天山-7-8

In recent years, Western
business managers have been
heeding the exhortations of busi16
Line ness journalists and academics
(5) to move their companies toward
long-term, collaborative “strategic
partnerships” with their external
business partners (e.g., suppliers).
The experts’ advice comes as
(10) a natural reaction to numerous
studies conducted during the past
decade that compared Japanese
production and supply practices
with those of the rest of the world.
(15) The link between the success of
a certain well-known Japanese
automaker and its effective
management of its suppliers, for
example, has led to an unques-
(20) tioning belief within Western
management circles in the value
of strategic partnerships. Indeed,
in the automobile sector all three
United States manufacturers and
(25) most of their European competitors
have launched programs to reduce
their total number of suppliers and
move toward having strategic
partnerships with a few.
(30) However, new research concerning
supplier relationships in
various industries demonstrates
that the widespread assumption of
Western managers and business
(35) consultants that Japanese firms
manage their suppliers primarily
through strategic partnerships is
unjustified. Not only do Japanese
firms appear to conduct a far
(40) smaller proportion of their business
through strategic partnerships
than is commonly believed, but
they also make extensive use of
“market-exchange” relationships,
(45) in which either party can turn to
the marketplace and shift to different
business partners at will,
a practice usually associated
with Western manufacturers

According to the passage, the advice referred to in line 9 was a response to which of the
following?
A. A recent decrease in the number of available suppliers within the United States
automobile industry
B. A debate within Western management circles during the past decade regarding the
value of strategic partnerships
C. The success of certain European automobile manufacturers that have adopted
strategic partnerships
D. An increase in demand over the past decade for automobiles made by Western
manufacturers
E. Research comparing Japanese business practices with those of other nations

MINE C

ANS E

盼讨论

谢谢!

Q7:
The passage is primarily concerned with
A. examining economic factors that may have contributed to the success of certain
Japanese companies
B. discussing the relative merits of strategic partnerships as compared with those of
market-exchange relationship
C. challenging the validity of a widely held assumption about how Japanese firms
operate
D. explaining why Western companies have been slow to adopt a particular practice
favored by Japanese companies
E. pointing out certain differences between Japanese and Western supplier
relationships

为什么答案不是B??

Q7答案是C。文章讨论的是大家都以为日本公司采用strategic partnerships，实际上比例很小，而且它们还经常make extensive use of“market-exchange” relationships。文章并没有比较这两者的优点。

Not only do Japanese
firms appear to conduct a far
(40) smaller proportion of their business
through strategic partnerships
than is commonly believed, but
they also make extensive use of
“market-exchange” relationships,
(45) in which either party can turn to
the marketplace and shift to different
business partners at will,
a practice usually associated
with Western manufacturers

天山-7-8

The experts’ advice comes as (10) a natural reaction to numerous studies conducted during the past decade that compared Japanese production and supply practices with those of the rest of the world.

同意改写

UP  E