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
文章取材自一本管理手册，说的是一个组织里的有效沟通问题。这套题目有些特别，不像之前的阅读的第三部分，六道题目分别依次对应文章的六个段落，这题的答案稍微分散了些。 conversation。帮助他抽离他的谈话中的感情成分。要想选对，只
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也不对没有提到，原文说的是safer option。选D，之所以会拒绝，因为从维护公司利益的角度，这样是一个safer option 17题，答案也很明显：Dr Cohen says that one of his strategies is to dress down so that the other side can relate to you.这里的两个词组可以解释下：
dress down: to wear clothes that are more informal than the ones you would usually wear relate to :to feel that you understand someone's problem, situation etc
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