解析:选B 根据空格后的"like that, he would find a new home in hospital"可知,医生的意思为:如果他继续这样拼命下去,他会生病住院的。故选B,意为"继续"。
4.A.sound B.way
C.sense D.message
解析:选D 根据下文内容可知,Semler听从了医生的建议,不再那么拼命工作了。故选D,get the message 是常用短语,意为"领会,明白,受到启发"。
5.A.walked B.talked
C.worked D.treated
解析:选C 根据上文和下句"In fact, he changed the way his ________worked, too."可知,Semler改变了他自己的工作方式。故选C。
6.A.family B.workers
C.friends D.children
解析:选B 根据下一段第一句中"He let his workers take more ________"可知,他也改变了员工们的工作方式。故选B。
7.A.responsibility B.money
C.power D.expectation
解析:选A 根据空格后的"so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong"可知,此处应指他让员工们承担起更多的责任,这样如果事情出了差错,他们自己会操心。故选A。
8.A.persuaded B.forced
C.forbade D.allowed
解析:选D 根据上一句中的"He let his workers take more"可知,此处所填词的意思相当于上句中的"let"。故选D,意为"允许"。
9.A.decide B.want
C.understand D.try
解析:选A 根据空格前的"them to set their own salaries"可推知,此处应指Semler让员工自己决定工作时间。所填词与"set"意思一致。故选A。
10.A.unnecessary B.unpopular
C.stupid D.difficult