文档介绍：Part Ⅰ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should Parents Send Their Kids to Art Classes? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below.
1. 现在有不少家长送孩子参加各种艺术班
2. 对这种做法有人表示支持,也有人并不赞成
3. 我认为……
Should Parents Send Their Kids to Art Classes?
Part Ⅱprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Bosses Say “Yes” to Home Work
Rising costs of office space, time lost to muting, and a slow recognition that workers have lives beyond the office—all are strong arguments for letting staff work from home.
For the small business, there are additional benefits too—staff are more productive, and happier, enabling firms to keep their headcounts (员工数) and their recruitment costs to a minimum. It can also petitive advantage, especially when small businesses want to attract new staff but dont have the budget to offer huge salaries.
pany managers have known about the benefits for a long time, many have done little about it, sceptical of whether they could trust their employees to work to full capacity without supervision, or concerned about the additional expenses teleworking policies might incur as staff start charging their home phone bills to the business.
Yet this is now changing. munications provider InterTel researched the use of remote working solutions among small and mediumsized UK businesses in April this year, it found that 28% panies claimed to have introduced flexible working practices than a year ago.
The work of Business Links confirms that it too has seen a growing interest in remote working solutions from small businesses seeking its advice, and claims that