填空题 Exercise: You are going to hear a passage about work relations at the place of work. Listen and fill each of the blanks in the following passage with an appropriate word or words. You will hear the passage only once.
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There will {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}about which employees will want to talk to the management. In small businesses the "boss" will probably work {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Anything which needs to be {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}will be done face-to-face as soon as {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The larger the business, the less {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}there will be between employees and management. Special meetings have to be held and {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}set up, to say when, where, how and {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}the employees can talk to the management. Some companies have specially organized {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}for this purpose.
In many countries of the world today, {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}, employees join a trade union and ask the union to {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}to the management. Through the union {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}of employees can pass on the {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}they have and try to get things changed. The process through which unions {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}management on behalf of their members is called "{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}". Instead of each employee trying to bargain alone with the company, the employees join together and collectively {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}their views.