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1,3.5 第一个版本......不确定啊啊啊这个。。待确认 年代美国经济停滞的原因探讨。很长。
第一段说二战前美国经济发展很快,尤其是制造业。二战后就不行了,因为海外贸易和国际竞争使得美国的批量制造失去比较优势。 第二段说70年代美国经济也不行。有些人认为是技术和行业细分使的美国的制造业失去竞争优势。 第三段,作者认为这个不能解释70年代美国的经济增长慢。举了一些例子。
主题题一道;第一段作用题,我选提供展开讨论的历史背景(其他选项比较离谱);还有一个infer题,定位第三段,说美国的哪些靠技术创新取胜的小企业有什么特征?我选他们更喜欢雇用合同工。注意该题定位在技术创新取胜的小企业后面一句话。
May be the same as “ T-3-Q33-Q36 80年代美国经济增长变缓原因何在” (This passage is excerpted from material published in 1997) Whereas United States eco- nomic productivity grew at an annual rate of 3 percent from 1945 to 1965, Line it has grown at an annual rate of (5) only about 1 percent since the early 1970’s. What might be preventing higher productivity growth? Clearly, the manufacturing sector of the economy cannot be blamed. Since (10) 1980, productivity improvements in manufacturing have moved the United States from a position of acute decline in manufacturing to one of world prominence. (15) Manufacturing, however, consti- tutes a relatively small proportion of the economy. In 1992, goods- producing businesses employed only 19.1 percent of American (20) workers, whereas service-producing businesses employed 70 percent. Although the service sector has grown since the late 1970’s, its productivity growth has declined. (25) Several explanations have been Offered for this declined and for the discrepancy in productivity growth between the manufacturing and service sectors. One is that tra- (30) ditional measures fail to reflect service-sector productivity growth because it has been concentrated in improved quality of services. Yet traditional measures of manu- (35) facturing productivity have shown significant increases despite the undermeasurement of quality, whereas service productivity has continued to stagnate. Others argue (40) that since the 1970’s, manufacturing workers, faced with strong foreign competition, have learned to work more efficiently in order to keep their jobs in the United States, but service (45) workers, who are typically under less global competitive pressure, have not. However, the pressure on manufacturing workers in the United States to work more efficiently has (50) generally been overstated, often for political reasons. In fact, while some manufacturing jobs have been lost due to foreign competition, many more have been lost simply because (55) of slow growth in demand for manu- factured goods. Yet another explanation blames the federal budget deficit: if it were lower, interest rate would be lower (55) too, thereby increasing investment in the development of new technol- ogies, which would spur productivity growth in the service sector. There is, however, no dearth of techno- (60) logical resources, rather, managers in the service sector fail to take advantage of widely available skills and machines. High productivity growth levels attained by leading- (65) edge service companies indicate that service sector managers who wisely implement available technology and choose skillful workers can significantly improve (70) their companies’ productivity. The culprits for service-sector productivity stagnation are the forces-such as corporate takeovers and unnecessary (75) governmental regulation-that distract managers from the task of making optimal use of available resources. 文章结构清晰,为了回答为什么经济衰退,找到服务业的原因,为什么服务业衰退,找到服务业管理者的原因,最后找到根源:the forces---corporate takeovers and unnecessary governmental regulation. T-3-Q33 Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the budget deficit explanation for the discrepancy mentioned in line 27? Research shows that the federal budget deficit has traditionally caused service companies to invest less money in research and development of new technologies. New technologies have been shown to play a significant role in companies that have been able to increase their service productivity. In both service sector and manufacturing, productivity improvements are concentrated in gains in quality. The service sector typically requires larger investments in new technology in order to maintain productivity growth than dose manufacturing High interest rates tend to slow the growth of manufacturing productivity as much as they slow the growth of service-sector productivity in the United States.
T-3-Q34 The passage states which of the following about the effect of foreign competition on the American manufacturing sector since the 1970’s? It has often been exaggerated. It has not been a direct cause of job loss. It has in large part been responsible for the subsequent slowing of productivity growth. It has slowed growth in the demand for manufactured goods in the United States. It has been responsible for the majority of American jobs lost in manufacturing. However, the pressure on manufacturing workers in the United States to work more efficiently has generally been overstated,
T-3-Q35 It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following was true of the United States manufacturing sector in the years immediately prior to 1980? It was performing relatively poorly. It was in a position of world prominence. It was increasing its productivity at an annual rate of 3 percent. It was increasing its productivity at an annual rate of 1 percent. Its level of productivity was higher than afterward. Since 1980, productivity improvements in manufacturing have moved the United States from a position of acute decline in manufacturing to one of world prominence.
T-3-Q36 The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about productivity improvements in United States service companies? Such improvements would be largely attributable to efficiencies resulting from corporate takeovers. Such improvements would depend more on wise implementation of technology than on managers’ choice of skilled workers. Such improvements would be more easily accomplished if there were fewer governmental regulations of the service sector. Such improvements would require companies to invest heavily in the development of new technologies. Such improvements would be attributable primarily to companies’ facing global competitive pressure. The culprits for service-sector productivity stagnation are the forces-such as corporate takeovers and unnecessary governmental regulation-that distract managers from the task of making optimal use of available resources.文章最后一句话。 |
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