题文
Fortunately, I've been able to avoid the traffic jam brought by presidential visits because ! don't have to commute anywhere. Barack Obama visited Los Angeles recently which paralyzed large sections of a city and you could almost hear the collective pain of unhappy commuters.I am among the l0 percent of people in the US that regularly work from home. You could include Obama among them, although I suspect his working area in the White House is better-equipped than my small space on to the back of the garage. He also probably doesn't have a problem with three little kids interrupting his phone calls or bursting into his office at inappropriate moments.
Every day there they are, knocking on my window and peering inside, as if looking at an animal in a zoo. Once, a telephone interview I was doing with the former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was interrupted by my older son, then three years old, and completely naked "Ahaaar!" he shouted to my face. "What was that?" said Schwarzenegger. I stammered(结巴地说出) something about the joys of children and silently managed to shoo the boy out of the room without putting down the phone.
I shouldn't complain. I no longer have to stand having someone's armpit(腋窝) being pressed into my face on a crowded train and home status means ! should be a more productive worker although working from home could also lead to "avoiding duties from home". I would argue that a bigger problem is going nuts: Staring at the same walls every day and not going anywhere can do strange things to a person.
I realized I had to get out of the house at least once a day to avoid turning into an unshaven and unshoweredrecluse(隐士) who was still in his pyjamas at dinner time. I would work for an hour or so in a local coffee shop but, like most routine, this became boring because I would constantly see the same faces: Screenwriters poring over screenplays, elderly women heading to the yoga studio next door and hordes of overweight middle-aged male cycling by.
And yet here I am several years later, still working from home consciously and, I'm happy to report, not sitting at my desk in my pyjamas. Not since last Tuesday, anyway.
小题1:The author may agree that __A．it's a bad decision to work from homeB．presidential visits bring inconvenience to the localsC．if a person wants to be more productive, he must work from homeD．the former California governor was angry at the interruption during the interview小题2:The incident of three-year-old son is described to prove that___A．working from home has some drawbacksB．working from home is a pleasant experienceC．Barack Obama has better working conditions than the authorD．it's unfortunate for the author to have a naughty boy小题3: The reason why the author goes to the coffee shop is that __A．he wants to get familiar with the people aroundB．he doesn't like working in his pyjamas at homeC．he becomes bored with being a commuterD．he needs some changes to get relaxation小题4:The whole passage suggests that __A．the author has to work from homeB．any routine definitely means boredomC．the author is a humorous personD．working from home contributes to avoiding duties 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
解析
在本文中作者通过自己的叙述迂回地告诉我们，现在的美国社会里有很多的在家工作的人，告诉我们在家工作有很多的好处，但是也有很多的劣势。小题1:B
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第一句Fortunately, I've been able to avoid the traffic jam brought by presidential visits because ! don't have to commute anywhere.总统的来访让这里的人有很多的交通堵塞了，给人们的生活带来了很多的影响。故B正确。
小题2:A
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段2,3行He also probably doesn't have a problem with three little kids interrupting his phone calls or bursting into his office at inappropriate moments.说明三个孩子经常会打扰我的工作。接着文章第三段Once, a telephone interview I was doing with the former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was interrupted by my older son, then three years old, and completely naked "Ahaaar!" he shouted to my face. "What was that?" said Schwarzenegger.这个例子正是说明在家里工作经常会被干扰。故A正确。
小题3:D
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章倒数第二段1,2行I realized I had to get out of the house at least once a day to avoid turning into an unshaven and unshoweredrecluse(隐士) who was still in his pyjamas at dinner time. I would work for an hour or so in a local coffee shop可知可知作者要每天都要到咖啡店里去，是为了让自己放松。故D正确。
小题4:C
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章第二段I am among the l0 percent of people in the US that regularly work from home. You could include Obama among them, although I suspect his working area in the White House is better-equipped than my small space on to the back of the garage.作者把奥巴马也归为自己的一类，并且用一种很幽默的口吻叙述奥巴马可能会比自己有更好的工作条件。说明作者是一个很幽默的人。故C正确。
【长难句解析】
I am among the l0 percent of people in the US that regularly work from home.
【翻译】我是美国在家里工作的百分之十的人中的一员。
【分析】本句中有一个定语从句that regularly work from home，修饰先行词people，that在这个定语从句中指代先行词并做主语。定语从句的考查主要就是考查关系词的辨析，关系代词that, which, whose, whom, as， who在句中做主语，宾语，表语或者定语；where, why, when在句中做状语。要分析句子成分，看缺少什么成分，就选用相应的关系词。
2. Staring at the same walls every day and not going anywhere can do strange things to a person.
【翻译】盯着同样的墙看一整天什么地方也不去可能会对人产生奇怪的影响。
【分析】本句的主语是两个动名词短语Staring at the same walls every day and not going anywhere，动名词做主语表示经常性习惯性的事情，和不定式做主语相区别，不定式做主语表示的是一次性具体的行为。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“ Fortunately, I've b.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
