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

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

admin2022-11-16  143
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.
The workplace used to be controlled by those who________.
选项 A、would rather work alone
B、excel in socializing
C、treat everyone equally
D、are tolerant of others
答案B
解析 根据题干关键词workplace和controlled定位到文章开头，题干中的used to问的是过去的事情。文章首句指出“内向者活动人士一直在呼吁一场变革(a revolution)：重塑由外向者主宰的职场(remake the extrovert—dominated workplace)。接下来又提到要让工作文化适合“那些单独工作时更有成效、不需要那么多外界刺激的人”，即内向者群体。由此可知，主宰职场的外向者的性格特征与内向者是相反的，他们擅长社交、乐于与人打交道，故B项“擅长社交”为正确答案。选项A意思是“更愿意单独工作”，对应的是内向者群体，故排除。C项意思是“平等地对待每一个人”，是根据首段第二句中的equally设置的无关干扰项，故排除。D项意思是“包容他人”，首段第二句提到“营造一种更包容的文化”(a more inclusive culture)，指的是包容内向者群体的文化，该选项与原文不符，故应排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/HBMD777K
0

考研英语二

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)