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NEW YORK- One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel necessary, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder.com, an online job site. As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally. Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke. While 21 percent of those who attended said happy hours were good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position. An equal number of men and women said they attended happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers aged 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend. Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and; of those nearly a quarter go at least once a month.
The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13. Harris Interactive said the results had a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
56. Harris Interactive made the survey to find out ________.
A. how U.S. workers spend their after-work time
B. what U.S. workers do at after-work drinks
C. the relationships between U.S. workers
D. who are most likely to attend after-work drinks
57. ________ of workers who attend after-work drinks speak ill of a colleague.
A. 4 percent                        B. 8 percent                        C. 16 percent                    D. 10 percent    
58. According to the passage, most of those surveyed believed attending after-work drinks ________.
A. benefited them a lot                                                  B. could provide information
C. only made them relaxed                                           D. was of no help to them
59. We can learn from the text that _________.
A. workers over 55 don’t like to attend happy hours at all
B. about 75% of workers go more than once a month
C. 10.5% of male workers attend happy hours with co-workers
D. about 700 workers surveyed shared a secret about a co-worker
60. After the survey, it can be inferred that_________.
A. all the workers oppose after-work drinks
B. the workers may change their attitudes towards after-work drinks
C. all the workers support after-work drinks
D. all the workers are suggested going to attend after-work drinks

Answer 1

56. B。57. C。58. D。59. D。60. B。

56. B。推理判断题。根据第一段“One in five U.S. workers regularly attends after-work drinks with coworkers, where the most common mishaps range from badmouthing another worker to drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday. ”可知美国工人下班后经常聚会喝酒，而主要内容不是说别人坏话，就是饮酒过量。因此推断，这项调查的目的是为了弄清楚工人下班后喝酒时干什么。
57. C。细节理解题。根据第二段“16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague,”可知bad-mouthing是“说坏话”的意思。
58. D。细节理解题。根据第二段“85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position.”可知85%的人认为这种聚会没什么好处。
59. D。推理判断题。“.….. workers over 55 least likely to attend”意思是55岁以上的工人很少去聚会喝酒，并不能说明他们都不喜欢，所以A不正确。“.….. nearly a quarter go at least once a month”近四分之一的每周去一次并不意味着剩下的四分之三的人每周就去两次以上，还有些人可能不会去，所以B也不对。文章中没有确切的信息说明男工中有10.5%的人参加聚会，因此C也不对。
60. B。推理判断题。综合文章介绍的情况，85%美国工人下班后经常聚会喝酒并没有益处，因此调查者应该会改变对这种聚会的态度。A，C，D选项太绝对。