Unit 3 A taste of English humour课时作业

learning about language

阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2.5分， 满分50分)

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　　Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work？ It'll make you a better employee(雇员). An Australian study shows that surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.

　　The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the Internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. Study author Brent Coker， from the department of management and marketing， said， "Workplace Internet leisure browsing(工作时的网络休闲)， or WILB， helped to sharpen workers' concentration(集中员工注意力). ""People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration， " Coker said on the university's website(www. unimelb， edu. au/). "Short breaks， such as quick surf of the Internet， enable the mind to rest itself， leading to a higher total net concentration for a day's work， and as a result， increased productivity，"he said.

　　According to the study of 300 workers， 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work engage in WILB. Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information about products， reading online news， playing online games and watching videos on YouTube.

　　"Firms spend millions on software to block their employees from watching videos， using social networking sites or shopping online under the pretence that it costs millions in lost productivity， " said Coker. "That's not always the case. "

　　However， Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation(适度浏览)， or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. "Those who behave with Internet addiction(瘾)tendencies will have a lower productivity than those without， "he said.

1. What does the passage mainly tell us？

　　A. What we should do with our leisure time.

　　B. How to surf the Internet for fun during office hours.

　　C. Why we should surf the Internet for fun during office hours.

　　D. Surfing the Internet for fun during office hours can increase productivity.

2. Why can surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increase productivity？