Telecommuting(遠程辦公) will have major effects on the worlds of work and family life. However, its biggest effect will be in the area of individual freedom, responsibility and time management.
Work and workplaces will change greatly. Offices may become smaller, as fewer desks are needed. There will be greater need for high-speed Internet connections to link the office and the home, and even homes to other homes, as other employees also begin working at home. Hours spent in traffic jams, and fights for parking should diminish, as workers travel less.
Family life will also change. Both husbands and wives will be able to arrange their work around family commitments such as taking children to school, cooking, spare time activities, and so on. However, households(家人) will also have to set aside areas for work-particularly if more than one person is telecommuting.
However, although the ideas of more time at home and less time traveling are attractive, there are some drawbacks to telecommuting. People may feel that they cannot escape from work, work longer hours, or become less social. The quality of work may suffer because of fewer face-to-face interactions with other employees, and there may be delays if other workers are not immediately available. Telecommuters may also feel isolated. A major change will be in the way people think about work as a place or an institution. Instead, they will focus on the task or the product. Workers may feel less loyal to a company.
In conclusion, the effects are difficult to predict because they depend on the extent to which telecommuting becomes popular. At the same time, however, telecommuting could be the start of a major societal shift, possibly as big as the Industrial Revolution which created our present ideas of work.
64. This passage was mainly written to tell us _____.
A. about the advantages of telecommuting               
B. how telecommuting will change the world
C. that telecommuting will affect family life            D. how to telecommute in the future
65. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. The disadvantages of telecommuting.                  B. Setting aside areas for work.
C. The future of telecommuting.                             D. The employees’ focus on work.
66. With telecommuting in the future, which of the following will be reduced?
A. Working hours and family time.                         B. Face-to-face communication.
C. Spare time and individual freedom.                            D. Spending time with friends.
67. What can we infer from the passage?
A. Telecommuting will change the world completely.
B. There will be no traffic jams because of telecommuting.
C. Work efficiency will increase through telecommuting.
D. Telecommuting workers will likely change their jobs.
64—67BA BD      

導讀：隨著信息時代的到來，遠程辦公成為可能。它將對人們的工作和家庭生活產(chǎn)生重大的影響，同時又帶來一系列的問題……
64. B。主旨大意題。從文章的首段作者便開門見山地告訴我們遠程辦公會產(chǎn)生一系列的影響，在文章的第二三段作者分別介紹了遠程辦公對工作和家庭生活帶來的影響，文章第四段則介紹了遠程辦公的一些負面影響，可以看出文章的主要內(nèi)容都是在介紹遠程辦公的影響，故B項正確。
65. A。歸納概括題。該段第一句點明主題，以下各句是遠程辦公的缺點，如：人們覺得無法擺脫工作；面對面交流的時間減少等，因此答案選A。
66. B。細節(jié)理解題。該題涉及到的是遠程辦公將會減少的對象，從文章第四段The quality of work may suffer because of fewer face-to-face interactions with other employees可以看出將來如果遠程辦公的話，員工之間面對面的交流將會減少，故B項正確。
67. D。推理判斷題。從文章第四段Workers may feel less loyal to a company.可以推斷出既然員工對公司的忠誠度下降，必然會有不少的員工跳槽，即D項正確。
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