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The proportion of manufacturing companies in Alameda that use microelectronics in their manufacturing processes increased from 6 percent in 1979 to 66 percent in 1990. Many labor leaders say that the introduction of microelectronics is the principal cause of the great increase in unemployment during that period in Alameda. In actual fact, however, most of the job losses were due to organizational changes. Moreover, according to new figures released by the labor department, there were many more people employed in Alameda in the manufacturing industry in 1990 than in 1979.
Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the discrepancy between the increase in unemployment and the increase in jobs in the manufacturing industry of Alameda?
Many products that contain microelectronic components are now assembled completely by machine.
Workers involved in the various aspects of the manufacturing processes that use microelectronic technology need extensive training.
It is difficult to evaluate numerically what impact on job security the introduction of microelectronics in the workplace had before 1979.
In 1990 over 90 percent of the jobs in Alameda’s manufacturing companies were filled by workers who moved to Alameda because they had skills for which there was no demand in Alameda prior to the introduction of microelectronics there.
Many workers who have retired from the manufacturing industry in Alameda since 1979 have not been replaced by younger workers.
失业的和就业的不是一拨人
这题要换个思路
increase in unemployment的原因原文已经表明是 organizational change，如果一个事件可以导致organizational change，那么该事件也等于间接导致了increase in unemployment；选项中没有任何一个可以和increase in unemployment建立必然联系，有多个选项可以与之建立或然联系，但答案是唯一的，所以在此换个思路，D（increase in employment） 可以和organizational change之间建立或然联系=D有可能间接导致increase in unemployment，且所有选项中只有D可以建立该种联系，所以选D
题目中的organizational changes
= D选项：workers who moved to Alameda because they had skills for which there was no demand in Alameda prior to the introduction of microelectronics there.
组织变革= 搬到阿拉米达的工人他拥有在阿拉米达引入微电子之前没有需求的技能。
在引进微电子技术之前进入的
文中已经给出失业原因： In actual fact, however, most of the job losses were due to organizational changes.
D. Correct. This suggests that an influx of new workers to Alameda with the new skills needed in manufacturing may in fact have displaced other employees. These people may still live in Alameda yet be jobless.