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 .
小題1:
A．testingB．destroyingC．keepingD．a(chǎn)ssessing
小題2:
A．effectively B．normally C．formallyD．separately
小題3:
A．a(chǎn)ttentiveB．talkativeC．productiveD．sensitive
小題4:
A．workers B．companiesC．healthD．family
小題5:
A．leaderB．ruleC．partyD．culture
小題6:
A．senseB．costC．wayD．lack
小題7:
A．independent B．differentC．specialD．shared
小題8:
A．develop B．surviveC．sufferD．expand
小題9:
A．officialB．regularC．requiredD．planned
小題10:
A．exchangeB．technologyC．gapD．search
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)vailabilityB．damageC．valueD．disappointment
小題12:
A．reasonableB．magicalC．psychologicalD．typical
小題13:
A．discussingB．changingC．welcomingD．selling
小題14:
A．variesB．differsC．a(chǎn)cceleratesD．stops
小題15:
A．placeB．houseC．distanceD．office

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C 
小題4:B
小題5:D
小題6:A
小題7:D
小題8:C
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:D

試題分析：文章大意：遠程工作給公司員工帶來了很多的方便，但也有其弊端。
小題1:B 考查動詞辨析A. testing測試；B. destroying破壞；C. keeping保存；D. assessing評估；根據(jù)文意應為正是能夠從家里工作這樣的技術會毀壞你公司的價值。
小題2:A考查副詞辨析。A. effectively有效地；B. normally正常地；C. formally正式地；D. separately分離地。雖然在短期內(nèi)可能會增加生產(chǎn)力，在家中的工作可能會阻止您的團隊有效地工作。因此，此題答案選擇A選項。
小題3:C 考查形容詞辨析。A. attentive注意的；B. talkative   健談的；C. productive有成效的；D. sensitive敏感的。雖然遠程工作人員的確可能更快樂，更無憂無慮的和多產(chǎn)的。因此，答案選擇C選項。
小題4:B 考查名詞辨析。A. workers工人；B. companies公司；C. health健康；D. family家庭。根據(jù)前后句多次提及到company，可以得出答案。但并不意味著對其公司好。因此，答案選擇B選項。
小題5:D 考查名詞辨析。A. leader領導者；B. rule法則；C. party聚會；D. culture文化。一個健康的組織有一個允許共享的價值觀念和思想的文化。答案選擇D選項。
小題6:A 考查短語固定搭配。這里考查短語the sense of competitive spirit競爭意識感。其競爭意識感使得公司更加靈活和具有創(chuàng)造性。因此，此題選擇A選項。
小題7:D 考查形容詞辨析。A. independent獨立的；B. different不同的；C. special特殊的；D. shared共享的。然而，在家中的工作不能夠激勵遠程工作人員，以相同的方式共享公司的環(huán)境。
小題8:C上下文連串。根據(jù)后文中的despite the increases in productivity and happiness that come with teleworking可知這里指公司遭受損失。因此，正確答案為C。
小題9:B 考查形容詞辨析。A. official官方的；B. regular定期的；C. required要求的；D. planned計劃的。在工作環(huán)境里，同事交往，有定期的午餐聊天，可以獲取一些真正的學習。因此，答案選B。
小題10:A考查動詞。exchange information交換信息。大量的信息進行交換，使得其相同的工人增加他們對組織的價值。答案為A。
小題11:C 考查名詞辨析。A. availability有效；B. damage損害；C. value價值；D. disappointment失望；這里指里工人增加他們對組織的價值；因此，答案為C。
小題12:B考查形容詞。A. reasonable合理的；B. magical神奇的；C. psychological心理學的；D. typical典型的。花費時間在一起是一件神奇的事情。
小題13:A 考查短語固定搭配。這里考查固定短語discuss idea討論想法。花費時間共享午餐，討論想法。因此答案為A。
小題14:C考查動詞辨析。A. varies改變；B. differs 不同；C. accelerates加速；D. stops阻止；隨著技術變革的加快和市場壓力增加，公司需要變得更靈活、 更有創(chuàng)意。答案為C。
小題15:D 考查名詞辨析。A. place地方；B. house家；C. distance遠處；D. office辦公室；聽起來很奇怪，使遠程工作真正選擇的技術現(xiàn)在要求工人留在辦公室。
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C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early．
D．Always notice the environment around you．
小題2:When you are followed by someone on your way home，you should  to make yourself safe．
A．run home
B．find a lift and go in
C．turn back and walk towards him or her at once
D．cross the street and go to the other way
小題3:What can you learn from the text?
A．How to notice the environment around you.
B．How to be safe in your everyday life.
C．How to cross the street.
D．How to use the public phones.

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