试题出自试卷《重庆大学2007年考博英语真题》

问题1选项
A.had always wanted to work from home.
B.no longer has the original reason for working from home.
C.had difficulty persuading his employer to let him do it.
D.only visits the office for staff meetings.

问题2选项
A.sometimes has regrets about working from home.
B.enjoys talking about her work with her husband.
C.is still learning her business.
D.is determined to ensure that working from home satisfies her.

问题3选项
A.got angry with her husband about the office door.
B.had to have a total change of mindset to be work from home.
C.often gets distracted by her domestic duties.
D.recommends working from home.

问题4选项
A.does all his business using modern telecommunications.
B.usually only sees his managers at scheduled meetings.
C.lives less than 7 miles from any of this cafes.
D.None of the above.

问题5选项
A.is envious of these people being able to work from home.
B.works from home herself.
C.doesn’t give her opinion on the subject.
D.plans to work from home in the future.

第1题:A

第2题:A

第3题:C

第4题:D

第5题:C

1.事实细节题。根据文章第三段，“Interestingly, I feel that I work even better from home, so much so that even though our son now at school, I still work there.”，可知Scott Miller认为在家工作得更好。可判断出Scott Miller一直想在家工作。选项A符合题意。
2.事实细节题。根据文章第四段，“She says she loves the freedom that working from home gives her, but she really missed the social interaction.”，可知Joanne McCarthy喜欢在家工作给她带来的自由，但她真的很怀念社交活动。可判断出Joanne McCarthy有时会后悔在家工作。选项A符合题意。
3.事实细节题。根据文章第六段，“It was so easy to get distracted by the other things you have to do at home, like wasting and cleaning”，可知Louise Tate认为在家工作很容易被家里要做的其他事情分心，比如丢垃圾和打扫。可判断出Louise经常被家务分心。选项C符合题意。
4.事实细节题。根据文章倒数第二段，“If I get fed up with working from home or if there are problems that have to be dealt with in person. I just jump in the car and drive to the cafes.”，可知除了倒数第三段中提到他通过现代通讯和经理们交流之外，如果厌倦了在家工作，或者有一些问题需要亲自处理，会直接去咖啡馆。选项A可排除。根据文章倒数第二段，“we have meetings at my place, which give the managers a break from their own ‘office’. They get a change of scenery.”，可知有时候会选择在家开会，让经理们在自己的办公室里休息一下。他们也可以换换环境。可判断出George Mercer并不是在计划的会议上才能见到经理。选项B可排除。根据文章倒数第三段，“George Mercer, who owns seven cafes within a 7- mile radius of downtown Miami. He has based his office in his Fort Lauderdale beachfront home”，可知他在迈阿密市中心方圆7英里内拥有7家咖啡馆。他的办公室设在劳德代尔堡海滨的家中，可判断出他并没有住在离这些咖啡馆不到7英里的地方。选项C可排除。综上所述，选项D符合题意。
5.作者态度题。作者在文章中只是就在家工作列举了很多人的例子，指出有的人喜欢在家工作，而有的人后悔在家工作，并没有就这个问题发表自己的看法，没有在文章中表明自己是否愿意在家工作。选项C符合题意。