单选题

To improve productivity,manufacturing companies have recently begun restructuring work to produce more goods with fewer assembly-line workers, and the companies have laid offmany workers as a consequence.The workerslaid off have been those with the leastseniority(time on the job), generally the younger workers.

The statements above, iftrue,moststrongly support which ofthe following as a conclusion？

A、 The products manufactured by the companies are not undergoing design changes while the manufacturing jobs are being restructured
B、 When assembly-line workers have made suggestions for improvements in manufacturing processes,some suggestions have been implemented, but many have not
C、 Assembly-line workers now need increased reading and mathematical skills to do their jobs
D、 Some of the innovations in assembly-line processes and procedures that were made to increase productivity have instead proved to be counterproductive
E、 The manufacturing companies are increasing the average age of their assembly-line workforce while still seeking to increase production

【正确答案】 E

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