Passage map:
Para.1-4.: Past> Decreasing in Job in Auto. due to a decrease in GDP and the cause >> collapse.
Harv. >> Af>> pov. by 2035 >> Increasing workforce but other views oppose.
Para. 5-7.: Gov. should learn from past and produce good policy.
Quote:
1. Which of the following statements are supported in the passage?
a. Manufacturing is important source of job creation
b. Many African countries are dependent on fluctuating commodity prices
c. Pandemic has made manufacturing popular with many African leaders
d. African governments need to cosset home grown-industries
e. It is important to create enough jobs in manufacturing by 2035 when more people will be joining workforce in African than anywhere else
Inference Questiona. Manufacturing is important source of job creation
>> The author said that "It was closed in 2017, an emblem of South Africa’s car industry, which shed almost one in four jobs between 2009 and 2017. " but it cannot infer that Manufacturing is important. Out.
b. Many African countries are dependent on fluctuating commodity prices
>> The contender. From para.2, "In
resource-rich places such as Nigeria exports of oil or
other commodities led to
an overvalued local currency, making it cheaper to import things than make them."c. Pandemic has made manufacturing popular with many African leaders
>> No talk about the popularity of manufacturing. Out.
d. African governments need to cosset home grown-industries
>> It is too extreme. Out.
e. It is important to create enough jobs in manufacturing by 2035 when more people will be joining workforce in African than anywhere else
>> Creating jobs in manufacturing by 2035 is only suggested by Harvard. Out.
So I choose B.
Quote:
2. The main purpose of the passage is to:
a. Dispute a flawed research by offering supporting evidence
b. Provide a plan for African governments how to develop manufacturing
c. Lessen the concerns for the world community about African Economy
d. Highlight past economic mistakes and how to avoid them in the future
e. Deliver an overview of African’s manufacturing dynamics and highlight the latest trends
Main Idea Questiona. Dispute
a flawed research by offering supporting evidence
"a flawed research" is not mentioned. Out.
b. Provide a plan for African governments
how to develop manufacturingOut.
c.
Lessen the concerns for the world community about African Economy
No lessen. Out.
d. Highlight past economic mistakes and how to avoid them in the future
Keep it.
e. Deliver an overview of African’s manufacturing dynamics and
highlight the latest trendsNo talk about the latest trends. Out.
So I choose D.