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四、閱讀測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】Telecommuting, the practice of working from home, is on the rise, and more companies are trusting theiremployees to be more productive in their own home offices than they might be at the workplace. Wrike, acompany that makes collaboration software, conducted a survey with 1,074 respondents, asking them a variety ofquestions about working from home.According to the survey, 83% of the respondents said they work remotely at least part of the day. Of the1,074 respondents in the survey, 36% were team members, 33% were managers, 15% were business owners and15% were executives.The survey showed that people see a rising trend in the future of remote collaboration: 43% of respondentsworked remotely less often two to three years ago, and 66% believe their office may go fully virtual in one to fiveyears.The survey also found the higher the position in the company, the more time the person spends workingoutside the office. Business owners worked nearly 30 hours a week from home, executives worked about 20hours, managers worked between 10 and 20 hours, while team members worked up to about 10 hours.When asked how much we are ready to ‘pay’ for the opportunity to work remotely: 78% would forego freemeals, 54% would forego employer-paid cellphone plans, 31% would accept reduction in paid vacation, and 25%would accept reduction in salary.The survey also found 89% of respondents consider the opportunity to work remotely as one of three mainperks, the other two being salary and reputation.When asked if consumer social communication tools help in remote collaboration, 91% said they wouldhappily abandon social communication tools. The survey found that these people spend no more than one hour aday on Facebook, Twitter and Skype.Perceived benefits, according to the survey, include: saving time, increased productivity, focus on work, notoffice policies. The challenges include: lack of direct communication, hindered data accessibility, and poorvisibility into colleagues’ activity.
46. What is the purpose of the article?
(A) To discuss how to improve employee productivity.
(B) To encourage remote collaboration.
(C) To report on the trend of working from home.
(D) To point out the problems with telecommuting.

參考答案

答案：C
難度：簡單0.739496
統計：A(8),B(8),C(88),D(10),E(0)

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