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Working AT home is increasing in popularity as a means of escaping from nine-to-five office life. Why work under the constant watch of your boss when you can work in front of the TV in your carpet slippers? Armed with all the office essentials—telephone, computer, e-mail and fax, many workers believe they can work as effectively as their colleagues in the office. Being able to work wherever you like: from a busy city to a beautiful village, and make working from home an attractive choice, you can even work on a canal boat, like one Internet firm in the Midlands, US.

       So what will become of the office of tomorrow? I believe it is likely that many could disappear into cyberspace. To minimize office overheads in inner-city areas, companies will apply a workforce made up of a network of home workers linked by an advanced communication and information system. A central processing computer would be controlled by the manager who sends out work schedules and oversees the activity of each employee.

As a successor to the Web Cam, a video screen would be created, as the need for more natural form of interaction than e-mail or telephone becomes greater. Capturing the mood and expressions of work colleagues, managers would have the ability to view several employees at once on their screen. Employees would be encouraged to feed any information that may be useful to fellow workers into the computer to make the company work more effectively. As the company's life blood, the computer would contain a record of all conversations and correspondence for future reference, and hold confidential information such as accounts in password protected areas. In the office of tomorrow, with daily life captured in detail, the case for firing employees could be more clear cut.

6.The first paragraph mainly focuses on _________.

       A. the office to working at home                       B. preference to working at home

       C. working effectively in the office                    D. one Internet firm in the Midlands, UK

7.The office of the future will be ________.

       A. in space                                                      B. a network

C. in inner-city areas                                        D. a central processing computer

8.In Paragraph 2, the word “ oversee” probably means “_________”.

       A. overlook                  B. organize                   C. make out                  D. watch over

9.A video screen would be built because _________.

       A. the Web Cam needs it                                          B. it is useful to fellow workers

       C. e-mail or telephone is out of date                   D. managers can clearly spot employees

10.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

       A. You can get accounts without password.

       B. Computers would record workers’ blood types.

       C. You can get informationg of your fellow workers easily.

       D. Firing employees in the office of tomorrow could be largely reduced.

6--10   BBDCC       


解析:

本文讲述的是在未来,你可以在家里利用网络办公的情况。

6.B  主旨归纳题。从第一段主题句及后面列举的情况可知人们越来越喜欢在家工作。

7.B  细节理解题。 根据第二段“To minimize office overheads in inner-city areas, companies will apply a workforce made up …….”可知,未来办公室将消失成虚拟的网络空间。

8.D  猜测词义题。根据第三段“Capturing the mood and expressions of work colleagures, managers would have the ability to……”判断,oversee在句中意为“监视(老板监视员工)。”

9.C  细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“….as the need for more natural form of contact than e-mail or telephone becomes greater”可知,人们越来越需要比e-mail或telephone更自然的联系方式。

10.C  细节判断题。根据第三段“Employees would be encouraged to feed any information that may be useful to……”可以推断,员工在未来虚拟办公室中信息高度共享,可随时使用fellow workers的资源,提高工作效率。

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As years went by, my previous confusion about my colleague’s words no longer existed. When I came across naughty students, I had to rethink why I chose to be a teacher. It obviously isn’t the money. Once a former computer science student of mine called me, asking me if I wanted to have a change. He was working at Nintendo Corporation. His salary was higher than my present one, though I have more education and have worked for over 10 years. With my programming skills, he said he could get me hired, I thanked him, but refused his kind offer.
A few days before this graduation, while working on final grades, I found a note a student had slipped in with her homework. She thanked me for being her teacher and said the things she had learned in my class – not about math, but about life – would be things she would remember long after the math skills had faded away. As I finished reading, I remembered why I had become a teacher.
Now, on this sunny graduation day, as I again observed the sea of blue hats and gowns, I did so with a deeper sense of satisfaction – I will always be grateful that I am a teacher.
【小题1】Hearing his colleague’s description of graduation for the first time, the author ______.

