[영어대체] Short Reading #7 (GE9)

Alvin Toffler had declared in his best-selling The Third Wave that making paper copies of anything is (1)a primitive use of electronic word-processing machines and violates their very spirit. Yet the paper recycling bins seemed always to be brimming with printouts, and even after the office was networked and electronic mail had replaced hard-copy memos, the paper deluge continued.
A related but in many ways more important example is the home office. Telephone lines and computer terminals make it possible for office workers to be linked just as effectively if they are miles apart as if they are in the same room. So people do not need any longer to go out to work and can as a result locate themselves wherever they choose. As people acquire more IT skills and equipment becomes more widely and more cheaply available, (2)the days of the traditional workplace are numbered. Yet the proportion of the workforce working from home is small and to date shows relatively little sign of growing. The fact appears to be that most people want to work with other people face to face, they want a workplace to go to, a company of fellow workers to belong to and they are willing to pay the price of commuting back and forth in order to have it. Against these facts about human beings, many training initiatives that increase IT skills are for the most part (3)(worthless). They have not, and probably will not, lead to the maximization of hi-tech communication, because their doing so conflicts with the patterns of social life that people are disposed to retain.

(1)의 의미는?
전자 기계의 원시적 사용

(2)의 의미는?
전통적 근무환경에서 일할날이 얼마남지 않았다.

(3)에 맞는 단어는?
> A - inevitable
> B - innovative
> C - valuable
> D - worthless


(4) main idea는?
> A - Technological advances can be imaginative and dynamic even if they are not useful or valuable.
> B - If new technology serves some purpose better than what it has replaced, then it should be welcomed.
> C - The practical use of technology may conflict with expert opinion regarding its use.
> D - Highly advanced technology should not be used for trivial purposes.