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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.
Susan Cain’s book is cited to show________.
选项 A、that working from home seems strange at the beginning
B、that home is a suitable place to make us less anxious
C、that being alone can sometimes be a way to relieve stress
D、how introverts manage to find courage from outside
答案A
解析 根据题干关键词Susan Cain定位到文章第二段第二句。该段首句提到“起初，情况令人担忧”(At first it felt unsettling)。随即介绍苏珊.凯恩的书中提到“内向者通过独处自我充电”(Introverts recharge their batteries by being alone…)。后文通过因果逻辑关系，提到家就是自己的避难所，因此将其“变成一间办公室”(turning a place of escape into an office)是很奇怪的。由此可推知，原文援引苏珊书中原句是为了表明选项A“在家办公这件事情在一开始似乎是很奇怪的”。B项意思是“家是一个让我们感到不那么焦虑的地方”，对应第二段第五句，该句以Yet进行转折，引出另一层语义，表明在家办公虽然在一开始似乎很奇怪，但对内向者而言是友好的。但转折后的内容并不是原文援引苏珊书中原句的原因。故排除。C项意思是“有时独处是一种缓解压力的方式”，D项意思是“内向者如何从外界寻找勇气”，在原文均未提及，故全部排除。
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