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【題目】Digital technology — email and smart phones especially—have vastly improved workers' ability to be productive outside of a traditional office. Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey (調(diào)查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say their boss doesn't accept it, and only 35 percent say it's tolerated.

Skeptical bosses will likely have their doubts reinforced (加深) by the same survey, which shows that 43 percent of workers say they've watched TV or a movie while “working” remotely, while 35 percent have done housework，and 28 percent have cooked dinner.

It is true, however, that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的), because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done. It’s much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.

The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we haven't come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.

More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost way to give workers something of value. Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who haven't worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home. Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough ability to change or be changed easily to suit a different situation to manage their time efficiently.

【1】Why do some employers hesitate to allow remote working?

A. They are used to face-to-face communication.

B. They want to stick to their routine practice.

C. They have little trust in modem technology.

D. They fear losing control of their workers.

【2】What seems to be most workers' attitude toward remote working?

A. Favorable.B. Doubtful.C. Reserved.D. Disapproving.

【3】What does the author suggest smart firms do?

A. Shorten their office hours.

B. Give employees a pay raise.

C. Adopt flexible work patterns.

D. Reduce their staff’s workload.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹數(shù)字技術(shù)——電子郵件和智能手機(jī)大大提高了工人們的工作能力，使得他們可以在家辦公。但老板們害怕失去對工人的控制，并不太贊成在家辦公。但作者建議高科技公司可以采取靈活的工作模式。

【1】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第三句One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey (調(diào)查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working.可知，大多數(shù)老板對遠(yuǎn)程工作是懷疑的。也就是他們害怕失去工人。故選A。

【2】B 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的), because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done.(在家里的工作使人們更高效，因?yàn)樵谧龉ぷ髌陂g，允許工人們照顧煩心的家務(wù)事。)，故可知工人是贊成的。故選B。

【3】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.可知，作者建議高科技公司要采取靈活的工作模式。故選C。

【學(xué)法指導(dǎo)】

推理題的解題思路

1.要求考生在閱讀時(shí)，要抓住文章的主題和細(xì)節(jié)，分析文章結(jié)構(gòu)，根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)在聯(lián)系，挖掘文章的深層含義。在進(jìn)行推理時(shí)，考生一定要仔細(xì)閱讀短文，千萬不可脫離原文而僅憑個(gè)人的看法，主觀臆斷。

2.對于暗含在文章中的人物的行為動機(jī)、事件的因果關(guān)系及作者未言明的傾向、意圖、態(tài)度、觀點(diǎn)等要進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的判斷、推理、分析，進(jìn)一步增強(qiáng)理解能力，抓住材料實(shí)質(zhì)性的東西。

3.在解答推理性問題時(shí)，應(yīng)清楚所要解答的問題是針對某個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)進(jìn)行推斷，還是針對主題 思想 、作者的意圖進(jìn)行推斷。

【2】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段第一句that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的), because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done.(那種在家里的工作使人們更高效，因?yàn)樵谧龉ぷ髌陂g，允許工人們照顧煩心的家務(wù)。)可知，工人是贊成的。故選B。