Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
M: How do you like your new flexible work arrangement? Do you enjoy working from home?
W: Yes and no. 8 I find isolation challenging at times. Apart from my mother, not too many people I know have time for phone chats during working hours. I tried the library, but found I wasn't really keen on working there.
M: No, neither would I. 9 I find the library a bit too quiet. I'd lack inspiration or stimulation, which would be counterproductive to getting a lot of work done.
W: I find the same thing. So, lately I've been going out to cafés occasionally. 10 I love the noise, the people, the busyness of a café, the sense of being out in the world.
M: Coffee shops seem to have effectively become office spaces for so many people in this digital age, though I'm not sure how café owners feel about it—having so many people who go to their places to work rather than drink and eat.
W: Yes, some people seem to spend a lot of time there and not order much. 11 The most annoying ones for café owners must surely be those usually only two of them who occupy a table for six with their laptops and paperwork.
M: They should sit at a table for two, not at the table for six. Some obviously stay so long. They need to plug the laptops into a power outlet. I nearly tripped over someone's computer electrical lead the other day in my local café.
W: It's a double-edged sword. No doubt about that for a café owner. While remote workers help to keep the café full in quiet times, they can take up valuable table space in busy periods.
男:你觉得你们新的灵活办公安排怎么样?你喜欢在家办公吗?
女:也喜欢,也不喜欢。 8 我发现有时候独处非常具有挑战性。在工作时间,我认识的人当中,除了我妈妈,没有多少人有时间可以和我通话聊天。我尝试过去图书馆办公,但发现我真的不喜欢在那里办公。
男:是的,我也不喜欢在图书馆办公。 9 我觉得图书馆有点太过安静了。太过安静会让我缺乏灵感或刺激,这对于完成大量的工作会产生适得其反的效果。
女:我也发现了同样的情况。所以,最近我偶尔会去外面的咖啡店。 10 我喜欢咖啡店的嘈杂、人以及忙碌,还有置身于这个世界中的那种感觉。
男:在这个数字化时代,事实上,咖啡店似乎已经成为很多人的办公场所,尽管我不知道咖啡店老板对于有这么多人到他们店里办公而不点吃的也不点喝的作何感想。
女:没错。有些人似乎会在那里待很长时间,却不怎么点餐。 11 对咖啡店老板而言,最让人讨厌的一定是那些通常只有两个人却带着他们的笔记本电脑和办公文件占用一张六人座的餐桌的情况。
男:他们应该坐一张两人座的餐桌,而不是一张六人座的餐桌。有些人显然待的时间太久了。他们需要把电脑电源线插入电源插座(给电脑充电)。前几天,我在我家附近的一家咖啡店差点被别人的电脑线绊倒。
女:这是一把双刃剑。毫无疑问,对咖啡店老板而言是这样的。虽然在店里生意不忙的时候,这些远程办公者可以保持咖啡店满座,但在咖啡店忙碌的时候,他们又占用着宝贵的座位。
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
What does the woman say is the disadvantage of working from home?
Her children's disruption.
Quiet atmosphere.
A sense of isolation.
Longer working hours.
8.这位女士说在家办公的缺点是什么?
A)她的孩子们的打扰。
B)安静的氛围。
C)一种孤立感。
D)更长的工作时间。
What does the man say is counterproductive to getting work done in the library?
It doesn't offer coffee.
It's too quiet.
It doesn't have free Wi-Fi.
It lacks the material he needs.
9.男士说什么会让在图书馆办公适得其反?
A)它不提供咖啡。
B)它太安静了。
C)它没有免费Wi-Fi。
D)它缺少他所需要的资料。
What does the woman like about doing one's work in a café?
The sense of being out in the world.
The coffee it provides.
The coffee table.
The comfortable working condition.
10.关于在咖啡店办公,女士喜欢的是什么?
A)置身于这个世界中的那种感觉。
B)它所提供的咖啡。
C)咖啡桌。
D)舒适的办公环境。
What is most annoying for café owners according to the woman?
People don't order anything.
People bring their laptops and paperwork.
People occupy valuable table space in quiet times.
People of two occupy a table for six.
11.根据这位女士所说的,咖啡店老板最讨厌的是什么?
A)人们不点任何东西。
B)人们带着自己的笔记本电脑和文件。
C)人们在冷清的时候占着宝贵的桌位空间。
D)两个人占用一张六人座的餐桌。
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