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much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles. The study shows the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further 2 hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls.

Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers say they are on call almost 24 hours a day. Nearly two-thirds say they often check work emails just before they go to bed and as soon as they wake up, while over a third have replied to one in the middle of the night. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first email in this period, and a quarter checking them between 11pm and midnight.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said: ―The ability to access millions of applications has made smartphones invaluable for many people. However, there are disadvantages. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smartphones mean that people cannot get away from work. The more constantly in touch we become, the more is expected of us in work . ‖

67. With a smartphone the average UK working day is _______.

A. 2 hours B. 9 to 10 hours C. 11 to 12 hours D. 24 hours

68. It could be inferred from the text that the British people _______.

A. prefer to check emails in the morning

B. are crazy about different smartphones

C. shorten their normal working hours

D. work extra hours with smartphones

69. What does Ghadi Hobeika feel about smartphones?

A. They are unimportant for most of people.

B. They have disadvantages for some companies.

C. They make it impossible for people to rest.

D. They are useful to improve a work ability.

70. Where can we most probably read this text?

A. In a science fiction. B. In a newspaper.

C. In a travel magazine. D. In a storybook. E

The Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. It was one of

the poorest nations in the region. Within the last five years, however, it has become a hot spot for adventure travelers. In 2006 it was voted the happiest place on Earth. The reason is not that Vanuatu are the richest but that Vanuatu has white-sand islands, clear waters, the world’s most accessible live volcano, great diving and food that grows faster than it can be picked.

With a population of about 221,000, Vanuatu has 113 languages, which is a result of 3,000 years of immigration from many Pacific countries. There are three official languages: English, French, and Bislama. Bislama developed from South Pacific English, a simplified language that traders and other foreigners used it to communicate with speakers of the many local languages.

Most of the islands are mountainous and of volcanic origin. There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, including Yasur on the island of Tanna, one of the world’s most accessible volcanoes. If you’ve ever fancied getting close to a volcano, here’s your chance.

Vanuatu Post’s Underwater Post Office has quickly become one of the busiest

post offices for postcards in the world! Visitors from around the world want to

experience the world’s first underwater post office. The Post Office is only 50

meters offshore and at just three meters below the surface, very appealing to the

young and young at heart. Since opening in 2003, the underwater post office has

received about 100,000 visitors. They have posted one of the waterproof（防水的）

postcards available in Vanuatu; these cards are collected regularly by one of

Vanuatu Post’s four trained divers. The underwater branch is manned daily for

usually about an hour, longer with demand.

71. Vanuatu was voted the happiest place on Earth because _______.