填空题

In a competitive and fast-paced modern society, busy business
executives are so engrossing in their work that they hardly know (1)______
what the word "leisure" means. The higher an executive’s posi-
tion is on the business ladder, the more hours he spends on his
work. With a view to gaining greater corporate standing or a big (2)______
pay rise, he, as a rule, far exceeds
over the 40-hour working week. The additional stress and tension (3)______
as well as the shortage of suitable rest and recreation very often (4)______
have a disastrous effect on his health．Few such executives rea．
lize that unless they learn how to relax，they will soon run of (5)______
steam before they get to the top of the executive ladder．A not-
ed American authority on leisure has said that "The key to relax-
ation to busy executives is to avoid the types of activities that are (6)______
part and parcel of their daily work and to devote themselves to-
tally to have recreational pursuits for at least a part of each day， (7)______
even it is only for half an hour．Those (8)______
jobs require a great deal of contact with others can engage in ac- (9)______
tivities that are quiet and peaceful—far from the madding
crowd，far from client and business associates." (10)______