2014年12月大学英语四级考试预测试卷11_第7页

　　听材料，回答下列各题：

　　According to a new study, a major ingredient to taking the pain out of a stressful day at work is asupportive partner at home. It may not seem like a _____26 ____ conclusion but the study is the first to _____27 ____ the effectsthat a sympathetic ear can have at home and at work.

　　They found that highly stressed employees had a 25 percent higher level of _____28 ____ levels if they had aharmonious home life. They were also 33 percent more likely to have positive relationships with colleagues, and a20 percent higher level of job satisfaction.

　　____ 29_____ studies have linked work-related stress to _____30____ mental and physical illnesses, such asdepression and ____ 31_____. But this study shows how Stress can be a vicious circle-adversely affecting the wayemployees perform at work, which can _____32 ____even more workplace stress.

　　One expert said the mental and physical wellbeing of employees were _____33____if they came to work stillstressed from the day before. He said: "When you're still angry or upset from yesterday's stress, your workday willlikely go in only one direction-down."

　　And there were obvious benefits at home as well. Employees with strong home support were 25 percent lesslikely to suffer from after-work ____34_____. Having an awareness of a partner's daily work demands--such asdeadlines, a lack of adequate resources and bad bosses--could ensure that _____35____ always communicated, and apartner could see when their loved one was underplaying or exaggerating a problem.

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