1.The author of the passage is primarily concerned with
(A) summarizing a thesis
(B) recommending a different approach
(C) comparing points of view
(D) making a series of predictions
(E) describing a number of paradoxes
2. It can be inferred from the passage that the
manufacturers mentioned in line 2 expected that
the measures they implemented would
(A) encourage innovation
(B) keep labor output constant
(C) increase their competitive advantage
(D) permit business upturns to be more easily predicted
(E) cause managers to focus on a wider set of objectives
4. The author refers to Abernathy's study (line 36) most
probably in order to
(A) qualify an observation about one rule governing
manufacturing
(B) address possible objections to a recommendation
about improving manufacturing competitiveness
(C) support an earlier assertion about one method of
increasing productivity
(D) suggest the centrality in the United States economy
of a particular manufacturing industry
(E) give an example of research that has questioned the
wisdom of revising a manufacturing strategy
5. The author's attitude toward the culture in most
factories is best described as
(A) cautious
(B) critical
(C) disinterested
(D) respectful
(E) adulatory
6. In the passage， the author includes all of the following
EXCEPT
(A) personal observation
(B) a business principle
(C) a definition of productivity
(D) an example of a successful company
(E) an illustration of a process technology
7. The author suggests that implementing conventional
cost-cutting as a way of increasing manufacturing
competitiveness is a strategy that is
(A) flawed and ruinous
(B) shortsighted and difficult to sustain
(C) popular and easily accomplished
(D) useful but inadequate
(E)misunderstood but promising
参考答案： BCCBE D
