Owningasmartphonemaynotbeassmartasyouthink.TheymayletyousurftheInternetlistentomusicandsnapphotoswhereveryouare…buttheyalsoturnyouintoaworkaholicitseems.
Astudysuggeststhatbygivingyouaccesstoemailsatalltimestheall-singingall-dancingmobilephoneaddsasmuchastwohourstoyourworkingday.ResearchersfoundthatBritonsworkanadditional460hoursayearonaverageastheyareabletorespondtoemailsontheirmobiles.
ThestudybytechnologyretailerPixmaniarevealstheaverageUKworkingdayisbetween9and10hoursbutafurthertwohoursisspentrespondingtoorsendingworkemailsormakingworkcalls.Morethan90percentofofficeworkershaveanemail-enabledphonewithathirdaccessingthemmorethan20timesaday.Almostoneintenadmitsspendinguptothreehoursoutsidetheirnormalworkingdaycheckingworkemails.Someworkersconfesstheyareoncallalmost24hoursadaywithnineoutoftensayingtheytakeworkemailsandcallsoutsidetheirnormalworkinghours.Theaveragetimeforfirstcheckingemailsisbetween6amand7amwithmorethanathirdcheckingtheirfirstemailinthisperiodandaquartercheckingthembetween11pmandmidnight.
GhadiHobeikamarketingdirectorofPixmaniasaid“Theabilitytoaccessliterallymillionsofappskeepincontactviasocialnetworksandtakephotosandvideoaswellastextandcallhasmadesmartphonesinvaluableformanypeople.Howevertherearedrawbacks.Manycompaniesexpecttheiremployeestobeoncall24hoursadaysevendaysaweekandsmartphonesmeanthatpeopleliterallycannotgetawayfromwork.Themoreconstantlyincontactwebecomethemoreisexpectedofusinaworkcapacity.”
1.Whatcanweconcludefromthetext?
A.Allthatglittersisnotgold.
B.Everycoinhastwosides.
C.Itneverrainsbutpours.
D.It’snogoodcryingoverspiltmilk.
2.Theunderlinedword“accessing”inthethirdparagraphcanbereplacedby.
A.callingB.reaching
C.gettingD.using
3.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothetext?
A.TheaverageUKworkingdayisbetweennineandtwelvehours.
B.Nine-tenthsspendoverthreehourscheckingworkemails.
C.Onefourthchecktheirf