Digital technology — email and smart phones especially — have vastly improved workers' ability to be productive outside of a traditional office. Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey (调查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say their boss doesn't accept it and only 35 percent say it’s tolerated.
Skeptical bosses will likely have their doubts reinforced (加深) by the same survey, which shows that 43 percent of workers say they’ve watched TV or a movie while “working” remotely, while 35 percent have done housework，and 28 percent have cooked dinner.
It is true, however，that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的)， because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done. It’s much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.
The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we haven't come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.
More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost way to give workers something of value. Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who have worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home. Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.
1.Why do some employers hesitate to allow remote working?
A. They fear losing control of their workers.
B. They want to stick to their routine practice.
C. They have little trust in modem technology.
D. They are used to face-to-face communication.
2.What seems to be most workers’ attitude toward remote working?
A. Doubtful.B. Favorable.C. Reserved.D. Disapproving.
3.What does the author suggest smart firms do?
A. Shorten their office hours.
B. Give employees a pay raise.
C. Adopt flexible work patterns.
D. Reduce their staff’s workload.
科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年广西柳州铁路一中高二上第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
Macao, 1. lies to the south of Guangdong, is a small city with Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Hong Kong as its neighbors. It has 2. population of 550,000, 96% of which 3. (be) Chinese. It is a clean and 4. (beauty) city with trees, flowers, and green grass everywhere. There are lots of cars 5. (run) in the narrow streets. 6. all people obey the traffic rules. Macao is also famous 7. its gambling, and several million 8. (visit) come to tour every year.
Macao, which used to belong to China but 9. (take) away by the Portuguese in 1887 from the Qing Dynasty, returned to our motherland 10. December 20th, 1999.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年黑龙江双鸭山市高一9月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age.
1.According to the survey of The Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier ___________.
A. when they are between ages of 18 and 85
B. when they come to their old age
C. when they are in their twenties
D. when they are eighteen years old
2.According to Arthur Stone, old people ________.
A. have a positive attitude toward their life
B. can control their behaviors better
C. dream about good things every day
D. have earned a large amount of money
3.From the last paragraph we can know that ________.
A. you must be worried if you have young children
B. health has nothing to do with your age
C. you can be happy even if you are still single
D. happiness depends on your family and job
4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. Getting older means getting happier
B. The young are happier than the old
C. The younger, the happier
D. Women are easier to happy in life
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年江西师范大学附中高二上第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处, 每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词汇。
2. 只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处记)不计分。
One day, it is so hot that my parents and I went to Changli Park to enjoy the shade. On the way, I found I had forgotten to bring my cell phone with me, but I returned for them. Reach my home, I noticed one of the window wide open. “My parents aren’t at home. Who can it be?” I wondered. I walked to a window, looked through it and to my surprise, finding two strangers were trying to open a case. I was so frightening at the sight that I couldn’t say a word. I left there in silence without noticed. Then I phoned the police for help. Five minutes later, three policemen appeared and caught up the two thieves.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年江西师范大学附中高二上第一次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Undersea restaurant Ithaa
Ithaa is the very first undersea restaurant in the world located 5 meters below sea level in the Republic of Maldives. The 5-by-9-metre restaurant can hold 14 people at a time and has a transparent(透明的) roof offering a 270 panoramic (全景的) underwater view. The restaurant was designed and constructed by M. J. Murphy Ltd., a design consultancy based in New Zealand. It was opened on April 15, 2005. Food served in the restaurant can be described as contemporary （当代的） European with Asian influence.
Tip: Work on technical designs and drawings for Ithaa started in March 2004. Once constructed, Ithaa would be put into the water. Because of technical challenges, limited resources, and quality control problems in building something underwater, the restaurant can only exist for about 20 years.
Skyline Queenstown Restaurant
The famous New Zealand restaurant offers delightful fresh seafood, salads, roast meats and delicious desserts, while the panoramic view from the windows will attract you day or night. It' s the ideal place for that special night out and the best place in Queenstown to watch the sun go down! With live music creating a relaxing atmosphere and never ending scenery to admire, you will be entertained as you eat in the restaurant.
Tip: Unlike other restaurants, the Skyline Queenstown Restaurant has tiered (分层的) seating to guarantee（确保） beautiful lake and mountain views from every table.
Revolving(旋转的) Restaurant Allalin
Located in the Allalinhom mountain, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, Revolving Allalin is the highest revolving restaurant in the world at about 3,500 m. The restaurant offers a rich selection. Valaisian platter, pasta and pizza ... all this and much more is on the menu of the world-famous restaurant. Enjoy the eating delights offered in the world's highest revolving restaurant, while some mountain tops slowly pass by.
