Reading Comprehension
试题详情
文章：
| Line | In recent years, Western business managers have |
| been heeding the exhortations of business journalists | |
| and academics to move their companies toward | |
| long-term, collaborative “strategic partnerships” with | |
| (5) | their external business partners (e.g., suppliers). |
| The experts’ advice comes as 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. The | |
| (10) | link between the success of a certain well-known |
| Japanese automaker and its effective management of | |
| its suppliers, for example, has led to an unquestioning | |
| belief within Western management circles in the value | |
| of strategic partnerships. Indeed, in the automobile | |
| (15) | sector all three United States manufacturers and |
| most of their European competitors have launched | |
| programs to reduce their total number of suppliers | |
| and move toward having strategic partnerships with | |
| a few. | |
| (20) | However, new research concerning supplier |
| relationships in various industries demonstrates that | |
| the widespread assumption of Western managers | |
| and business consultants that Japanese firms | |
| manage their suppliers primarily through strategic | |
| (25) | partnerships is unjustified. Not only do Japanese |
| firms appear to conduct a far smaller proportion of | |
| their business through strategic partnerships than | |
| is commonly believed, but they also make extensive | |
| use of “market-exchange” relationships, in which | |
| (30) | either party can turn to the marketplace and shift to |
| different business partners at will, a practice usually | |
| associated with Western manufacturers. |
题目：
The author mentions “the success of a certain well-known Japanese automaker” in lines 10–11, most probably in order to
选项:
A、demonstrate some of the possible reasons for the success of a certain business practice
B、cite a specific case that has convinced Western business experts of the value of a certain business practice
C、describe specific steps taken by Western automakers that have enabled them to compete more successfully in a global market
D、introduce a paradox about the effect of a certain business practice in Japan
E、indicate the need for Western managers to change their relationships with their external business partners
答案:
B
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