Question

Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans of the company. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using web conferencing.

Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the Internet. It is an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people involved in a web conference will be posted an invitation to the conference with the time and date of the Web conference on it. When the conference is ready to begin, all participants (參與者) must sit at their computers and they will be connected over the Internet.

With Web conferencing all participants attend the conference from the comfort of their own desk. Obviously, in doing this no fuel is used in traveling to and from a conference, and less work time is taken up in attending a conference.

Any material to be used during the Web conference is simply e-mailed to all the participants before the conference. Participants can then either choose to print material or read it on screen. This not only saves paper but also greatly reduces mailing cost for the business.

As a conference hall or business center isn’t being used, it means that the only power that is used is the power used by the participants’ personal computers. Similarly conference organizers don’t have to arrange for food or overnight accommodation (住宿) for participants of their conferences. All this means that less energy is used.

Often in business some companies actively choose to do business with other companies that do many things to reduce their negative impact on the environment. And Web conferencing helps you show other businesses that you are willing to work hard for the green cause.

So Web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Ways of protecting the environment.

B. B. Green benefits of Web conference.

C. Ways of hosting a Web conference.

D. Impacts of Web conferencing on costs.

2. According to paragraph 1, many companies use Web conferencing because they ________.

A. are interested in using any new technology

B. believe that Web conferencing is more convenient

C. want to do something to protect the environment

D. haven’t enough money to hold a traditional conference

3. The participants of a Web conference_________.

A. will be e-mailed an invitation before the conference

B. are required to sit in the office together

C. will receive many paper materials

D. must have access to the Internet

4. Which of the following words best describes the author’s opinion about a Web conference?

A. Useless.                                                        B. Environmentally friendly.      

C. Inconvenient.                                     D. Money-consuming.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了網(wǎng)絡(luò)會(huì)議在綠色環(huán)保方面的好處。因?yàn)榫W(wǎng)絡(luò)會(huì)議使所有參加會(huì)議在自家舒適的辦公桌上進(jìn)行。顯然,這樣做沒(méi)有燃料用于旅行和會(huì)議的安排也同時(shí)讓參加者,花費(fèi)更少的時(shí)間來(lái)參加一個(gè)會(huì)議。

1.主旨大意題。文章最后總結(jié)，So Web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.因此網(wǎng)絡(luò)會(huì)議更廉價(jià)、更環(huán)保，而且更多人愿意主持和參加。故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems，more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their  negative effect on the environment.（隨著人們更加關(guān)注環(huán)境環(huán)保問(wèn)題，更多的企業(yè)在尋找辦法來(lái)減少對(duì)環(huán)境的負(fù)面影響。）選擇C（人們想做點(diǎn)什么來(lái)保護(hù)環(huán)境）。故選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句話：... , all participants (參與者) must sit at their computers and they will be connected over the Internet.（所有的參與者必須坐在電腦前，而電腦通過(guò)因特網(wǎng)相互聯(lián)系。）和第四段，所有的材料通過(guò)電子郵件傳給與  會(huì)者。）選擇D（網(wǎng)絡(luò)會(huì)議的參與者必須使用因特網(wǎng)。）

4.推理判斷題。通過(guò)全文尤其是最后一段，可以看出作者的觀點(diǎn)是支持環(huán)保的。useless 無(wú)用的；environmentally friendly 環(huán)保的；inconvenient 不方便的；money-consuming 費(fèi)錢(qián)的。

考點(diǎn)：環(huán)保類短文閱讀。