六、完形填空( 20% ) Leisure plays an important part in British life. There are four main reasons for this. First of all, people spend 1 time working now than they 2 , mostly 3 the introduction of new technology in industry. The normal British 4 week is Monday to Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 5 some people, especially manual workers, regularly work a few hours’ overtime each week. Secondly, all working people get a minimum of two weeks’ paid vacation a year, 6 get three, and people in 7 such as teaching 8 get ten. In addition there are six or more bank holidays a year when all banks and businesses are 9 . In some 10 the dates of these national holidays change from year to year 11 in different parts of Britain . Another reason is 12 , thanks to modern medicine and 13 living standards, people live 14 now. This means that 15 retirement, people have quite a few years of leisure 16 . Nowadays, a much higher proportion of the population is over sixty, but in this group there are 17 women than men. Finally, few 18 are born each year and the average family in 19 has two children. This is one result of changing 20 attitudes. 1. A. little B. much C. less D. more 2. A. do B. used to C. enjoy D. have 3. A. lead to B. join to C. add to D. due to 4. A. working B. studying C. traveling D. playing 5. A. if B. although C. before D. after 6. A. mostly B. almost C. the most D. most 7. A. jobs B. business C. offices D. schools 8. A. ever B. even C. yet D. still 9. A. closed B. free C. busy D. open 10. A. ways B. methods C. cases D. places 11. A. or B. nor C. but D. and 12. A. this B. which C. what D. that 13. A. high B. higher C. low D. lower 14. A. longer B. long C. shorter D. short 15. A. until B. since C. after D. before 16. A. at home B. left C. to space D. missing 17. A. more B. much C. a lot of D. a number 18. A. girls B. boys C. children D. babies 19. A. Britain B. the world C. USA D. Europe 20. A. social B. educational C. cultural D. industrial