GRE阅读综合辅导:63题新东方网络课堂总结(三十)

1.     The author of the passage is primarily concerned with主题题（写法性）

(A) summarizing a thesis

(B) recommending a different approach新老对比

(C) comparing points of view

(D) making a series of predictions（B）

(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直接事实题（有定位）

(A) encourage innovation

(B) keep labor output constant

(C) increase their competitive advantage*1C

(D) permit business upturns to be more easily predicted（C）

(E) cause managers to focus on a wider set of objectives

3.     The primary function of the first paragraph of the passage is to

(A) outline in brief the author’s argument

(B) anticipate challenges to the prescriptions that follow

(C) clarify some disputed definitions of economic terms

(D) summarize a number of long-accepted explanations（E）

(E) present a historical context for the author’s observations引子

4.     The author refers to Abernathy’s study (line 36) most probably in order to举例作用题（找结论，找例子为谁服务——本题为前一句话服务）

(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（指前一句话的结论） about one method of increasing productivity老方法的第二个毛病：阻碍创新

(D) suggest the centrality in the United States economy of a particular manufacturing industry（C）

(E) given 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（老观点） is best described as态度题

(A) cautious

(B) critical

(C) disinterested

(D) respectful（B）

(E) adulatory

6.     In the passage, the author includes all of the following EXCEPT排除题，信息题

(A) personal observation

(B) a business principle

(C) a definition of productivity

(D) an example of a successful company（E）

(E) an illustration of a process technology

7.     The author suggests that implementing conventional cost-cutting（老观点） as a way of increasing manufacturing competitiveness is a strategy that is态度题

(A) flawed and ruinous毁坏性，破坏性

(B) shortsighted短视 and difficult to sustain

(C) popular正评价，不能用 and easily accomplished

(D) useful but inadequate大负小正（D）

(E) misunderstood but promising大正小负，反了