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1、Practicetest5SectionBDirections:Inthissectionyouaregoingtoreadapassagewithtenstatementsattachedtoit.Eachstatementcontainsinfmationgiveninoneoftheparagraphs.Identifytheparagraphfromwhichtheinfmationisderived.Youmaychoosea

2、paragraphmethanonce.Eachparagraphismarkedwithaletter.AnswerthequestionsbymarkingthecrespondingletteronAnswerSheet2.TheVirtualOfficeA)Twentyyearsfromnowasmanyas25millionAmericans—nearly20percentofthewkfce—willstretchthebo

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4、centralizeddoneathomeinsatelliteofficesonascheduletailedtofitwker’slivestheneedsoftheirfamilies.Eveninternationalboundariesmayblurastheeconomygoestrulyglobal.B)Between19901998telecommutingdoubledfromabout3percentto6perce

5、ntofthewkingpopulation—about8.2millionpeople.Thenumbersareexpectedtodoubleagaininfarlesstimewithasmuchas12percentofthepopulationtelecommutingbytheyear2005sayslieGranthamdirectoftheInstituteftheStudyofDistributedWkinWinds

6、Califnia.C)Wirelesscomputersseamlesscommunicationssystemsarealreadyinthewksfuelingthetrend.Thevideophoneisnotfaroffanadvancethatmanyfuturistsbelievewillmakeevenmecompaniescomftablewithemployeeswkingfromhome.“Nowwecommuni

7、cateatthelevelofradio”saysGeraldCelenteauthofTrends2000directofTheTrendsResearchInstituteofRhinebeckNewYk.Emailthetelephoneareprimitivehearguesmakepeoplefeelcutofffromcowkers.Butonceeveryonecanseeeachotheronthescreenlong

8、distancerelationshipswillfeelmeintimate.D)Whatabouttheoffice“Today’sofficesareadirectdescendantofthefacty”saysGilGdonaconsultantbasedinMonmouthJunctionNewJerseywhohasspentnearlytwodecadesadvisingcompaniesonhowtoinstitute

9、telecommutingmeflexiblewkpatterns.“Theymaybebetterlightedbutthey’remuchthesame.”StillGdondoesnotthinktheofficebuildingwillvanishaltogether.Rathertheofficeof2020willbejustoneplaceffocusedwkthatrequirestruecollabation.Itwi

10、llalsobeakeysitefsocializingcementingtherelationshipsthatkeepabusinessgoing.E)Physicallyhoweveritmaylookquitedifferent.Thetypicalofficetodayallocatesabout80percentofthespacetoofficescubicleswiththerestgivenovertofmalmeet

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12、ositesusedbyteamsgroupsincludingconferencerooms.Buttheywillnotlookliketoday’sdullconferencerooms.Insteadmanywillbedesignedtopromoteconnectioncreativity.F)It’salsolikelythatcompanieswillsharespace.Insteadofmehighriseoffic

13、etowerstherewillbememultiusecenterssharedbyseveralfirms.“Youwillcallaheadreserveaspacecheckintimeakindofconcierge(前臺接待)willassignyouaspotmakesurethatasofsevena.m.thatdayyourphoneringsthere.”Withallthismobilityemployeesma

14、ylongfasenseofbelonging.TransitionalwkspacesmaybecomemeindividualizedaccdingtoGdon.“Alightedpanelmaydisplaypicturesofyourfamilyyourdogyoursailboat.”FuturistLisaAldisertaseniconsultantwithaNewYkbasedtrendsanalysisfirmsugg

15、eststhatthroughsophisticatedmicrochipapplicationsarovingemployeewillbeablewiththeflickofaswitchtoalterwallcolsroomtemperaturetofithermood.economyhasbeenbringingabouttrulydramaticchangesinthechoiceofwkplaceeventhetraditio

16、nalconceptaboutinternationalboundaries.54.AsameansofcommunicationEmailtelephonemaybeconsideredtobeprimitive.55.Regardlessofotherwkplacechangesemployeeswillstillneedtofeelpartofateamindertodotheirbest.TranslationDirection

17、s：Fthispartyouareallowed30minutestotranslateapassagefromChineseintoEnglish.YoushouldwriteyouransweronAnswerSheet2.歡樂興致是會傳染的正如歌里唱的那樣:“你喜笑顏開的時候，整個世界都與你同聲歡笑?！苯裉煲黄l(fā)表在醫(yī)學雜志上的論文作出這樣的結論:歡樂興致是會傳染的，人們甚至能把快活的歡呼聲，傳送給素不相識的陌生人。隨著skype

18、、twitter、臉譜之類的社交網(wǎng)絡的興起，我們可以斷言，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)同樣能產(chǎn)生這種效應。這類科技更增進了你與朋友的交往，所以它應該能保留我們所觀察到的那種情緒感染效應。心情快活的人，往往處于社交網(wǎng)絡的中心，擁有許多心情也同樣快活的朋友?？旎钋榫w是以三度疊加的方式向外——向朋友們的朋友的朋友擴散。獲得一大筆外快，可以增加你獲得快感的幾率，但有限得很——比起你從結交一位樂天好友而獲得快感的幾率，明顯要差多了。注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。