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For at least a decade, introvert activists have been calling for a revolution: remake the extrovert-dominated workplace. Create

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问题     For at least a decade, introvert activists have been calling for a revolution: remake the extrovert-dominated workplace. Create a more inclusive culture equally suited to those who work better alone, with less outside stimulation. Then came the pandemic and many of us had to work from home. The 2020 "office" suddenly looked like the answer to an introvert-employee manifesto. It would be "a chance to play to our strengths". Five months on, how is the year of the introvert working out?
    At first it felt unsettling. "Introverts recharge their batteries by being alone," writes Susan Cain in her best-selling Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking. Home is where we do it. So turning a place of escape into an office, and sharing a refuge via video calls, was weird. Yet for introverts anxious about public speaking, it can also be helpful. You may feel less anxious addressing big groups when you’re in your own space secretly wearing your slippers. I do. Which is why I’ve accepted online speaking invitations I would have dodged otherwise.
    WFH meetings have been a revelation. For the first time it is perfectly acceptable to say nothing unless you have something constructive to contribute. This is a relief compared to real life, where it can feel like making your voice heard at any cost is rewarded. Also invaluable for softer-spoken people in a culture that rewards loudness: the levelling power of the volume control. This relieves introverts of a frequent worry: "Will they be able to hear me?" Together, all this has ended the scourge of the introvert: dominant colleagues cutting other people off or ignoring them. In an online room, everyone waits their turn. In theory, that is. Badly run online meetings can be as much of a bear pit as analogue ones. Similarly, the insulating power of those noise-cancelling headphones turns out to be just as essential at home for keeping domestic sounds at bay.
    And what about the lack of workplace camaraderie? For introverts, who do their best work alone, this is not necessarily a problem. And it turns out I see my teammates every day at our online morning meeting. Since March, I have seen them more than anyone I’m related to.
    "OK, but won’t you miss the office chat working at home?" asked my super-sociable work friend, by now sounding a bit incredulous. "Won’t you feel lonely?" It might sound odd but, typically for a solitude loving introvert, I’m not sure I understand the question.
In a WFH meeting,________.
选项 A、people are able to decide when to speak on their own
B、it is encouraged to reserve one’s constructive ideas
C、there may be an increase in introverts’ worries
D、an introvert-friendly culture has actually evolved
答案D
解析 由题干关键词WFH meeting可定位至文章第三段首句WFH meetings have been a revelation(居家办公会议带来了意外发现)。其后的内容都是关于居家办公会议带来的发现：在会议上如果没有意见，一言不发也是可以接受的；说话较轻的人在线上会议中也不用担心别人听不到自己的发言；线上会议按顺序发言，不用担心霸道的同事总是打断内向者的发言或无视他们等。可见这些都是线上会议有利于内向者的方面，故可以推断，居家办公会议中，对内向者友好的文化其实已经形成了，D项与此相符合，故为答案。第三段倒数第四句提到“在线上会议室里，所有人都得按顺序发言(everyone waits their turn)”。而A项意为“人们可以自己决定何时发言”，与原文不符，可排除。第三段第二句说到，除非你有建设性的意见，否则可以什么都不说，这种情况第一次成为完全可以接受的事情(it is perfectly acceptable to say nothing)，这里是说不发言是可以接受的，而不是说鼓励保留自己的建议，故排除B项。第三段第五句说线上会议缓解了内向者的一些担忧，而不是可能会增加他们的担忧，故排除选项C。
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