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Unit One
Book III
I.
Choose the one that best completes each
sentence from the four choices given below.
1. My parents could hardly come up with
all the money for me to go to college, but we
managed
to ______ with
my scholarship.
A. get in
B. get on
C. get by
D. get to
2.
In
order
to
keep
slim,
my
aunt
never
eats
much,
but
she
_____
her
diet
with
a
variety
of
vitamins.
A. compliments
B. supplements
C. implements
D. compensates
3. You’d bet
ter
_____ the garden with insecticide to get rid of
the pests.
A. spray
B. sprinkle
C. splash
D. scatter
4. The new device, ______, is by far
more convenient than the old one.
A. in the
balance
B. in parallel
C. on parallel
D. on balance
5. They seldom dine out, ______ an
occasional dinner at the local restaurant.
A.
aside from
B. beside from
C.
except of
D. outside of
6. Caught running away from the spot,
he was ______ of the crime by the police.
A.
expected
B.
doubted
C. guessed
D. suspected
7. To balance your income and expense,
you need to set a proper ______.
A. budget
B. limit
C. control
D.
check
8. At the sight
of that beautiful dress, the poor actress could
not_____ the temptation to steal it.
A. attack
B. fight
C. resist
D. assist
9. She assured her mother that it was
only a _____ operation and she would be fine soon.
A.
major
B. minor
C. minute
D. minimum
10
. If you ______ your money
in the real estate market now, I’m sure you’ll
make great profits.
A. dedicate
B.
devote
C. invest
D. spend
11.
Books ______ with colored photographs are
extremely popular with small children.
A.
illustrated
B.
demonstrated
C. displayed
D. explained
12. While power plants burn
coal to ______ electricity, they are also
polluting the air.
A. cause
B. create
C. invent
D. generate
13. I live in the suburb
and it takes me three hours to ______ between home
and office everyday.
A. communicate
B. commute
C. travel
D. move
14. The Mississippi River forms a
natural ____________between Iowa and Illinois.
A. range
B.
boundary
C.
scope
D
. distance
15. The supply of electric power to
Madrid and neighboring districts has had to be
____________.
A. weakened
B. pursued
C. omitted
D. lowered
16 . He worked so late in the office
last night that he hardly had time ______ the last
bus.
A. to have caught
B. to catch
C. catching
D.
having caught
17. Although a
little girl of nine, Rose could resist ______ what
to do and what not to do.
A.
to be told
B. having been told
C. being told
D. to have been told
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II. Reading comprehension
Passage 1
Telecommuting
—
substituting
the
computer
from
the
trip
to
the
job
—
has
been
hailed
as
a
solution to all kinds of
problems related to office work.
For
workers it promises freedom from the office, less
time wasted in traffic, and help with
child-care
conflicts.
For
management,
telecommuting
helps
keep
high
performers
on
board,
minimizes
tardiness(
缓慢
)
and
absenteeism(
旷工
,
缺勤
)
by
eliminating
commutes,
allows
periods of solitude
for high-concentration tasks, and provides
scheduling flexibility. In some areas,
such
as
Southern
California
and
Seattle,
Washington,
local
governments
are
encouraging
companies
to
start
telecommuting
programs
in
order
to
reduce
rush-
hour
congestion(
堵塞
)
and
improve air quality.
But
these
benefits
do
not
come
easily,
Making
a
telecommuting
program
work
requires
careful
planning
and
an
understanding
of
the
differences
between
telecommuting
realities
and
popular image
Many
workers
are
reduced
by
rosy
illusions
of
life
as
a
telecommuter.
A
computer
programmer
from
New
York
City
moves
to
the
tranquil
Adirondack
Mountains
and
stays
in
contact
with
her
office
via
computer.
A
manager
comes
in
to
his
office
three
days
a
week
and
works at
home the other two. An accountant stays home to
care for her sick child; she hooks up
her telephone mode connections and does
office work between calls to the doctor.
These
are
powerful
images,
but
they
are
a
limited
reflection
of
reality.
Telecommuting
workers soon learn that it is almost
impossible to concentrate on work and care for a
young child
at the same time. Before a
certain age, young children cannot recognize, much
less respect, the
necessary boundaries
between work and family. Additional child support
is necessary if the parent
is to get
any work done.
Management,
too,
must
separate
the
myth
from
the
reality.
Although
the
media
has
paid
a
great
deal
of
attention
to
telecommuting,
in
most
cases
it
is
the
employee
’
s
situation,
not
the
availability of
technology, that
precipitates(
使提前或突然发生
) a
telecommuting arrangement.
That
is
partly
why,
despite
the
widespread
press
coverage,
the
number
of
companies
with
work-at-home programs or policy
guidelines remains small.
1. What is
the main subject of the passage?
A.
Business
management policies.
B.
Driving to
work.
C. Extending the workplace by
means of computers.
D. Computers for
child-care purposes.
2. What are the
common problems for office employees?
A.
Being
restricted to the office.
B.
Taking care of sick children.
C.
Driving in
heavy traffic.
D.
All of them.
3. Which of the
following is NOT mentioned as a problem for
employers that is potentially
solved by telecommuting?
A.
Employees
’
lateness for work.
B.
Employees
’
absence from work.
C.
Employees
’
need for time
alone to work intensively.
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