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

 

A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a   11   , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it   12   from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles(弹珠),   13   everywhere. I tried to use a broom(扫帚),     14   with each sweep, they just rolled across the kitchen.

For the next week, every time I was in the   15   , I found a pea——in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept   16   . Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and   17__   12 frozen peas hidden underneath．

    At the time I found those few remaining    18   , I was in a new relationship with a wonderful  __19   I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded   20   those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my   21   had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had scattered(分散). My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble   22   his new surroundings and the   23   of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered.

When life gets you   24   , when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never   25   , remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be   26   , and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas   27   , including the ones that are hardest to find. And when you’ve got them   28   you’ll start to feel whole again.

The life you know can break apart at any time. But you’ll have to   29   , and how fast you collect your peas depends on you. Will you keep scattering them around with a broom,   30    will you pick them up one by one and put your life back together?

1.A. drink                             B. fruit                                   C. vegetable                                  D. meat

2.A. moved                                    B. walked                    C. ran                                              D. slipped

3.A. rubbed                                   B. rolled                                C. grew                                           D. existed

4.A. but                                          B. and                                    C. although                                    D. so

5.A. bedroom                      B. living room             C. kitchen                             D. storeroom

6.A. getting up                     B. turning up              C. taking up                                   D. using up

7.A. found                                     B. ate                                     C. left                                              D. planted

8.A. presents                                B. cans                                  C. vegetables                       D. peas

9.A. man                               B. child                                  C. woman                             D. boy

10.A. of                                          B. for                                     C. with                                            D. in

11.A. wife                             B. life                                     C. son                                             D. friend

12.A. turning to                            B. leading to                         C. adjusting to                      D. adding to

13.A. thank                                    B. love                                   C. help                                            D. loss

14.A. down                                    B. near                                  C. close                                          D. wide

15.A. get it                                     B. make it                    C. take it                               D. leave it

16.A. grew                                     B. bought                    C. collected                                   D. frozen

17.A. eventually                           B. fortunately             C. properly                                    D. specially

18.A. both                                     B. all                             C. either                                         D. each

19.A. call on                                  B. put on                     C. bring on                                     D. move on

20.A. while                                    B. because                           C. since                                          D. or

 

Many Tuesday mornings. I have coffee with my father. Although my father is a man of few words, I really   1 the time along with him.

One recent Tuesday, I found it a bit  2 when I rang the doorbell, no one seemed to be home. I climbed in through the window, noticing the lights that shone from the kitchen, and  3 that my dad must be there, but he wasn’t. I  4 through his home, checking every room. I tried not to   5 . Yet, upstairs, downstairs, no Dad anywhere.

I was worried .   6 , my father was seventy-one years old. Anything could have happened to him. Then, I got in my car and drove to my mother’s aerobics（有氧运动）class.

On the drive, I thought a lot about my father and our  7 together. Suddenly, I was three years old and he was   8 me up to the living room window to see the Christmas lights. In his  9 , I was safe and secure. At age ten, he used to wake me up with warm breakfast in bed. Then I was twelve and my dad was   10 all the kids at my birthday party with his magic tricks. I was so   11 of my father for being so  12 and talented. He’d made my party a  13 .

As I entered my mother’s class. I was nervous. My mom looked at me in   14.

“Mom, where’s Dad?” I asked, “He’s working in the   15 on the side of the house!” she answered.

And I hurried to my car and   16 back to the yard. “Hey, Dad!” I yelled out and told him about my fears of the last half hour. My dad  17 laughing his typical laugh that was always  18 . I was so thankful that I still had my daddy. And so , as I  19 the door to my father’s house, we went inside for our usual cup of coffee.

Thanks, Daddy, for all the   20 and more importantly, for all your love.

1.                A．dislike          B．share          C．get  D．enjoy

 

2.                A．dangerous      B．unusual         C．joyful D．relaxing

 

3.                A．decided        B．hoped          C．expected D．wondered

 

4.                A．lived           B．pulled          C．hurried   D．came

 

5.                A．cry            B．panic           C．believe   D．confirm

 

6.                A．Above all       B．In all           C．After all  D．For all

 

7.                A．journey        B．family          C．interest   D．past

 

8.                A．holding         B．picking         C．calling    D．bringing

 

9.                A．heart          B．chest           C．eyes D．arms

 

10.               A．amazing        B．cheating        C．inviting    D．providing

 

11.               A．sure           B．aware          C．proud D．afraid

 

12.               A．honest         B．special         C．lucky D．practical

 

13.               A．feast           B．prize           C．secret D．success

 

14.               A．anger          B．worry          C．sorrow    D．surprise

 

15.               A．yard           B．kitchen         C．room D．home

 

16.               A．fought         B．raced(疾驰)     C．looked    D．fled

 

17.               A．kept           B．remembered    C．began D．stopped

 

18.               A．bitter          B．simple         C．familiar    D．tight

 

19.               A．closed         B．unlocked       C．kicked D．knocked

 

20.               A．memories       B．chances        C．assistance  D．advice