BEC高級閱讀真題（2）

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Beyond paperwork

The Danish electronics manufacturer, Oticon, is a leader in the move towards the paperless office. In their cafeteria a huge glass pipe runs from ceiling to floor. When the mail comes in, it is immediately scanned into the computer, shredded, and thrown down the tube to the general cheers of the employees. Having all mail and memos available only as computer files to be read on the screen makes it easy to dispense with large physical storage spaces for people who work at desks (9)

Changing over to the paperless office required a rapid increase in computer literacy, but rather than set up a corporate training programme they turned the problem over to employees. Eight months before the system was installed , they offered each employee a powerful personal computer for use at home in exchange for training themselves to use it. (10)

The big change was not the move from paper memos to computer messages. Oticon realised that the more radical transformation is from written to verbal communication.(11) that adds up to a large number of face-to-face exchanges, a big improvement over memos and the occasional multi-hour sit-down consultation typical of the old culture. People do not send each other memos, they talk. As the CEO puts it, "We have jumped through the memo wall and gone right to action."

On the eighth of August 1991 , the company left their old wood-panelled offices.(12) Since then they have cut in half the "time to market" on new products. The following year, sales and profits grew more than ever before. (13) in fact, despite a downsizing of 15 per cent employee satisfaction is hitting record highs.

Oticon has created an organizational pattern that supports great freedom iof action for individuals and terms. They have tied it together with a minimum hierarchy. The first clear results to show up were in the greater efficiencies generated by the fact that less time needed to be spent on management activities. (14) they also have some investment in the success of the project they choose. Oticon has succeeded in breaking the mould mould and taking a lead in non-bureaucratic organizational design.

A This saving was possible because when people have real choice in the nature of their jobs, they commit themselves to being responsible for their areas of choice.

B They were headed for a new building and a new era in communication.

C Instead, they have large private areas on their hard disks for their correspondence.

D In spite of this, the physical office layout at Oticon is one of its most charming features.

E Over 90 per cent accepted , and they organized a club to help one another learn.

F To facilitate this, the on-site coffee bars have now become the venue for about twenty meetings a day, averaging ten minutes and 2.7 participants each.

G So, are people happy with the change?

H Only about ten documents a day, items like legal contracts, escape this treatment.

《Beyond paperwork》，一個公司爲paperless office所做的努力。

解析：
第九題，在一段話的最後填寫一個句子。第一段就是介紹這個公司的基本情況，當有郵件進來時，立馬傳到電腦上，然後傳給每個員工。最後一空前面的句子說，讓所有的郵件、備忘錄等等只以電腦文件的形式在屏幕上被讀取有利於爲辦公桌旁邊的人省出空間。後面要填入的是本段的最後一個句子，所以內容是緊跟上面的內容說的。前面說省出辦公桌旁邊的空間，是好處，那麼後面應該還是關於這種computer files的好處，C選項最符合這個條件：在硬盤上有足夠大的私人通信區域。

第十題，也是這段的最後一個句子，緊承上文就是了。這段講的就是這個計算機郵件系統建立了之後，怎麼解決員工的適應問題。員工要想適應純電腦通訊，還需要學習。第十空的前面說的是給每個員工一個個人電腦家用(這文章是不是很早了，收發個電腦郵件還要專門學習??)，而不是對他們進行培訓。後面的內容應該緊跟着也是關於這個學習的。可能是這種學習方式的好處，可能是對這種學習方式的進一步說明。E選項最符合這個條件，其他的都對不上。因爲沒有專門的培訓，是讓每個人自己琢磨，方式特殊。E說的是90%的人接受了這個方式，同時還建立了一個俱樂部讓每個人互相幫助學習。

第十一題，這段是關於具體的轉變的實現。最大的變化不是由紙上向電腦轉變，而是由書面交流向口頭交流的轉變。要填對這一空，關鍵得看後面的一句：那大幅度增加了面對面交流的次數。從後面這個句子中的that可以看出，前面的空應該填入的是要實現從書面交流向口頭交流轉變的措施，實行了什麼措施，纔會增加face-to-face communication。選F：一天20次會議，一次10分鐘，供人交流。

第十二題，這題答案是最明顯的。前面說辦公室搬遷。後面接着就該說搬到哪裏去了，選B，headed for是非常明顯的暗示。搬到了一個新建築，同時也搬進了一個溝通的新時代。

第十三題，空格前面說公司利潤在增長。空格後面說員工滿意度創紀錄了。中間要填入一個過渡句，因爲並不是錢多了幸福指數就會上升的。選G，公司的一系列員工對這些change是否滿意?然後後文揭示答案，滿意度創了記錄。

第十四題，最後一段全是誇這個公司的，在組織模式上給了個人和組織很大的自由。這一空的前面介紹的是這種自由給組織帶來的第一個好處(first clear results)，說在管理活動上所花的時間少了，效率因此提高了。空格後面是第二個好處(also)，那麼空格的內容就應該是對第一個好處的進一步說明。選A，this savings是很明顯的，指前面花的時間比較少。A介紹的是能這麼節省的原因。