Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans for company. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using web conferencing.
Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the Internet. It is an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people involved in a web conference will be posted an invitation to the conference with the time and date of the web conference on it. When the conference is ready to begin, all participants (参与者) must sit at their computer and they will be connected over the Internet.
Obviously, in doing this no fuel is used in traveling to and from a conference, and less work time is taken up in attending a conference.
Any material to be used during the web conference is simply e-mailed to all the participants before the conference. This not only saves paper but also greatly reduces mailing cost for the business.
As a conference hall or business center isn’t being used, it means that the only power that is used is the power used by the participants’ personal computers. Similarly conference organizers don’t have to arrange for food or overnight accommodation (住宿) for participants. All this means that less energy is used.
Many companies actively do many things to reduce their negative impact (影响) on the environment. So web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.
What is the passage mainly about?
A. Ways of protecting the environment.
B. Green benefits of web conference.
C. Ways of hosting a web conference.
D. Impacts of web conferencing on costs.
According to paragraph 1, many companies use web conferencing because they________.
A. are interested in using any new technology
B. believe that web conferencing is more convenient
C. want to do something to protect the environment
D. haven’t enough money to hold a traditional conference
Web conferencing has all of the following advantages EXCEPT _________.
A. saving time B. promoting understanding
C. saving energy D. saving paper
The participants of a web conference_________.
A. will be e-mailed an invitation before the conference
B. are required to sit in the office together
C. will receive many paper materials
D. must have access to the Internet
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Dick lived in England. One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there." "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked. "I don't know yet." Dick answered. "Please send me your address from there in a telegram (电报)," his wife said. "All right," Dick answered.
He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city. He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram. He put the address of his hotel in it.
In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema. He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner."
He found a taxi (出租车) and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel.
"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know. So Dick got out and went into a post office. There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office."
Dick flew to New York because ___.
A. he went there for a holiday
B. he had work there
C. he went there for sightseeing (观光)
D. his home was there
Why did his wife want a telegram from him?
A. Because she didn't know his address yet
B. Because she wanted to go to New York, too
C. Because she might send him another telegram
D. Because she couldn't leave her husband by himself in New York
Where did Dick stay in New York?
A. In the center of the city. B. In a hotel.
C. In a restaurant. D. At his friend's house.
Who would send him the name and address of his hotel?
A. The manager (经理) of his hotel. B. The police office.
C. The taxi driver. D. His wife.
Which of the following is not true?
A. Dick stayed at a nice hotel in the center of the city.
B. Dick didn't work on the first night of his arrival.
C. Dick forgot to send his wife a telegram.
D. Dick wanted to go back to his hotel in a taxi.
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This passage is mainly about ____.
A. an unforgettable experience in the forest
B. an unforgettable trip to see some strange animals in the mountains
C. a long trip on the ship
D. an unforgettable trip to watch whales
Everyone on the ship began to shout because ______.
A. a whale came so close to the ship B. they saw a singing whale
C. they saw a fin back whale D. they could touch the whale
When they were watching the whales, ____.
A. some of them fed the whales
B. they found several kinds of whales
C. a guide told them something about the whales
D. some of them took many photos and touched the whales
How can we recognize a whale?
A. By its tail(认识). B. By its head.
C. By its neck. D. By its eyes.
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