Question

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。 (必要时加助动词或情态动词。)

Two months after beginning the new work hours，good results1.____________（report） in Jinan. New work hour starts at 9 in the morning，an hour later than before. But people still go back home at 6 in the afternoon. “With one more hour’s sleep every day，I feel much better，”said a worker there.

Now people still work as long as before，but not from 8:00 to 6:00.They 2.________（go） to work an hour later，but have a shorter lunch break. In the past they had two hours for lunch，but now they have only one. Many people welcome the new work hours. “Why3.____________ we _______（have） to waste a lot of time in the middle of the day and rush in the early morning？”

Two months ago，many people got up at 6:30 a.m. every workday and left home at 7:00 a.m. It usually4.__________（take） them about an hour to get to the office from home. Morning time was always like a battle（战斗）.People went to work in a hurry，5._________（feel） very tired. Sleep is needed for good health. Doctors say that eight hours’ sleep is good for people，but few people6._________（sleep） that long.

The use of the new work hours has just begun. Although we Chinese have long kept “early hours”，it’s important7.________（follow） the office hours in the world. Most foreign countries have “nine to five” work hours. If we 8.________（not change），there will be problems. When Chinese start working at 8 a.m, foreigners 9. ___________（not begin）business yet. But when they are busy10.________（work） at noon，Chinese are still on break. So some people think that it is the right time to change.

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