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。

　　15题，答案很明显，但是选项很有迷惑性。答案是第二段的最后一句：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.减少了80000员工(或者说减少了35%的员工)，预期还会减少更多。A选项是对的，made redundant是前面某套题目阅读的第五部分考过的词组;B不对，没有完成(completed)，因为预期还会裁减更多(with further downsizing anticipated);C也不对，迷惑性最大，reduced its workforce of 80.000，用了介词of，所以这句的意思是一共就80000员工，而实际情况是减少了80000员工;D不对，35%的员工被裁减，都是在自愿的基础上的，而不是离开的人中有35%是自愿的。

　　16题，问根据此人的观点，沟通的角色是什么。也就是问沟通的目的或者作用是什么。答案在第三段。沟通是为了帮助人树立自信，说服他们虽然要面临一些变化，但是同样也会拥有一些新的机会。说白了，就是鼓励这些被裁的人。答案选C，强调变化的积极方面。这里的positive aspects是对前面说的bring with them new opportunities的一个概括。(想起了电影《在云端》，up in the air，里面那个老男人的工作就是职业裁员专家，专门对被裁的人说些这样的话。)

　　17题，问调查显示大多数人对change的反应是什么。这题在答案中也很明显，但是选项很纠结。都有点似是而非。The second category, usually the majority, 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.大多数员工的反应就是很失望，甚至会很愤怒。个人觉得这题出的不够严谨，没有哪个选项能严格从原文中提炼出来。对比下D要好点，因为对公司失望和愤怒，就是觉得受到了不公正的待遇。此题有待高手补充更完美的理由。