2022年6月英语四级听力真题(第一套) 短文2

Today,many large corporations stress the importance of diversity on their websites, but current statistics show that the typical manager in America still tends to be white and male.

如今，许多大公司都在其网站上强调多样性的重要性，但目前的统计数据显示，美国典型的管理者仍然倾向于白人和男性。

Obviously,the desire to bring about diversity has not translated into corporate reality.

显然，实现多元化的愿望并没有转化为企业现实。

Why useless? A team of researchers from the University of Basel published their new study about people's attitudes towards diversity at work.

为什么没用？巴塞尔大学（University of Basel）的一组研究人员发表了他们关于人们对工作中多样性的态度的新研究。

They found that people have a wide range of opinions concerning diversity.

他们发现人们对多样性有着广泛的看法。

On the one hand,many see value in diversity, which can contribute a variety of perspectives,encourage new ideas,and generate innovative solutions.

一方面，许多人看到了多样性的价值，多样性可以提供多种视角，鼓励新想法，并产生创新的解决方案。

On the other hand,they assume that it might be difficult to work with someone who has completely different views, speaks a different language, or has a different style of work.

另一方面，他们认为可能很难与观点完全不同、语言不同或工作风格不同的人合作。

The actual value they attribute to diversity depends on the decision-making perspective.

他们赋予多样性的实际价值取决于决策视角。

Doubts about the practicability of diversity have a greater weight if a person is directly affected.

如果一个人受到直接影响，对多样性的实用性的怀疑会更大。

In other words,when a person's own work group is involved,they tend to prefer team members who are similar to themselves.

换句话说，当一个人参与自己的工作组时，他们倾向于选择与自己相似的团队成员。

But when people make decisions for others, they typically put together a more diverse team.

但当人们为他人做出决策时，他们通常会组建一个更加多元化的团队。

These findings could help organizations become more diverse.

这些发现可以帮助组织变得更加多样化。

Companies need to pay attention to who makes hiring and team decisions.

公司需要关注谁来决定招聘和团队决策。

These decisions should not only be made by those directly affected.

这些决定不仅应由直接受影响的人作出。

People who are not directly involved in the group's daily work should also take part.

不直接参与小组日常工作的人员也应参与。

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.

请根据你刚刚听到的文章回答问题19到问题21。

Question 19. What do we learn from the current statistics about diversity in large corporations?

问题19.我们从当前关于大公司多样性的统计数据中学到了什么？

Question 20. What is the newly published study focused on?

问题20.新发表的研究重点是什么？

Question 21. What do the findings of the new study show?

问题21.新的研究结果显示了什么？

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