Question

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

    Telecommunicating is a form of computer communication between employees’ homes and offices. For employees whose jobs involve sitting at a terminal or word processor entering data or typing reports, the location of the computer is of no consequence. If the machine can communicate over telephone lines, when the work is completed, employees can dial the office computer from a distant site and transmit the material to their employers. A recent survey in USA Today estimates that there are approximately 8.7 million telecommuters. But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago. Why hasn't telecommuting become more popular?

    Clearly, change simply takes time. But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers. These executives claim that supervising the telecommuters in a large work force scattered across the country would be too difficult, or, at least, systems for managing them are not yet developed, thereby complicating the manager's responsibilities.

          It is also true that employees who are given the option of telecommuting are often reluctant to accept the opportunity. Most people feel that they need regular interaction with a group, and many are concerned that they will not have the same consideration for advancement if they are not more visible in the office setting. Some people feel that even when a space in their homes is set aside as a work area, they never really get away from the office.

When Business Week published “The Portable Executive”, it implied that

A. systems for managing telecommuters were not effective.

B. there was resistance on the part of many managers about telecommuting.

C. the trend for telecommuting was optimistic.

D. most telecommuters were satisfied with their work.

Answer 1

Đáp án B

Khi tờ Business Week xuất bản “Quản lý di động”, nó cho thấy

A. hệ thống quản lý người làm việc từ xa không hiệu quả.

B. có làn sóng phản đối giữa các nhà nhà quản lý về việc làm việc từ xa.

C. xu hướng làm việc từ xa rất khả quan.

D. phần lớn người làm việc từ xa đều hài lòng với công việc của họ.

Về xu hướng làm việc từ xa, tác giả có nói: “But although the numbers are rising annually, the trend does not appear to be as significant as predicted when Business Week published "The Portable Executive" as its cover story a few years ago.”

Như vậy chứng tỏ bài báo nói về điều bất lợi khiến xu hướng này không phổ biến, vậy loại C và D.

Ngoài ra, hệ thống quản lý được nhắc đến là “not yet developed” chứ không phải “not effective”.

Và “But in addition, there has been active resistance on the part of many managers.”

Vậy chọn B