During the week days, they are luckily busy office people; but on weekends, they are just a brood of(一窝)stay-home animals. A recent survey shows that office workers in China prefer quiet and easy ways to spend their weekends.
In the survey, conducted by job seeking and offering website Zhaopin.com, 32.8 percent of the 6,000 respondents choose to stay home at weekends and have a good rest, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
Twenty percent use their days-off to do housework. And only 19.3 percent are willing to have fun during the break time from work. Their first choice of fun is shopping.
Other choices, though practiced by few, include meeting friends, accompanying the children, trips to the suburbs, and lessons for more skills.
When they. go shopping, 54.5 percent of the white-collars actually shop in supermarkets, while 27.9. percent attend other stores, especially when discounts are offered.
These activities don't seem to cost much, as 60 percent spend average less than 200 yuan (US$26) during weekends, and 30 percent no more than 500 yuan.
When asked whom they would spend the weekends with, about 40 percent mention their partners, and 30 percent prefer a weekend all by themselves. Less than 20 percent hang out with friends.
Only 5.8 percent would kill the time with their colleagues. This is because we tend to avoid too many personal contacts with our co-workers when we don't have to work with them, according to some experts.
How many of the office workers who are the respondents do the housework at weekends?
A.1,968. | B.1,158. | C.1,200. | D.1,674. |
Why will less than ten percent of office workers kill the time with their colleagues at weekends?
A.Because they can't spare time to play with them. |
B.Because they tend to avoid too many personal contacts with hem when they don't have to. |
C.Because. they have many things to deal with at weekends. |
D.Because some experts suggest they should not keep in touch with their colleagues. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the survey?
A.There is the same percentage about people preferring a weekend all by themselves and people spending no more than 500 yuan during weekends. |
B.Most office workers can’t afford things in supermarkets, so they prefer to attend other stores, especially when discounts are offered. |
C.More than one fifth of office workers like to hang out with friends. |
D.All the office workers prefer to relax themselves and no one is willing to learn more skills. |
What is the best title of the passage?
A.How to spend the weekends |
B.Several ways of spending their weekends for office people |
C.How to go shopping on the weekends for office people |
D.Office people prefer easy weekends |