Tip: Known as the ‘Pearl of the Alps', Saas-Fee offers many sports and activities: The popular holiday village features the Metro Alpine, the highest underground railway in the world up to the skiing area and the highest revolving restaurant at 3,500 m.
1.What do we know about Ithaa?
A. It was constructed in New Zealand.
B. It will exist for another 20 years.
C. It was finished in March 2004.
D. It can seat 14 diners at most.
2.The Skyline Queenstown Restaurant is special in its ________.
A. locationB. foodC. atmosphereD. seating
3.What do the three restaurants have in common?
A. They all met technical challenges while being built.
B. You can enjoy beautiful scenery at all of them.
C. They all offer a lot of sports and activities.
D. Yon can have fresh seafood in all of them.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届贵州遵义航天高中高三上第二次模拟考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
Zhu De was born _1.__ December 1, 1886 to a poor farmer’s family in a town in Yilong County, a 2. (hill) and separate part of northern Sichuan Province. Of the fifteen 3. (child) born to the family, only eight survived. His Hakka(客家) family migrated from Hunan Province and Guangdong Province __ 4.__ Sichuan. _5. his family was poor, by pooling(合伙经营) resources, Zhu was chosen to be sent to a regional private school in 1892. At the age of nine, Zhu was adopted by his wealthy uncle, 6. political influence allowed him _7. (gain) access to Yunnan Military Academy. Later, he attained the rank of Xiucai in 1906, 8.__ (make) him qualified as a civil servant. He was admitted into a Sichuan high school around 1907, and graduated in 1908. Consequently, he returned to Yilong’s primary school as a gym 9.__ (instruct). He was an advocate(倡导者) of modern science and political teaching, rather than the strict classical education afforded by schools, so he 10. (dismiss) from his post and entered the Yunnan Military Academy in Kunming. There, he joined the Beiyang Army and the Tongmenghui secret political society.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届河南南阳市高三上第一次月考英语英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假如你是新华中学的高三学生李华，你的美国朋友John最近在网上看到中国谚语“He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man”想了解相关信息，因此给你写了一封信。请你根据下面提示给他回信。
要点：1．谚语的含义；2．长城简介；3．邀请来中国亲自体验。
注意：词数100左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）
参考词汇：the Spring and Autumn and Warring States the Ming Dynasty
Dear John,
I’m glad to learn that you are interested in Chinese proverbs. ___________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届黑龙江双鸭山市高三9月考英语英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The main reason people come to America is said to be that they can chase the American Dream. Everyone has heard of it, and many have died fighting for it. The only thing is that there is no clear definition of the American Dream. It is not defined by one dream, but by all the opportunities that the United States offers. Since the founding of the United States, people have been striving to define the American Dream.
In the play Death of a Salesman, every character is trying to realize his own version of the American Dream. Willy feels that he has done so. He has spent his whole life as a not very successful salesman. As he gets older, he starts having conflicts with everyone in his life, and feels that only by killing himself will the people around him be able to finally be happy.
Bernard, on the other hand, feels that the American Dream can only be achieved through career success. He shows that through hard work and dedication he will be crowned with success.
The dialogue of the characters reveals the different attitudes they have toward the American Dream, and the reaction of Willy to the fact that Bernard is very successful while he is not.
Many people try to achieve the American Dream, but few actually do so. As with any goal, it takes hard work and dedication to achieve the American Dream. In Death of a Salesman, all aspects of this goal are examined. For the goal to be achieved, the dream must be an attainable one which is worth working toward. It also must be a dream that the professional world accepts and finds useful.
1.The underlined word “striving” probably has the same meaning as “_________”.
A. trying hardB. giving up
C. bending downD. standing still
2.According to the text, Death of a Salesman tries to tell us _________.
A. what the American Dream is like
B. why Willy decides to kill himself
C. about Bernard’s dedication to his work
D. the life stories of Willy and Bernard
3.According to the author, Bernard is successful because _________.
A. he understands the real world
B. he knows how to take advantage of his knowledge
C. he works hard to achieve his goals
D. he is popular around the world
4.What would be the correct structure of the text?
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届宁夏高三上第二次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友丹尼斯对中国功夫很感兴趣，来信询问中国功夫的相关情况。请你根据表格中所给提示信息，用英文给他回一封信。
功夫 | 俗称中国武术(martial arts)，中国国宝 |
起源 | 可追溯到古代自卫…… |
人群 | 老少皆宜，传统体育运动的一种 |
风格 | 有上百种，一些模仿动物，还有一些受到中国文化的启发 |
注意：1．词数120左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
3．开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Dennis,
I’m glad you’re interested in traditional Chinese Kung Fu. ____________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
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