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25. You should my in . new career at kasit five years because
A. ”、your Apecinlty
IL you rnnvrd from one compnny to another
C. you rnn do n goinj joh nd Advance in thnt ttrnr
I). I hr EnMtiun will he ^mouther
| 叫 Krud the pftswgc. Ilion Answer the questlun thnt follow. (3 p
18、oinK rmh) relccommuHni：
A A，c,lcw begme more expensive and crowded. worked o(im have to move f?"hcr nwjiy from their officeji in order to htid Affordnblc houninK in drxirnlilr neighbor hoods. Sometcmm they Havc to travel an hour or more to work and back and rndurr tt 心“MR. ()tic popular ahernntive
19、to thr frutniting morninn ctnnrniifr is telecommuting. IclccammutinK involve% working (roni home und rommurncntinK with an
employer hy phones fax# or curnputen IhnnRing tcchnnlony niakrs telecommuting incrrABingly easy and popular Some iclccomminern work ul home full time, while other* RO into the
20、oHicc one ar two dnys nnd work nt home the mt ol the week. It ih estimntcd that betwern 18 and 23 milJion people telcconitnutr in the V ml cd Slulest and between 1.6 nnd 2 million people telecommute in both the U. K* and Germany< And the numbeta tre growing. Why nrc rd many people tclrcomniutin? Wh*
21、i nrc the adviinUgcA* and do they outweigh the diadvnnfngew?
B Telecommuting has mimy ftdvftniuRrt In addiuon m nving people (rom the xtfrssful morning conirnuir it nlw allow* (or morr llcxihilify in thr workplwcr. Telccommutrni can p)Nn their own uchcdulejn lhey can cusionnjtc their work rnvtronme
22、nfs： and they can work (rum anywhere^ Oftent people with children like to tclecornTnutr became it nirann buihling a work schedule around family demnnds nnd commitments Addittonnlly? homt! ailicrn enn provnle koihI (ax bcnrfitn for tclcetjmmutcr!i. Finally?(5 thour who done t like thr oilier ntmoMphe
23、rr# cifficr poll Hi、, or fhowr long> never ending meeting* ? YclccommulinR can provide a rclca*ct OlccommulinK nut only provides advnntnxes to the workere it bcncHtt the environment M wcIL It contribute* w cleaner air (!cs pollution emitted from cam)t decreased traffic^ and job growth in rural nren^
24、 thnt might not oihrrwhe offer cmploymrnt options.
( Telecommuting has dinAflvnntngcs as well. For instance< nm
25、hut not everyanr cun trlecomfnutr< Certain |obf ，“ch an media nnd publihlnngt con^uliitiHt 煩kr. nnd telcrnarketing lend thcmselvcH better to trlrcoinmuting thn othern< Som「prnple hnd it wry difficull to work al home The TV? the refrigerator^ the bed, c maiL nd the telephonr can be I)ik difttrMctionn
26、 (or trlrronimuur> On lhe uihrr hnnd. Mime trlrcammutrrR can11 scpnrAtr work from home and have ? tendency to overwork, ( hhrr d曲dvuniy of telecommuting include the difficulty of office relationship#. Sometime* il a worker hin nr her timr hrtwren homr and thr olficct co workers who Bon11 h^ve the Op
27、portunity to work at home might feel rrscnlful. Mutugm might (crl powerlei* to control rtnplnyccs who nrrn^ on Finally, if working from hornr maken you (crl i*nlntrd ur lonely? then telecommuting b probably not (or you>
D Jeff and Nnncy found a way to use telecommuting to change rheir live* -Not on
28、ly do wr have h better lifestyle^ we have a better life/9 says Nancy. Three years ago> the couple sold their Manhattan aparTment and bought a mobile home. When they arc not traveling around the United Stares, they live in their adobe bungalow tn Santa Fe? New Mexico. wWhen we saw Santa Fc. we fdl in
29、 love with the place immediatrly. But before selling bur New York apaHmcnt < wc spent the year making connections and researching our options for work that we could do. " Nancy dtx?n work for a publisher? and Jeff works an an independent conKuhant. Both invested in laptops and jmy that technology su
30、ch as wireless Web access And cell phones help them when theyre on the road. Recently? Nancy wrote a cookbook for campers that aht? han surted selling through specialty cnt&log5 and Web sites. ^Through telecommuting wr nre able to mnkc enough money (o survive without dipping into our nest cggt and w
31、e haven*! Riwn up any of thr things we enjoy. Telecommuting is our livelihood.”
According to the number of irlecommuters in thr United States rose
by 3 million brtween 1999 and 2000. Will the numbers cxintinue to riite as quickly? Will trlrcommuting rominue to grow? H technology continues to impr
32、ove? perhaps everyone will be working m H virtual offices** and thr tradnionai office will dtitappear. No one knows for sure. but we can be certain lhai telecommuting is not a fad. Il is a practical alterriHtivc to the traditional office job. an altcrnHtivc which is here to Maye
Dride whether the r
33、ollowin^ statements arc true or false. Write for True and "F" for Fake on the Answer Sheet.
26. People who like working in an office will probably like telecommuting.
27. Telecommuting is possible for people in all professions.
28. relecommuting has helped Jeff nnd Nnncy change ihcir lifcsrylce
34、29t Telecommuting is more flexible than tradittana! office work.
30. T elecomnHiting is a (nd that will probably dtBappcnr noon,
試題答案及評分標準
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each)
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