题目内容
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
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】
试题分析：文章大意：远程工作给公司员工带来了很多的方便，但也有其弊端。
1.B 考查动词辨析A. testing测试；B. destroying破坏；C. keeping保存；D. assessing评估；根据文意应为正是能够从家里工作这样的技术会毁坏你公司的价值。
2.A考查副词辨析。A. effectively有效地；B. normally正常地；C. formally正式地；D. separately分离地。虽然在短期内可能会增加生产力，在家中的工作可能会阻止您的团队有效地工作。因此，此题答案选择A选项。
3.C 考查形容词辨析。A. attentive注意的；B. talkative 健谈的；C. productive有成效的；D. sensitive敏感的。虽然远程工作人员的确可能更快乐，更无忧无虑的和多产的。因此，答案选择C选项。
4.B 考查名词辨析。A. workers工人；B. companies公司；C. health健康；D. family家庭。根据前后句多次提及到company，可以得出答案。但并不意味着对其公司好。因此，答案选择B选项。
5.D 考查名词辨析。A. leader领导者；B. rule法则；C. party聚会；D. culture文化。一个健康的组织有一个允许共享的价值观念和思想的文化。答案选择D选项。
6.A 考查短语固定搭配。这里考查短语the sense of competitive spirit竞争意识感。其竞争意识感使得公司更加灵活和具有创造性。因此，此题选择A选项。
7.D 考查形容词辨析。A. independent独立的；B. different不同的；C. special特殊的；D. shared共享的。然而，在家中的工作不能够激励远程工作人员，以相同的方式共享公司的环境。
8.C上下文连串。根据后文中的despite the increases in productivity and happiness that come with teleworking可知这里指公司遭受损失。因此，正确答案为C。
9.B 考查形容词辨析。A. official官方的；B. regular定期的；C. required要求的；D. planned计划的。在工作环境里，同事交往，有定期的午餐聊天，可以获取一些真正的学习。因此，答案选B。
10.A考查动词。exchange information交换信息。大量的信息进行交换，使得其相同的工人增加他们对组织的价值。答案为A。
11.C 考查名词辨析。A. availability有效；B. damage损害；C. value价值；D. disappointment失望；这里指里工人增加他们对组织的价值；因此，答案为C。
12.B考查形容词。A. reasonable合理的；B. magical神奇的；C. psychological心理学的；D. typical典型的。花费时间在一起是一件神奇的事情。
13.A 考查短语固定搭配。这里考查固定短语discuss idea讨论想法。花费时间共享午餐，讨论想法。因此答案为A。
14.C考查动词辨析。A. varies改变；B. differs 不同；C. accelerates加速；D. stops阻止；随着技术变革的加快和市场压力增加，公司需要变得更灵活、 更有创意。答案为C。
15.D 考查名词辨析。A. place地方；B. house家；C. distance远处；D. office办公室；听起来很奇怪，使远程工作真正选择的技术现在要求工人留在办公室。
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