A.quite agreed with his colleagueB.was very puzzled
C.thought it very funnyD.was very sad
【小题2】The computer science student called the author because he ______.
A.wanted to inform the author of his present job
B.wanted the author to share his joy and satisfaction
C.tried to persuade the author to work with him
D.thought the author wasn’t fit to be a teacher
【小题3】The underlined phrase blue hats and gowns refers to ______.
A.the new graduatesB.the university colleagues
C.life memoriesD.decorations in the hall
【小题4】We can learn from the text that the author ______.
A.was only a young professor
B.didn’t do well in his work
C.taught his students more about life than math
D.was content with the job as a teacher

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The friends imagined a smart alarm clock that could track how much time people spend in the most restorative (有回复作用的) stages of the sleep cycle: REM (rapid eye movement) and deep sleep.What would it cost to design such a thing? Five years of research, 20 employees, $14 million and a whole lot of doubting from investors and scientists.
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"Zeo allows people to unlock this black box of sleep," says Dave Dickinson, a health-care CEO.
Whether any of this actually improves sleep is up to the consumer, who will also need to make lifestyle changes like cutting out alcohol before bedtime or caffeine after 3 pm.
For now the company is selling Zeo online only.Dickinson also plans to spread it to countries such as Australia, where sleep deprivation approaches US levels.
【小题1】Who will support Zeo?

A.People full of imagination.B.People suffering sleeping problems.
C.People having access to the Internet.D.People having bad lifestyles.
【小题2】Why did the three graduate students imagine a smart alarm clock?
A.To wake them up on time in the morning.
B.To earn enough money for their study.
C.To improve the quality of people's sleep.
D.To enjoy their life while working at night.
【小题3】To design the Zeo device, the three graduate students ____.
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C.worked by themselves all the timeD.attracted many investors
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A.Zeo has a direct effect on users' lifestyles.
B.It needs more personal efforts to make Zeo function better.
C.A large quantity of Zeo devices have been sold in Australia.
D.Consumers can go to the Zeo company to purchase Zeo in person.

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When is TEENSGIVING in SPRING2010?
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010
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All over New York City. Everyone will meet at the 92nd Street Y (92nd and Lexington) at 9:00 AM for the event kick-off. Then, all TEENSGIVING volunteers will spread across the city to work with our partnering agencies where they will make a HUGE difference and have fun!
Who participates in TEENSGIVING?
Hundreds of teenagers from around the city. Teens come from the 92nd Street Y, various city schools, youth groups, and organizations in the area. In addition, many adult volunteers (aged 21 and older) will contribute their time to TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010.
What projects do participants do at the agencies?
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Do I get anything for participating in TEENSGIVING?
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【小题1】 TEENSGIVING is an event which is held ______.

A.fromtimetotimeB.onceeveryyear
C.everytwoyearsD.twiceayear
【小题2】Teenagers may do all the following in the event EXCEPT ____.
A.wateringflowersB.cooking
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【小题3】An adult volunteer may get _ for his time devoted 
to TEENSGIVING  in SPRING 2010.
A.communityservicecreditandaT-shirt
B.ahighschoolcertificateandalightbreakfast
C.aT-shirtandagiftcertificate
D.agiftcertificateandcommunityservicecredit
【小题4】The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to _______.
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C.encouragereaderstoaskmorequestionsaboutTEENSGIVING
D.callonreaderstoparticipateinTEENSGIVINGinSPRING2010

On October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots crossing the computers’s screens. At the same time the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses ! Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer viruses.
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【小题1】The group of young men created the virus to________.

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When you’re lying on the white sands of the Mexican Rivera, the stresses (压力) of the world seem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation—you have to finish something.

Here lies the problem for travel writer and food critic (评论家) Edie Jarolim. “I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to me that I could make money doing both of those things,” Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere--- in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her three books, The Complete Idiot Travel Guide to Mexican Beach Resorts.

Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After getting a PhD in English in Canada, she took a test for Frommer’s travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommer’s, Jarolim worked for a while at Rough Guides in London, then Fodor’s where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest of the U.S. that she moved there.

Now as a travel writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spent completing her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona.

As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, it’s great to write about a tourist attraction, but you’d better get the local museum hours correct or you could really ruin someone’s vacation.

1.What is most difficult for Jarolim?

A.Working in different places to collect information.

B.Checking all the facts to be written in the guides.

C.Finishing her work as soon as possible.

D.Passing a test to write travel guides.

2.What do we know about Jarolim from the text?

A.She is successful in her job.

B.She finds her life full of stresses.

C.She spends half of her time traveling.

D.She is especially interested in museums.

3.What would be the best title for the text?

A.Adventures in Travel Writing

B.Working as a Food Critic

C.Travel Guides on the Market

D.Vacationing for a Living

 

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