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　　Every company I know that has freed itself from the

　　(50) paradox has done so， in part， by developing and imple-

　　menting a manufacturing strategy. Such a strategy

　　focuses on the manufacturing structure and on equip-

　　ment and process technology. In one company a manu-

　　facturing strategy that allowed different areas of the

　　(55) factory to specialize in different markets replaced the

　　conventional cost-cutting approach; within three years

　　the company regained its competitive advantage.

　　Together with such strategies， successful companies are

　　also encouraging managers to focus on a wider set of

　　objectives besides cutting costs. There is hope for

　　manufacturing， but it clearly rests on a different way of

　　managing.

　　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