阅读理解Employeesarebeingfloodedwithtoomuchinformationthathaslittletodowiththeirworkaccordingtoanewsurvey．Onaveragewhite-collarworkersspend51percentof

　　阅读理解

　　Employeesarebeingfloodedwithtoomuchinformationthathaslittletodowiththeirworkaccordingtoanewsurvey．

　　Onaveragewhite-collarworkersspend51percentoftheirworktimereceivingandprocessinginformation．Onlyonethirdofitwasrelevanttotheirworkthesurveyfound．Informationoverloadforwhitecollarworkershasbecomeaglobalissue．Thehugeamountofinformationhasalreadyaffectedtheirefficiencyinmanagementaswellastheirperformanceatwork．

　　Buriedwithe-mails

　　Everymorningasecretaryatthehumanresourcesdepartmentofanautopartscompanyopenshere-mailboxonlytofinditcrammedwithatleast50unreadmails．Forherevenscanningthroughthesee-mailseverydaytakesatleasthalfanhour．Someofhercolleaguesarenotsolucky－theyhavetoreadatleast100．

　　Botheredwithcalls

　　Telephonecallsarealsocausingaproblem．Morethan40percentwhite-collarworkerschosemobilephonesasthepreferredwaytocommunicateimportantandurgentbusinessmatters．

　　Talkingsavestimeandenergyovertheclickingreadingandreplyingtoe-mailsbutphonecallsarealsomoredistracting(分心的)．Whileansweringacallaclerkislikelytoputawayamuchmoreimportanttaskathandandstartthebusinessbeingtalkedaboutonthephone．

　　Solution?Notyet．

　　ManycompaniesstartwithprovidingstaffwithbettercomputersbetterInternetaccessandmoreadvancedgadgets(装置)．Forexamplestaffmembersaboveacertainlevelinonecompanywillbeprovidedwithablackberryphoneforeasieraccesstotheire-mails．Thecompanyhasalsoorganizedmanylecturesonefficientwaysofe-mailmanagement．Yetmostwhite-collarworkersthinktheircompaniescandomore．

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　　Whatdoesthenewsurveyfindaboutwhite-collarworkers?

　　[]A．

　　Theyspend51％oftheirworktimeonmeetings．

　　B．

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