[問題]天山7-3-Q23 to Q25

[twkevin]

Q23 to Q25:
Companies that must determine well
in advance of the selling season how
many unites of a new product to manu-
facture often underproduce products
(5) that sell well and have overstocks of
others. The increased incidence in
recent years of mismatches between
production and demand seems ironic,
since point-of-sale scanners have
(10) improved data on consumers’ buying
patterns and since flexible manufac-
turing has enabled companies to
produce, cost-effectively, small
quantities of goods. This type of
(15) manufacturing has greatly increased
the number of new products introduced
annually in the United States. However,
frequent introductions of new products
have two problematic side effects. For
(20) one, they reduce the average lifetime of
products; more of them are neither at the
beginning of their life (when prediction
is difficult) or at the end of their life
(when keeping inventory is expen-
(25) sive because the products will soon
become obsolete). For another, as
new products proliferate, demand is
divided among a growing number of
stock-keeping units (SKU’s). Even
(30) though manufacturers and retailers can
forecast aggregate demand with some
certainty, forecasting accurately how
that demand will be distributed among
the many SKU’s they sell is difficult.
(35) For example, a company may be able
to estimate accurately the aggregate
number of shoes it will sell, but it may
be uncertain about which specific
types of shoes will sell more than
other types.
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[twkevin]

Q23:
Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the last sentence in the
passage (lines 35-40)?

A. To cite a situation in which the aggregate demand is more important than the
distribution of demand among SKU's
B. To refute an assertion about the side effects of flexible manufacturing
C. To illustrate an assertion about companies’ ability to forecast demand
D. To provide an example of ways in which companies address the difficulties of
forecasting demand
E. To note an exception to the author’s assertion about distributing demand among
SKU’s

Answer: C
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Q24:
The passage suggests which of the following about divided demand among a growing number of SKU’s?

A. It has increased the average lifetime of products.
B. It has resulted from retailer’s attempts to predict demand more accurately and avoid both understocks and overstocks.
C. It has decreased the use of flexible manufacturing by companies.
D. It has not increased the expense of keeping inventory of certain products.
E. It has not prevented companies from predicting aggregate demand with some certainty.

Answer: E
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Q25:
According to the passage, which of the following has led to growth in the number of new products introduced in the United States each year?

A. Reduced average lifetime of products
B. Increased ability to forecast aggregate demand
C. More cost-effective ways of keeping inventory for products
D. Cost-effective production of small quantities of goods
E. Increased ability to divide demand among a number of SKU’s and to forecast how that demand will be distributed among those SKU’s

Answer:D

[twkevin]

Q23:
Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the last sentence in the
passage (lines 35-40)?

A. To cite a situation in which the aggregate demand is more important than the
distribution of demand among SKU's
B. To refute an assertion about the side effects of flexible manufacturing
C. To illustrate an assertion about companies’ ability to forecast demand
D. To provide an example of ways in which companies address the difficulties of forecasting demand
E. To note an exception to the author’s assertion about distributing demand among
SKU’s

Answer: C
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我想問的是 23題,我選 D

Even
(30) though manufacturers and retailers can
forecast aggregate demand with some
certainty, forecasting accurately how
that demand will be distributed among
the many SKU’s they sell is difficult.

[agk99]

我覺得差別在
C是指作者表達的態度
D則是該公司表達的態度
回到原文明顯是作者為公司的狀況做解釋
所以C略比D勝出一籌

[GoldDigger]

Q23:
C. To illustrate an assertion about companies’ ability to forecast demand
D. To provide an example of ways in which companies address the difficulties of
forecasting demand
KEY:C
D中的address要做"處理"解釋 :The manager addressed the issue of absenteeism.

Q24:
The passage suggests which of the following about divided demand among a growing number of SKU’s?
B錯在divided demand among a growing number of SKU’s的起因不對.
Line 18:
However,
frequent introductions of new products
have two problematic side effects. For
one, they reduce the average lifetime of
products......
Line 26:
For another, as
new products proliferate, demand is
divided among a growing number of
stock-keeping units (SKU’s).

[CUGGYER]

Q24

起因不對是指 B錯在應該說result in 而非 result from嗎
答案E 說不能防止公司去預測某些商品總合需求 這是什麼意思

SKU不是在討論 公司雖然能預測某些商品的總合需求 但新商品數量太多使個別商品的需求無法推測 而容易造成囤貨成本上升及熱賣商品缺貨的情形嗎><

[CUGGYER]

再問一下句意
point-of-sale scanners have
improved data on consumers’ buying
patterns
請問line 9~11這段話要怎麼翻譯阿? 尤其是 point-of-sale scanner

[yomei]

Even (30) though manufacturers and retailers can
forecast aggregate demand with some
certainty, forecasting accurately how
that demand will be distributed among
the many SKU’s they sell is difficult.

所以e對啦 ^^

[eggcake520]

再問一下句意
point-of-sale scanners have
improved data on consumers’ buying
patterns
請問line 9~11這段話要怎麼翻譯阿? 尤其是 point-of-sale scanner

point-of-sale就是簡稱POS system，是指與主機電腦有連線的銷售點網路·此種電腦自動化的作業系統已經廣泛地被使用在簽帳卡(*debit card)特約店、連鎖零售店或者如銀行自動提款系統·POS系統的優點有︰(1)簡化作業，縮短交易時間；(2)防止冒用，加強交易安全，如遺失卡片，停用資料可立即傳送到每一終端機上；(3)減輕人為的疏忽·

所以line 9~11句意：POS系統增進消費者在購買區塊上的資料

[mandy-lo]

Q24:
The passage suggests which of the following about divided demand among a growing number of SKU’s?
B:贊同樓上大大所說:起因不對
E選真正句意表示:predicting aggregate demand是不會受到阻礙的
也就是回到文章L29~34
Even though manufacturers and retailers
can forecast aggregate demand with some
certainty, forcasting accurately how that
demand will be distributed among the
many Sku’s they sell is difficult.
這段表示即使M和 R可以準確預測aggregate
demand但是準確預測具體產品的需求是有困難的.
因此可以推出E選項..

至於23
Q23: Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the last sentence in the passage (lines 35-40)?
我也差點被騙選到D選,
但現在我對c選是絶對支持,
因為c選表明了公司在預測需求上有所能與有所不能,其觀點較d選全面
相對於d選:
其key word”address”根據Collins表示:
if you address a problem or task,
you try to understand it or deal with it.
但是文章最後那段例子僅表示公司有能力預測總需求,但它很難預測divided demand

而d卻表示提供公司解決預測需求的困難的方式很明顯與最後一段理念相背…

[小花]

Q23.

C. To illustrate an assertion about companies’ ability to forecast demand
D. To provide an example of ways in which companies address the difficulties of forecasting demand

Even though manufacturers and retailers can forecast aggregate demand with some certainty, forecasting accurately how that demand will be distributed among the many SKU’s they sell is difficult. For example, a company may be able to estimate accurately the aggregate number of shoes it will sell, but it may be uncertain about which specific types of shoes will sell more than other types.

這一題挺爭議的
我ㄧ開始也選D
後來看最後一段是在講預測的能力
好像不是講way
所以C比較好