Question

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.

Answer 1

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。