The Guinness World Records (吉尼斯世界纪录) has officially announced Monday as the worst day of the week. On Monday, the Guinness World Records said online “we’re officially giving Monday the record of the worst day of the week.” Why Is Monday the Worst Day of the Week? There are some reasons given by working people as follows.

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People working in the office are usually short of proper sleep. The normal working days start early in the morning and end very late. That makes people think that if they are working hard all these days then they can enjoy their weekend peacefully. But many people usually take advantage of their weekends through sleeping. They sleep late on weekends. So compared with the weekend, they have to get up earlier on the first working day of the week, which makes them feel stressed on Monday.

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Monday gives a certain change to the weekend. This kind of sudden change makes people irritated with facts that they spent their weekend so cheerfully and all of the sudden again this Monday they have to start working as usual. This kind of change makes people go very angry on Monday. That’s why Monday is considered as the most stressful day of the week.

Feeling less healthy

Working people work in the office day and night without thinking about anything. They follow healthy habits on working days. At weekend they feel relaxed, and they eat or drink out of their limits as compared to normal working days. Therefore, whenever Monday comes, people feel less healthy. And eventually they start hating Mondays for their own mistakes.

1.According to the passage, people would work hard day and night for ________.

A money

B the weekends

C their health

D the desire of sleeping

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段的“That makes people think that if they are working hard all these days then they can enjoy their weekend peacefully.”可知，工作日的繁忙让人们认为他们如果在工作日努力工作，就可以平静地享受周末。即周末是他们努力工作的动力之一。故选B。

2.Which of the following can be put in “  ▲  ”?

A Mondays are never ending pain.

B Getting out of bed is hard.

C As you hate your job.

D Unwanted change.

解析：选D。D段落大意题。通读第三段，结合关键词“a certain change”“sudden change”“This kind of change”等可知，该段主要描述的是周一给人们带来了一些他们并不想要的感受和变化。故选D。

3.What does the underlined part “irritated with” mean?

A Angry with.

B Away from.

C Clear about.

D Amazed at.

解析：选A。A词义猜测题。根据第三段划线部分后文“This kind of change makes people go very angry on Monday”这种变化让人们在周一感到生气，即他们对周一要上班这种突然的变化感到“恼火，生气”。故选A。

4.Why do people feel less healthy on Mondays?

A Because they are very busy on working days.

B Because they feel more relaxed on weekends.

C Because they usually make mistakes on Mondays.

D Because they have unhealthy habits on weekends.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据最后一段的“At the end of the weekends they feel relaxed, and they eat or drink out of their limits as compared to normal working days. Therefore...”可知，因为人们周末会感到放松，从而导致他们摄入比平时更多的东西，因此在周一的时候人们常常会感到身体变得不太健康。故选D。

5.The passage probably comes from __________.

A a dictionary

B a poster

C a magazine

D a notice

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，本文主要描述周一对职场人士来说是最糟糕的一天的理由，属于社会方面的话题文章，最有可能来自杂志。故选C。