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(2021·聊城模拟)
Nowadays, more and more employers and employees work online either full-time or part-time, and that number is continuing growing. It’s believed that flying around the world for face-to-face company meetings is a waste of time and money. An effective choice to get rid of it is to use Web meetings.
A large of group presentations, training classes and meetings are done online without losing the face-to-face experience. Web meetings are online meetings where an organizer invites attendees to listen to or watch an online presentation by presenters. Besides, Web meetings can be recorded for later us.
Presenters can take real-time surveys to study how to hold a successful meeting. Some Web meeting software programs can monitor the users’ desktop behavior to see if they become distracted from the presentation and begin working on other documents. If so the program can tell presenters when the listeners lose their attention, and how long the distraction lasts. In this way, the presenters will know which parts of their meetings need improving.
Web meetings can work well because they’re hosted on a server (服务器). Images from the presenter’s desktop are taken, uploaded to a server and then downloaded by people who have access to the server. Web meetings require a powerful server to deal with several images a second and “serve” them back to thousands of users at the same time.
Companies have two choices when it comes to these servers. They can either buy a special Web meeting server to host their meetings on-site, or they can pay for a Web meeting service every time and let the off-site provider worry about hosting the meetings. The choice depends on how frequently the company holds Web meetings, the average number of people attending the meetings, and the quality of engineering and information technology.
Web meetings are an excellent example of how technology is changing the way we do business. With all the technologies today, the traditional office might soon be a thing of the past.
【文章大意】本文是说明文, 介绍了网络会议在商务办公方面取代了传统的办公模式, 被广泛应用。
1. In what way do some Web meeting software programs help improve the meetings?
A. By tracking the users’ state.
B. By giving useful suggestions.
C. By sharing detailed technical data.
D. By providing other presenters’ videos.
【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第三段中“Some Web meeting software programs can monitor the users’ desktop behavior to see if they become distracted from the presentation and begin working on other documents. ”可以推断, 软件程序是通过跟踪听会者的状态来知道网络会议的哪一部分需要改进的。故选A。
2. It’s better for a company to buy a Web meeting server if it .
A. relies little on the quality of IT
B. holds Web meetings twice a week
C. doesn’t have so many employees
D. has branches in the same city or province
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第五段中“The choice depends on how frequently the company holds Web meetings, the average number of people attending the meetings, and the quality of engineering and information technology. ”, 公司可以选择购买一个特殊的网络会议服务器, 也可以选择每次支付网络会议服务的费用。由此判断出如果公司每星期举行两次网络会议, 使用网络会议频率比较高, 那么购买一个网络会议服务器会比较划算。故选B。
3. What can we infer about Web meetings?
A. Web meetings help presenters stay focused.
B. Web meetings work without the help of a server.
C. Web meetings determine the quality of engineering.
D. Web meetings are likely to be widely used.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章第一段最后一句“An effective choice to get rid of it is to use Web meetings. ”和最后一段中“With all the technologies today, the traditional office might soon be a thing of the past. ”可知, 网络会议可以代替传统办公模式, 随着当今所有技术的发展, 传统的办公室可能很快就会成为过去。因此可以推断网络会议会越来越广泛地应用。故选D。
4. The purpose of this passage is .
A. to advertise servers used in Web meetings
B. to persuade companies to hold Web meetings
C. to introduce the benefits of using Web meetings
D. to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Web meetings
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章第一段“ It’s believed that flying around the world for face-to-face company meetings is a waste of time and money. An effective choice to get rid of it is to use Web meetings. ”和最后一段中“Web meetings are an excellent example of how technology is changing the way we do business. ”可知, 文章介绍了网络会议正在改变我们做生意的方式, 能避免浪费时间和金钱。由此判断本文的目的是介绍使用网络会议的好处。故选C。
