《2025年天星教育金考卷一轮复习单元滚动双测卷英语》

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［2025河北石家庄部分学校联考］While remote and hybrid(混合的) working arrangements can enhance employees’ work - life balance, new research suggests they might be preventing innovation. The study found that staff who worked in a hybrid model were less likely to come up with innovative ideas than workmates who always worked in the office. And staff working from home tended to produce lower quality innovative ideas.
The study followed over 48,000 employees from a large Indian IT company during periods of working in the office, working from home, and hybrid working. Innovation is not a core part of their work, but the company has taken significant steps to develop a culture where all employees see innovation as a key part of their job, with the company offering financial rewards to encourage innovation at work.
The employees write up ideas about process improvements, cost - saving measures, or new products, which are then evaluated by the company and either carried out or deserted. While the quantity of ideas did not change during the working from home period compared to working in the office, the quality of ideas suffered. During the later hybrid period, the quantity of submitted ideas fell and innovation suffered, particularly in teams which did not arrange when they worked in the office or from home.
“Innovation in the workplace can occur through random, spontaneous(自发的) ‘water cooler’ conversations between employees,” explained lead researcher Christoph Siemroth. “However, these ‘productive accidents’ are less likely to occur when employees work from home. Our research has found that innovation is suffering as a result.”
“The findings imply that companies should take steps to organize when employees are in the office. Innovation does not work well if half the team is in on Mondays while the other half is in on Wednesdays. Instead, set days when the whole team is expected in the office. While this limits the flexibility of hybrid work, our results suggest that innovation benefits as a result,” added Christoph Siemroth.
1. How did the researchers conduct the study?
A. By observing daily office interactions.
B. By interviewing a number of employees.
C. By creating an environment helpful to innovation.
D. By analyzing innovation in different work models.
2. What happened to employees working from home?
A. They showed little enthusiasm for innovation.
B. They put forward thoughts with lower quality.
C. They perfectly maintained the work - life balance.
D. They worked the same way as those in the office.
3. What can we infer from Siemroth’s words?
A. Employees strongly oppose hybrid work.
B. Remote work improves employees’ happiness.
C. Face - to - face interactions are key to innovation.
D. Innovation declines with employees in the office.
4. What is the best title for the text?
A. How remote work benefits employees
B. What work model suits companies best
C. Working from home is blocking innovation
D. Companies are working to boost innovation

答案： 1.D 2.B 3.C 4.C