Question

【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 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 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, 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 flexibility to manage their time efficiently.

【1】What does digital technology contribute to?

A.Promoting production．B.Hiring more white-collar workers．

C.Conducting a new research．D.Removing bosses' doubt．

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

A.Doubtful.B.Favorable.

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】A

【2】B

【3】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。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，使的他們可以在家辦公。但老板們害怕失去對公認(rèn)的控制，并不太贊成在家辦公。但作者建議高科技可以采取靈活的工作模式。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中Digital technology—email and smart phones especially—have vastly improved workers' ability to be productive outside of a traditional office.可知數(shù)字技術(shù)——尤其是電子郵件和智能手機(jī)——極大地提高了員工在傳統(tǒng)辦公室之外的工作效率。由此可知，數(shù)字技術(shù)的貢獻(xiàn)是可以促進(jìn)生產(chǎn)。故選A。

【2】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中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.可知64%沒有遠(yuǎn)程工作的受訪者寧愿放棄一些獎(jiǎng)金，也愿意每周有一天在家工作。由此可推知，大多數(shù)員工對遠(yuǎn)程工作的態(tài)度是支持的。故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.可知在這種情況下，聰明的公司需要找到方法讓他們的員工有足夠的靈活性來有效地管理他們的時(shí)間。由此可推知，作者建議聰明的公司采取靈活的工作模式。故選C。