¡¡¡¡ That is partly why, despite the widespread press coverage, the number of companies with work-at-home programs or policy guidelines remains small.

1. What is the main subject of the passage?

A. Business management policies                              

B. Driving to work

C. Extending the workplace by means of computers                              

D. Computers for child-care purposes

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem for office employees?

A. Being restricted to the office

B. Incurring expenses for lunches and clothing

C. Taking care of sick children

D. Driving in heavy traffic

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a problem for employers that is potentially solved by telecommuting?

A. Employees¡¯ lateness for work

B. Employees¡¯ absence from work

C. Employees¡¯ need for time alone to work intensively

 D. Employees¡¯ conflicts with second jobs

4. Which of the following does the author mention as a possible disadvantage of telecommuting?

A. Small children cannot understand the boundaries of work and play.

B. Computer technology is not advanced enough to accommodate the needs of every situation.

C. Electrical malfunctions can destroy a project.

D. The worker often does not have all the needed resources at home.

5. Which of the following is an example of telecommuting as described in the passage?

A. A scientist in a laboratory developing plans for a space station

B. A technical writer sending via computer documents created at home

C. A computer technician repairing an office computer network

D. A teacher directing computer ª² assisted learning, in a private school

Passage 2

¡¡¡¡ No sooner had the first intrepid male aviators safely returned to Earth than it seemed that women, too, had been smitten by an urge to fly. From mere spectators they became willing passengers and finally pilots in their own right, plotting their skills and daring line against the hazards of the air and the skepticism of their male counterparts. In doing so, they enlarged the traditional bounds of a women¡¯s world, won for their sex a new sense of competence and achievement, and contributed handsomely to the progress of aviation.

¡¡¡¡ But recognition of their abilities did not come easily. ¡° Men do not believe us capable. ¡± the famed aviator Amelia Earhart once remarked to a friend. ¡° Because we are women, seldom are we trusted to do an efficient job. ¡± Indeed old attitudes died hard: when Charles Lindbergh visited the Soviet Union in 1938 with his wife, Anne