首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
"THE SERVANT"(1963) is one of those films that it is impossible to forget. The servant exploits his master’s weaknesses until he
"THE SERVANT"(1963) is one of those films that it is impossible to forget. The servant exploits his master’s weaknesses until he
admin
2017-01-17
25
问题
"THE SERVANT"(1963) is one of those films that it is impossible to forget. The servant exploits his master’s weaknesses until he turns the tables: the story ends with the a cringing master ministering to a lordly servant. It is hard to watch it today without thinking of another awkward relationship—the one between business folk and their smartphones.
Smart devices are sometimes empowering. They put a world of information at our fingertips. But for most people the servant has become the master. Not long ago only doctors were on call all the time. Now everybody is. Bosses think nothing of invading their employees’ free time. Work invades the home far more than domestic chores invade the office.
Hyperconnectivity exaggerates the decline of certainty and the general cult of flexibility. Smartphones make it easier for managers to change their minds at the last moment. Employees find it ever harder to distinguish between "on-time" and "off-time"—and indeed between real work and make-work. None of this is good for businesspeople ’s marriages or mental health. It may be bad for business, too. When bosses change their minds at the last minute, it is hard to plan for the future.
How can we reap the benefits of connectivity without becoming its slaves? One solution is digital dieting. Banning browsing before breakfast can reintroduce a small amount of civilization. Banning texting at weekends or, say, on Thursdays, can really show the iPhone who is boss.
The problem with this approach is that it works only if you live on a desert island or at the bottom of a lake. Leslie Perlow of Harvard Business School argues that for most people the only way to break the 24/7 habit is to act collectively rather than individually. One of the world’s most hard-working organisations, the Boston Consulting Group, introduced rules about when people were expected to be offline, and encouraged them to work together to make this possible. Eventually it forced people to work more productively while reducing burnout.
Ms Perlow’s advice should be taken seriously. The problem of hyperconnectivity will only get worse, as smartphones become smarter and young digital natives take over the workforce. But ultimately it is up to companies to outsmart the smartphones by insisting that everyone turn them off from time to time.
Judging from the text, the problem of hyperconnectivity can be solved by
选项
A、digital dieting.
B、banning using smartphones.
C、living alone.
D、making it a rule to turn off smartphones sometimes.
答案
D
解析
推断题。本题询问解决超度连接的办法。在第四段中,作者提到one solution is digital dieting,但第五段开头又否决了,因为“问题是,除非你生活在荒岛上或者是湖底,不然这种方法无法奏效”。接下来又提到“对多数人而言,打破全天待命工作状态的习惯需要大家的共同努力…”,并举例说明。最后一段开头提到“珀洛女士的建议应该受到重视”,末尾“想摆脱智能手机的奴役,归根结底还是要依靠公司的计谋:坚决要求员工们偶尔关关机”。由此可见由公司制定规则来保证大家都能执行,才是根本的解决办法,因此D项正确。B项“不使用智能手机”,C项“独自生活”,都是不现实的做法,且在原文中没有体现。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/3mEZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Moreandmorepeoplechoosetotravelabroadintheirvacations.Manypeoplebelievethattravelingabroadbenefitthemalot.I
Ifyouhavehighbloodpressure,you’reingood【C1】______.Hypertensionaffects67millionAmericans,includingnearlytwo-third
Lookatyoursmartphone.Thinkaboutthedecisionsyouwillmakeonittoday.Youmaysnatchadinner【C1】______,tellyourspous
Morethan45millionAmericansnowbelongtoahealthclub.Wespendsome$19billionayearongymmemberships.Ofcourse,some
WhatdoRussia’sBelgorodprovinceandsomeschoolsinFloridaandConnecticuthaveincommon?Theyareunlikelyrecruitstothe
JonathanSwiftmadeafamousModestProposalin1729thatthebabiesoftheIrishpoorshouldbeeatentopreventthemgrowingu
Inresponsetoscandalsrockingthestudentloanindustry,theHousehasquicklypassedreformlegislationtorequiremorediscl
JusthowmuchdoestheConstitutionprotectyourdigitaldata?TheSupremeCourtwillnowconsiderwhetherpolicecansearchthe
JusthowmuchdoestheConstitutionprotectyourdigitaldata?TheSupremeCourtwillnowconsiderwhetherpolicecansearchthe
You’venowhearditsomanytimes,youcanprobablyrepeatitinyoursleep.PresidentObamawillnodoubtmakethepointpublic
随机试题
坏疽性阑尾炎术后5天,体温上升,大便次数增多,里急后重,粘液便,诊断首先考虑
A.甲氧苄啶B.诺氟沙星C.阿莫西林D.阿米卡星E.磺胺嘧啶抑制二氢叶酸合成酶的是()。
构筑物混凝土施工时控制入模坍落度,在满足混凝土运输和布放要求的前提下,要尽可能()入模坍落度。
各级人民法院院长对本院已经发生法律效力的判决、裁定,发现确有错误,认为需要审的,应当提交()讨论决定。
根据材料回答以下问题赵先生要购买一栋价值50万元的普通住宅房屋,因此打算向某银行申请个人住房按揭贷款。赵先生所申请贷款的数额最高为()万元。若赵先生的实际购房费用为52万元。
根据劳动合同法律制度的规定,下列关于医疗期的表述中,不正确的有()。
千百年来,“偏见”一词一直是带贬义的。在人们心目中,偏见就意味着错误,是思想认识的大敌,因此,人人都不应当有偏见。偏见是如此不受欢迎,以至于各个领域的思想家无不以扫除偏见为己任,以便达到无偏见的认识。在人们心中存在着一种根深蒂固的观念:偏见是应当消除而且
研究小组利用超级计算机模拟宇宙,并结合多种其他计算,证明了在我们这个加速膨胀的宇宙中,描述大尺度时空结构的因果关系网络曲线图,是一个具有显著聚类特征的幂函数曲线,和许多复杂网络如互联网、社交网、生物网络等惊人的相似。由此可以推出:
DuringatriptoobservewildanimalsinAfrica,Iencounteredtheleastbraveanimalonearth,thewildebeest(角马).Isatona
BydrawingontheWorldBank’sprojectionsofsocioeconomicdevelopmentoverthenextquartercentury,researchersattheWorl
最新回复
(
0
)