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In many major cities, where lockdowns meant that all but essential employees were working from home, most businesses have been r

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问题     In many major cities, where lockdowns meant that all but essential employees were working from home, most businesses have been reluctant to attempt a full-scale move back to the office. And large numbers of employees are saying they would prefer to keep working from home anyway.
    Partly, that’s because they are worried about their health. But even when the health dangers of the pandemic fade, it seems that many workers, and many businesses as well, see the advantage of prolonging the new approach to work forced on them by the lockdown. A study this month by the Cigna international health-insurance company surveyed people in 11 countries around the world. Over half the respondents said they would like to work from home for two or three days a week in the future.
    If that happens, and the whole concept of office-based work is redefined, the effect on city business districts would be enormous. With far fewer people based in traditional office buildings, the retail businesses serving the people working in them would face a major hit.
    But an even greater impact—and adjustment—would involve the millions of people working from home, and their new relationships with the businesses they work for.
    This brave new working world—if it’s to prove sustainable—will have to find a whole new definition of work-life balance. So far, the arrangement has been working for many. But it is evident that key issues remain to be resolved.
    In the lockdown version of home-work, the distinction between home and work has become blurred. News reports from around the world in recent weeks have quoted business leaders as saying that most of their employees have been at least as productive as they were in the old office environment. But the Cigna study points to one possible reason why: Nearly 65% of respondents said that they were now working on weekends.
    And not all home workers are created equal. For those who have been home-working in single-family homes, the experience has been incomparably easier than it is for those in small apartments, sometimes shared with others. Parents with young children have faced a further range of homework challenges. Many young singles are finding their new home-based lives to be socially isolated and lonely.
    Finally, there’s the question of what may be lost in a wholesale move away from the office model. Can Zoom or Skype conversations with colleagues really substitute for water-cooler chats and old-style human interaction? And what about the old assumption that ideas and creativity benefit from the natural, often informal, process of talking to co-workers face to face?
    However much life at home will have changed, there may be life in the old office yet.
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
选项 A、Home-work: Not just kids’ stuff
B、Home-work: A complete substitute for traditional office
C、Home-work: Another challenge for families
D、Home-work: Not welcomed by young singles
答案 A
解析 本文结构严谨，段落逻辑清晰，第一段提及在家办公的现象，第二段阐述其受欢迎的原因，第三段至第八段分析在家办公带来的影响，末段得出结论并展望未来——在家办公并不会替代传统的工作方式，传统的办公室工作模式未来还会持续。对比可知四个选项均提及在家办公，其中选项[A]“在家办公并非易事”，概括了原文大部分的内容——在家办公的影响及弊端，并对应最后作者的观点，即在家办公无法替代传统的办公室工作模式，在四个选项中概括最全，故为正确答案。
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