Question

【题目】The office of the future will look quite different from the office of today. There will be big savings in space, because records will not to be kept on paper. Also, because things can be done at a much quicker pace, it’s likely that working hours will be much shorter. 【1】Because a company needs less stuff it can afford to pay workers more money.

【2】Are you a secretary, clerk, or a receptionist? If you are, you should be worried by the changes that are going to take place. Because of information technology, your job may become unnecessary in the near future. You will certainly have to know more about using the computer. 【3】Instead of doing just one of the three jobs mentioned above, it’s likely that a person will have to do all three. Because of this, there’s likely to be unemployment. While bosses will benefit because they can employ less people, thousands of office workers will find themselves out of work. 【4】They will be forced to learn new skills which require the use of the computer to survive.

There may be some good points to the changes for workers as well as employers however. Government should benefit from IT and have more money to spend. Because of the increase in revenue(收入) caused by higher productivity, the government could afford to spend more on things such as social work, charities and culture.【5】

A. However, not all the news is good.

B. Salaries are also expected to increase.

C. Even workers who can keep their jobs may have to suffer.

D. Their bosses will not want to employ them in a few years time.

E. Travel companies need to adopt IT to be competitive and survive.

F. Therefore, some who lose their office jobs may be able to work in these new areas.

G. And you will be expected to get a lot more information by using the computer than you did in the past

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】G

【4】C

【5】F

【解析】本文说的是未来办公室与今天的办公室大不相同并谈及其原因。并谈到了今后要面临的改变。

【1】B

根据下文：因为公司需要的材料越少它能支付给工人更多的钱。可知上句的意思是：工资也有望增加。故选B。

【2】A

根据上段意思：未来办公室与今天的办公室大不相同。工资有望提高。再根据空格下文：你是秘书、职员还是接待员？如果你是，你应该为即将发生的变化而担忧。根据空格前后的意思，可知是一种转折关系，“然而，不是所有的新闻都是好的”。故选A。

【3】G

根据上句：你一定要知道更多关于使用计算机的知识。再根据空格下句：代替只做上面提到的三个工作之一，很可能一个人得做全部三件事。可知此空要表达的意思是：通过使用计算机，你可以得到比过去更多的信息。根据句意可知选G。

【4】C

根据上文：成千上万的上班族会发现自己失业了。再根据空格下句：为了生存，他们将被迫学习需要使用计算机的新技能。可知此空的意思是：即使是能保住饭碗的工人也不得不承受痛苦。根据句意可知选C。

【5】F

根据上文：由于高生产率导致的收入增加，政府可能花费更多在诸如社会工作、慈善和文化等事情上。可知此空的意思是：因此，一些失去办公室工作的人也许能够在这些新领域工作。故选F。