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Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Ⅰ.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 M：Miss Dermott, let me ask you straight away. Do you think, within a few years, many people could be working at home instead of working in __1__？ W：Oh, yes. It's happening now. You see, the communication industry __2__(make) much progress in the last ten years. M：And how do these people manage to work? I mean, what equipment do they have at home? W：Well, they have a television set, a computer, a printer, and a telephone __3__(connect) with other computers. M：Oh, I see.__4__ surely there're some advantages in being able to work at home. W：Yes. __5__ at home, people don't have to spend a lot of time getting to and back from their work places. The rush hours are the time of day with the __6__(slow) traffic. Millions of people have to get up early to avoid the rush hours. M：Ah, yes, I see. What do you think about the conditions of home workers? W：Oh, let me tell you __7__ might become of them. In the future a British firm in, for example, London，__8__ employ clerks in Belfast, or a Paris company could have their secretaries in Spain, and then __9__ just use a telephone to call around for __10__ labor. 答案 1.offices 2.has made 3.connected 4.But | 
