If you give employees the right to telework, be careful! The very technology that enables working from home could be   1   its value to your company. Although productivity may increase in the short term, working from home may prevent your teams from working   2  .

While remote workers may indeed be happier, more carefree and   3  , that doesn’t mean it’s good for their   4  . A company is more than just the work that needs to be done, plus the workers who are there to do it.

A healthy organization has a   5   that allows the sharing of values and ideas and the   6   

of competitive spirit that allows a company to be flexible and creative.

However, working from home can fail to motivate remote workers in the same way as a/an

  7   company environment. As a result, companies   8   — despite the increases in productivity and happiness that come with teleworking.

In work environments where co-workers socialize and have   9   lunchtime chats, some real learning gets done. A lot of information   10   takes place, which allows the very same workers to increase their   11   to the organization. There is something   12   about spending the time together, about sharing meals, about   13   ideas, and about asking.

Magical or not, the fact remains that teleworking generally doesn’t work well. As technological change   14   and marketplace pressures increase, companies need to become more flexible and creative, just to keep up.

Strange as it sounds, the very technology that made teleworking a real option is now requiring workers to remain in the   15  .

1.A. testing                          B. destroying              C. keeping                   D. assessing

2.A. effectively          B. normally                 C. formally                  D. separately

3.A. attentive             B. talkative                  C. productive             D. sensitive

4.A. workers              B. companies              C. health                      D. family

5.A. leader                           B. rule                          C. party                        D. culture

6.A. sense                            B. cost                          C. way                          D. lack

7.A. independent               B. different                 C. special                     D. shared

8.A. develop              B. survive           C. suffer                      D. expand

9.A. official                          B. regular                    C. required                 D. planned

10.A. exchange                   B. technology             C. gap                           D. search

11.A. availability                  B. damage                   C. value                       D. disappointment

12.A. reasonable                B. magical          C. psychological         D. typical

13.A. discussing                  B. changing                 C. welcoming              D. selling

14.A. varies                          B. differs                     C. accelerates            D. stops

15.A. place                           B. house                      C. distance                  D. office

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C   

4.B

5.D

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

【解析】

試題分析:文章大意:遠(yuǎn)程工作給公司員工帶來(lái)了很多的方便,但也有其弊端。

1.B 考查動(dòng)詞辨析A. testing測(cè)試;B. destroying破壞;C. keeping保存;D. assessing評(píng)估;根據(jù)文意應(yīng)為正是能夠從家里工作這樣的技術(shù)會(huì)毀壞你公司的價(jià)值。

2.A考查副詞辨析。A. effectively有效地;B. normally正常地;C. formally正式地;D. separately分離地。雖然在短期內(nèi)可能會(huì)增加生產(chǎn)力,在家中的工作可能會(huì)阻止您的團(tuán)隊(duì)有效地工作。因此,此題答案選擇A選項(xiàng)。

3.C    考查形容詞辨析。A. attentive注意的;B. talkative          健談的;C. productive有成效的;D. sensitive敏感的。雖然遠(yuǎn)程工作人員的確可能更快樂(lè),更無(wú)憂(yōu)無(wú)慮的和多產(chǎn)的。因此,答案選擇C選項(xiàng)。

4.B 考查名詞辨析。A. workers工人;B. companies公司;C. health健康;D. family家庭。根據(jù)前后句多次提及到company,可以得出答案。但并不意味著對(duì)其公司好。因此,答案選擇B選項(xiàng)。

5.D 考查名詞辨析。A. leader領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者;B. rule法則;C. party聚會(huì);D. culture文化。一個(gè)健康的組織有一個(gè)允許共享的價(jià)值觀念和思想的文化。答案選擇D選項(xiàng)。

6.A 考查短語(yǔ)固定搭配。這里考查短語(yǔ)the sense of competitive spirit競(jìng)爭(zhēng)意識(shí)感。其競(jìng)爭(zhēng)意識(shí)感使得公司更加靈活和具有創(chuàng)造性。因此,此題選擇A選項(xiàng)。

7.D 考查形容詞辨析。A. independent獨(dú)立的;B. different不同的;C. special特殊的;D. shared共享的。然而,在家中的工作不能夠激勵(lì)遠(yuǎn)程工作人員,以相同的方式共享公司的環(huán)境。

8.C上下文連串。根據(jù)后文中的despite the increases in productivity and happiness that come with teleworking可知這里指公司遭受損失。因此,正確答案為C。

9.B 考查形容詞辨析。A. official官方的;B. regular定期的;C. required要求的;D. planned計(jì)劃的。在工作環(huán)境里,同事交往,有定期的午餐聊天,可以獲取一些真正的學(xué)習(xí)。因此,答案選B。

10.A考查動(dòng)詞。exchange information交換信息。大量的信息進(jìn)行交換,使得其相同的工人增加他們對(duì)組織的價(jià)值。答案為A。

11.C 考查名詞辨析。A. availability有效;B. damage損害;C. value價(jià)值;D. disappointment失望;這里指里工人增加他們對(duì)組織的價(jià)值;因此,答案為C。

12.B考查形容詞。A. reasonable合理的;B. magical神奇的;C. psychological心理學(xué)的;D. typical典型的;ㄙM(fèi)時(shí)間在一起是一件神奇的事情。

13.A 考查短語(yǔ)固定搭配。這里考查固定短語(yǔ)discuss idea討論想法;ㄙM(fèi)時(shí)間共享午餐,討論想法。因此答案為A。

14.C考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. varies改變;B. differs         不同;C. accelerates加速;D. stops阻止;隨著技術(shù)變革的加快和市場(chǎng)壓力增加,公司需要變得更靈活、 更有創(chuàng)意。答案為C。

15.D 考查名詞辨析。A. place地方;B. house家;C. distance遠(yuǎn)處;D. office辦公室;聽(tīng)起來(lái)很奇怪,使遠(yuǎn)程工作真正選擇的技術(shù)現(xiàn)在要求工人留在辦公室。

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