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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 31 to 35.
Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8.7 million telecommuters. Although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published “The Portable Executive” as its cover story a few years ago.
Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular? Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities.
It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are often reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office.
Câu hỏi:What is the main idea of the passage?
- A. Telecommuting and reasons why it’s not really popular
- B. How many telecommuters are there in USA?
- C. How to set aside a work area at home
- D. Technologies’ roll in making telecommuting possible
Lời giải tham khảo:
Đáp án đúng: A
A. Viễn thông và lý do tại sao nó không thực sự phổ biến
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- Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position primary stress: water, swimming, between, schoolboy
- Indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position primary stress: confidence, effective, celebrate, handicapped
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- The team tried for many years to win the competition and they finally ______
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- He was pleased that things were
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- Mike is going to New York to study next week.- Linda: ______”- Mike: Thanks. I will call you when I arrive in New York.”
- - Tim: Where will you go on holiday?”- David: __________”
- If boring and repetitive factory work could be
- That is, housework is
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- with all the different shapes and positions of rooms, furniture, ornaments, cats and dogs.
- All that is missing is the software - the programs
- What is the main idea of the passagg
- The word terminal” in paragraph 1 mostly means ______.
- According to the passage, the number of American workers involving in telecommuting is ______.
- The word them” in paragraph 2 refers too ______.
- Which of the following is TRUE about the reason why telecommuting has not become popular?
- What is the most suitable title for the passage?
- The word determined” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
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- According to the passage, why are scientists sure that the prehistoric coelacanth was a flesh-eater
- The word ferocious” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
- The word it” in paragraph 2 refers too
- What is NOT true about the prehistoric coelacanth, according to the passage
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