【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: I'd like to welcome David Whitesman to the program today. Good morning, David.
M: Good morning.
W: David, your consultancy has just written a report on the workplace in the 21st century.
M: Yes, we have noted the key issues that are important for employers who want to keep their staff happy.
W: So what's first on the list?
M: Well, computers.
W: No surprise there.
M: Yes. Last year, it was IT support that concerned people. This seems much better now in a lot of offices. "But it's slow networks. Message is not getting from desk to desk." that employees comment on this time. Staff are also using laptops more and more.
W: So are we getting any nearer to the paperless office?
M: Well, about 70% of the employees surveyed used laptops. But despite all this technology, well, 63% of the people say that they file electronically, 90% print everything as well.
W: Why do they still need to do this?
M: I think they do it without thinking a lot of time.
W: Surely, you can see the whole page on most screens nowadays.
M: Yes, occasionally they do need to think about a report or something out of the office. But in most cases, it's the old habit of read and file which needs to be broken.
W: What about that other piece of technology? The videophone.
M: Em. That's interesting. According to our survey, 89% of the employees still hold informal face to face meetings. But that doesn't mean that only 11% use videophones.
W: They use those methods.
M: That's right. But only about half see the videophone as helpful in negotiations.
W: Why is that?
M: They say that they feel their relationship suffer when they use this method. But I don't think that's true at all
W: What do you think the problem is then? Is it a question of improving the way they are introduced into the workplace?
M: I think so. Quite often, managers fail to provide any explanation about the benefits of using them. And so staff are not confident about them.
W: They need some kind of training.
M: Yes. And once you do that, they get used too much.
W: Now, the media tells us that more and more people are working from home. Is that true?
M: It is. And I expect employees to like it. However, over half the people we spoke to want to keep home and office separate. And quite a lot said that home was unsuitable for work.
W: Is that true?
M: In some cases, perhaps. But overall, I would say it has a lot of advantages. Although not all companies need to do this, they will do it more and more, and employees realize this.
W: What about the work that we do in offices?
M: Yes, that's the last issue in our report.
W: We've all turned our offices into open-plan areas and now people complain about the noise.
M: Quite rightly, I think. Listening to other people's phone conversations is no fun. Although people spend a lot more time in meetings, their main occupation is what I call quiet work which is individual work and they need somewhere to do this.
W: Does this mean returning to offices with walls?
M: No, I think open-plan offices have a function. But we need to adapt: have a number of different styles of office in one place so that the staff could select somewhere peaceful when they need it.
W: Well, thank you, David Whitesman and that report.

[考点] 细节信息理解
[解析] 戴维说现在的主要问题是网速太慢。故正确答案为B项。