Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just. heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read.for the third time, you should check what you have written.
注意:此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。
Part III Section C
British workers are suffering email stress because they are swamped with messages and constantly monitoring their inboxes.
Staffers are left tired, __________ and unproductive as they __________to cope with a constant deluge of emails, researchers from Glasgow and Paisley universities in Scotland have found.
More than a third said they thought they checked their inboxes every 15 minutes and 64 percent said they looked more than once an hour.
When researchers __________ monitors to their computers, workers were found to be viewing e-mails up to 40 times an hour.
About 33percent said they felt stressed by the __________ of e-mails and the need to reply quickly. A further 28 percent said they felt driven when they checked messages because of the pressure to __________ Just 38 percent of workers were __________enough to wait a day or longer before replying.
Researchers found that many workers felt __________ by e-mails interrupting them as they tried to __________ on their work. __________Karen Renaud, a computer scientist at Glasgow University, and Judith Ramsay, a psychologist at Paisley University, surveyed almost 200 workers.
They concluded, Email has become an indispensable tool in business. __________and that many computer users experience stress as a result of email-related pressure.
Renaud said, __________
Section C
文章精要
本文主要讲的是英国职员正饱受电子邮件之苦,因为他们经常有大量邮件需要快速回复,他们需要不时地检查邮箱,因而无法专心工作。对于这一现象,计算机科学家表示,电子邮件是种不可思议的工作工具,但现在却给人们的工作带来了巨大问题,它已经无法控制。
36.frustrated
37.struggle
38.fitted
39.volume
40.respond
41.relaxed
42.invaded
43.concentrate
44.They felt pressured to switch applications to see whether the emails were urgent
45.However, there is evidence that e-mail can exert a powerful hold over its users
46.E-mail is the thing that now causes US the most problems in our working lives.Its an amazing tool, but its got out of hand.
Section C
British workers are suffering email stress because they are swamped with messages and constantly monitoring their inboxes.
Staffers are left tired, frustrated and unproductive as they struggle to cope with a constant deluge of emails, researchers from Glasgow and Paisley universities in Scotland have found.
More than a third said they thought they checked their inboxes every 15 minutes and 64 percent said they looked more than once an hour.
When researchers fitted monitors to their computers, workers were found to be viewing emails up to 40 times an hour.
About 33 percent said they felt stressed by the volume of emails and the need to reply quickly. A further 28 percent said they felt driven when they checked messages because of the pressure to respond.
Just 38 percent of workers were relaxed enough to wait a day or longer before replying.
Researchers found that many workers felt invaded by emails interrupting them as they tried to concentrate on their work. They felt pressured to switch applications to see whether the emails were urgent.
Karen Renaud, a computer scientist at Glasgow University, and Judith Ramsay, a psychologist at Paisley University, surveyed almost 200 workers.
They concluded, Email has become an indispensable tool in business. However, there is evidence that email can exert a powerful hold over its users and that many computer users experience stress as a result of email-related pressure.
Renaud said, Email is the thing that now causes us the most problems in our working lives. Its an amazing tool, but its got out of hand.
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