bemade geographicallyindependentby usingmodems,faxesandcellphones,few
companiesoremployeestakefulladvantageofthispossibility.
Thereareanumberofstrongargumentsin
favorofallowingworkerstoworkfrom home. Firstly costs for employers would be
reducedbecause businesses wouldrequirelessofficespace,whichisoftensituated
inthecenteroflargecities.Secondly,worker'sliveswould beimproved in a
variety of ways.Forexample,theywould notneedtotraveltogettowork,which
wouldgivethemmorefreetime.
Also,theycouldcombinetheirworkwiththeirfamilylife,whichisamajoradvantageif
theyareparentsofyoungchildren orthey haveold peopletolookafter.On the other
hand, traveling to acentralized workplace also has a number of points in its
favor.The first is thatmanyemployeeswouldmissthesocialaspect of worksuch
as seeing colleaguesandmeetingcustomers.Afurtherpointis
thatemployerswould needto beabletotrusttheirworkerstoworkatahighstandard
andfinishtheirwork ontime,since supervising teleworkers is evenmore
complicated than supervisingworkersinthesameoffice.
Finally,workingfromhomemightinhibitteamwork and creative work and so
perhapsso onlyreallysuitableforpeople doingroutineofficework.
Inconclusion, I believe thatwhile manyworkerswelcometheopportunityto go out
towork, otherswouldfindthechancetoworkfromhomeveryconvenient.Where
possible,Ithinkworkersshould beofferedthechoice, butnotforcedtoworkfrom home
unlesstheywishto.
Sample 10
Youshouldspendabout 40 minutesonthistask.
Writeaboutthefollowingtopic:
Nowadaysmanystudentshavethe opportunitytostudyforpartoralloftheir
coursesinforeigncountries.
Whilestudying abroadbringsmanybenefits to individual students, it alsohasa
numberofdisadvantages.
Do youagreeordisagree?Writeatleast 250 words.
Which of these things should you includein youranswertothisquestion?
WriteYES,NO ORMAYBEnexttoeach question.
1 Whatproblemsstudentsmay havestudyingabroadandwhatisgoodaboutit.
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2 What countries gain and lose from peoplegoingabroadtostudy. ....................
3 Whether governments should subsidisestudents’studiesabroad. ....................
4 Yourpersonalexperienceofstudyingabroad, ortheexperienceofpeopleyou know.
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