Question

The author of the passage mentions which of the following as an advantage of high-technology development?

• A. It encourages the modernization of existing manufacturing facilities.
• B. It promotes healthy competition between rival indutries
• C. It encourages the growth of related industries.
• D. It takes full advantage of the existing workforce.
• E. It does not advantage one local workforce at the expense of another.

Answer 1

The correct option is D It takes full advantage of the existing workforce.

The best choice is E. The first paragraph mentions that a shortcoming of the strategy of attracting manufacturing industries was that jobs moved from one town to another. The second paragraph states that the strategy of high-technology development was “preferable to victimizing other geographical areas by taking their jobs”. Nothing in the passage suggests that high-technology development has any of the advantages mentioned in choices A, B, and C. The passage implies that high-technology development does not have the advantage mentioned in choice D.