Read the text. For questions (1-10) choose the correct answer.
(Lexical multiple-choice cloze).
Remote working
Try typing in the phrase "work from home" on your search engine. This will most likely result in hundreds of examples of studies, message boards or blogs 1)
[focusing, lighting, fixing, developing] on the subject. And indeed, the number of peoplekeen on the idea of working from home has been 2)
[totally, hugely, steadily, thoroughly] growing for a few years. Rapidly changing social and 3)
[historical, economic, scientific, practical] trends have made workers and employers increasingly open to the distance working option. Modern technologies that are needed to 4)
[take, make, bring, set] up an office at home are relatively in expensive. The basic 5)
[requirements, conditions, demands, prescriptions] are a table or other workplace with a computer, telephone and a fast Internet connection.
Surveys carried out in this area show that at 6)
[last, least, less, smallest] a third of workers prefer to work from home occasionally. Being at home gives employees more 7)
[compromise, adaptation, flexibility, accommodation] to solve everyday problems, such as caring for young children or elderly parents. In addition to more time 8)
[spent, spread, used, felt] with family, another important advantage is saving time by not having to travel to work. There are of course disadvantages, too, such as 9)
[effort, struggle, problem, difficulty] separating work and home life. Not having 10)
[colleagues, staff, operators, employees] to chat to can also be hard, and people can end up feeling isolated.
