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　　Despitebulging order books, the mood at Airbus and Boeing is far from celebratory.Both aviation giants are moaning loudly that their production systems andsupply chains are flawed, albeit for ostensibly different reasons. This weekLouis Gallois, the boss of EADS, the Franco-German aerospace consortium thatowns Airbus, added substance to warnings a week earlier by the planemaker’s chief executive, Tom Enders,that the dollar’s decline was "life-threatening" for the firm. Mr Gallois saidit was no longer just a possibility that Airbus would have to move a large partof its production to "the dollar zone" or low-cost countries, but acertainty.

　　Airbus isalready in the middle of Power8, a big restructuring plan that involves theloss of 10,000 jobs and the sale of several plants, which is meant to offsetthe losses caused by the delays in delivering the A380 superjumbo. But Power8assumed that a euro was worth $1.35, not today’s $1.47. Mr Gallois estimates thateach 10-cent rise in the euro costs Airbus €1 billion. At present, Airbusmakes 76% of its purchases within Europe, but generates over 60% of its saleselsewhere. It must now shift some production abroad.

　　Airbus is nowlikely to forge ahead much further. Mr Gallois suggests that when the A350enters service in 2013, 70% of it will have been "purchased" indollars, against 50% for the A380 and an average 24% of Airbus productiontoday. Because Airbus insists that some of its European suppliers price indollars that means about 50% of the A350’s production will be outsourced.New aircraft, such as the A320’s successor, may be made almost entirely outside the euro-zone.

　　Airbusmaintains that exchange rates are not the only reason for outsourcing: it iskeen to tap into composite-manufacturing expertise wherever it exists. It alsoinsists that it will not repeat the mistakes Boeing has made with its new 787Dreamliner, about 80% of which has been outsourced. A few weeks ago Mike Bair,the executive responsible for the 787 programme, who was recently movedsideways after mounting production delays, launched a withering attack on someof the companies recruited to build the plane. He said that in future Boeingwould not entrust design work to partners who "proved incapable of doingit", and would make suppliers build factories close to Boeing’s main assembly operation, ratherthan flying semi-finished sections of the aircraft round the world on hugeDreamlifter transporters.

　　It is tooearly to conclude that the two rivals are heading in opposite directions-Boeingrenouncing the global supply chain just as Airbus adopts it. Each company hasits own axe to grind. Airbus needs greater flexibility, and the weak dollarprovides helpful cover as it takes on its grumbling unions. Boeing, for itspart, wants to shift the blame for delays to the 787 on to its partners. Thelogic of global outsourcing in the aerospace industry remains powerful.Whatever they may be saying now, Airbus and Boeing are more likely to convergethan to diverge.

　　1. Airbuscarries out Power 8 because_____

　　[A] it cannotmake up the deficits caused by the dalays in delivering A380.

　　[B] it wantsto move its production abroad to handle the problem of dollar’s decline.

　　[C] it hasnot predicted the dollar decline at the beginning.

　　[D] it wantsto raise money to build new production sector in low-cost countries.

　　2. The lessonAirbus learns from Boeing’s case of 787 Dreamliner is_____.

　　[A] it shouldnot adopt outsourcing at all given its uncertainty and insecurity.

　　[B] it shouldnot coopearte with partners in designing.

　　[C] it shouldnot waste time in flying the semi-finished sections of the aircraft.

　　[D] itshould make use of the local manufacturing expertise instead ofinternational partners.

　　3. Accordingto the passage, the 787 programme is delayed probably because_____.

　　[A] theparteners are not incapable of building the plane.

　　[B] The suppliersare far away from the main assembly operation.

　　[C] 80% of ithas been outsourced to other countries which affected efficiency.

　　[D] theexecutive is not qualified incapable of finding qualified partners.

　　4. The word"converge" (Line 5, Paragraph 5) most probably means_____.

　　[A] unite

　　[B] combine

　　[C] meethttp://ks.examda.com

　　[D] coopearte

　　5. Why Airbusand Boeing are more likely to converge than to diverge?

　　[A] Boeingquits the global supply chain while Airbus adopts it.

　　[B] Both ofthem need to adopt greater flexibility in the working process.

　　[C] Both ofthem need to make their foreign purchases and outsourcing more skillful andpowerful.

　　[D] Both ofthem have to take measures to deal with problmes caused by weak dollar.

　　篇章剖析：

　　这篇文章主要介绍了空中客车目前生产和采购方面的一些新的动向和调整，也提到了波音公司的一些调整。第一段讲述空中客车和波音两大飞机公司目前在生产、供应方面都面临一些新的问题，空中客车已决定要采取海外计划;第二段讲述空中客车目前的一些问题;第三段讲述空中客车将来在采购方面的计划;第四段讲述空中客车海外计划的另外一个原因;第五段讲述空中客车和波音公司虽然表面看起来采取的措施不同，但其海外采购的大方向是确定的。

　　词汇注释：

　　albeit conj. 虽然

　　ostensiblyadv. 表面上

　　consortium n.社团，协会

　　outsource v. 外部买办，采购

　　superjumbo n.巨型喷气式飞机

　　forge aheadv. 向前迈进

　　tap into v. 接入

　　grumblingadj. 嘟嘟囔囔的, 抱怨的; 疼痛的

　　converge v. 会聚，会合

　　renounce v. 放弃

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