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A recent survey found that nearly 50 percent of employees do not take their paid annual leave.

The survey, conducted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in about 60 cities in the country, revealed that employees in private companies are less likely to take paid annual leave, compared with those working in government organizations, institutions and state-owned enterprises, along with foreign companies.

According to a regulation on paid annual leave which took effect in 2008, full-time employees who work consecutively more than one year should receive paid days off. The number of paid vacation varies with the tenure: employees who have worked more than a year but less than 10 years get 5 days of annual leave; those who have worked between 10 and 20 years receive 10 days; and workers with more than 20 years are entitled to 15 days.

Even though most employees know they are entitled to paid annual leave, a quite number of workers choose not to take the days off either because there's no paid vacation system in the company or due to work pressure.

1.Which kind of employees are less likely to take paid annual leave?

A Those working in private companies.

B Those working in foreign companies.

C Those working in government organizations.

D Those working in state-owned enterprises.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知，调查显示，与在政府机构、事业单位、国有企业以及外企工作的员工相比，私企员工休带薪年假的可能性最小，故选A。

2.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “tenure”?

A 任期.

B 努力.

C 职位.

D 薪水.

解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据后文所说：累计工作已满1年但不满10年的职工，有5天年假等可知，带薪假期的长度因任期而异，可推测tenure意为“任期”，故选A。

3.An employee who has worked more than 20 years can get_________days of annual leave.

A 5

B 10

C 15

D 30

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段...and workers with more than 20 years are entitled to 15 days.可知，累计工作已满20年的职工，有15天年假，故选C。

4.Why do many employees choose not to take paid annual leave?

A Because there's no paid vacation system in the company.

B Because they have much work pressure.

C Because they don’t want to take the days off.

D Both A and B.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段内容可知，有相当一部分员工选择不休假，要么是因为公司没有带薪休假制度，要么是因为工作压力太大，故选D。