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2011商务英语考试辅导:阅读例题精选题汇总13

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  Questions 15 - 20

  Read the following extract from a book on management and the questions on the opposite page .

  For each question 15– 20,mark one letter (A, B, C or D ) on your Answer Sheet for the answer you choose

  In the last few years, managers throughout industry have seen more changes than many of them could have expected to see in their entire working lives having to communicate information which often leads to feelings of insecurity has become a key activity. From being regarded as relatively unimportant in many companies , managementemployee communication has become a central corporate need.

  Concordia International provides a good example of a company that has adjusted well to the changing needs for communication . since 1995 , Concordia has been turned inside-out and upside-down, to ensure that it is a marketing –led, customer-responsive business, one that looks outwards at customers and competitors, rather than inwards at its own processes and the way things were done in the past. In the last eight years, Concordia has reduced its workforce by more than 80.000 people - or 35% -on a voluntary basis, with further downsizing anticipated.

  From being an engineering company, Concordia is now remaking itself as a service company. The role of employee communication in such a context is to build people’s self-confidence, topersuade them that, although it is inevitable that the changes will go ahead, they also bring with them new opportunities for employees. However, this is not an easy task. People tend to beskeptical of these claims and to feel that they are losing touch with the company they have worked for over many years. This is understandable, since many of the old certainties are being swept away , including the core activities of the company they work for. Above all , they have had to face up to the fact that they no longer have a job for life.

  Research indicates that people respond to this predicament in a variety of ways. The bulkof employees fall into two main categories in terms of their response to the new situation: on the one hand there are the “ pragmatists” and on the other “ the highly anxious” the former see their job as a means to an end and have a relatively short-term perspective, with strong loyalty to their local term , rather than the company as a whole . the second category, usually themajority, may respond to threatened changes with a feeling of having been let down, and even feel anger at the company for what they see as changing the terms of their employment.

  The employee communication process needs to be capable of accurately directing its messages at a variety of employee groups and departments within the workforce . this is why middle managers and line managers are so key to communication. They are the people who know about the full rage of concerns among the workforce. The problem in the past was that thiscrucial area was often the responsibility of a separate, relatively isolated unit. Concordia puts responsibility for communication firmly on line managers. All their research points to the sameconclusion: people prefer to get their information face-to-face from their line managers. That is the key relationship and where arguments and hearts and minds –are lost.

  The general rule in company communication is to tell employees as much as you can as soon as you can. If you can’t provide details, then at least put the news in context and commit yourself to providing greater detail when it becomes available another rule of company communication is that there must be a fit between what the company is telling its employees and what it is telling its shareholders

  15: in the last eight years, Concordia has

  A made over 80.000 employees reduncdant

  B completed a period of downsizing

  C reduced its workforce of 80.000 by 35%

  D given 35% of departing employees voluntary redundancy

  16 from Concordia’s point of view, the role of communication is to

  A win employee support before going ahead with the changes

  B change the company’s core activities.

  C emphasise the positive aspects of the changes

  D explain the need for the changes

  17 what does research show about most employees’ response to change?

  A they expect it to have a bad effect on the company

  B they feel completely powerless

  C they become less loyal

  D they fell they have been treated unfairly

  18 Concordia’s communication process mainly relies on

  A printed communication

  B departmental heads

  C personal communication

  D a separate, specialized unit

  19 According to the writer, what is the guiding ;principle about giving information within an organization?

  A Never make promises about future developments

  B Give people an overall view at the earliest possible stage

  C always include plenty of hard information

  D Hold back until all the details can be provided

  20 which of the following would be the most suitable title for the article?

  A employee attitudes to company communication

  B making company communication more effective

  C Researching company commmucation

  D Making employees feel less powerless

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specialized ['speʃəlaizd]

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专门的 专科的

 
capable ['keipəbl]

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adj. 有能力的,足以胜任的,有 ... 倾向的

 
effective [i'fektiv]

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adj. 有效的,有影响的

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principle ['prinsəpl]

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n. 原则,原理,主义,信念

 
loyalty ['lɔiəlti]

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n. 忠诚,忠心

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anticipated [æn'tisipeit]

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adj. 预期的;期望的 v. 预料(anticipat

 
communicate [kə'mju:nikeit]

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v. 交流,传达,沟通

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perspective [pə'spektiv]

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n. 远景,看法,透视
adj. 透视的

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overall [əuvə'rɔ:l]

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adj. 全部的,全体的,一切在内的
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communication [kə.mju:ni'keiʃn]

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n. 沟通,交流,通讯,传达,通信

 

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