The joke quoted in Paragraph 1 is used to highlight______.
A. the interdependence between human being and animal
B. the labor redundancy caused by machinery production
C. the degree of automation in manufacturing industry
D. the subordinate role human being played nowadays in manufacturing
What can we infer from Paragraph 3 and 4?
A. There are serious defects in the mechanism of American social security.
B. The government and enterprises provide benefits for married people to boost marriage rate.
C. Marital status is often one consideration of insurance companies when they are determining the insurance premium.
D. Enterprises always put the interest of most people at stake in order to satisfy its own" interest.
Which of the following statements is true according to last two paragraphs?
A. Manufacturing sector doesn"t get as much return from scientific research as it deserves.
B. Most of multinational companies" initiatives in R. & D. nowadays are based in emerging countries.
C. Preferential tax code gives an effective incentive for companies to conduct R. & D.
D. President Obama, realizing the innovative capacity of manufacturing, has issued a series of R. & D. tax credits.