did another survey after the Gallop poll.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
3. Berry Fowler was no longer busy after he retied.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
4. According to Berry Fowler, his pastime wasnt as funny as working at office.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
5. Work is important in that it offer pay, increase confidence and self-worth.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
6. Studies show that job satisfaction comes mainly from peoples income
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
7. The Roper Starch Worldwide survey found that most Americans find jobs of higher pay more satisfying.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
参考答案:
1. A. 2. C. 3. B. 4. A. 5. A. 6. B. 7. A.
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