TEXT 3 Read the text carefully to answer questions number 7 to 8 OSAKA: The Japanese economic achievements are basically due to the technological transformation during the last thirty years. The Japanese are by nature admirers of excellent craftsmanship and are able to master new techniques and processes without any difficulty. They have perfected the art of acquiring foreign technology at the appropriate stage and exploiting it commercially to their benefit. If the production index in the manufacturing industries is assumed to be 100 in 1951, it rose to 450 in 1969. This was a most remarkable achievement. It is estimated that 50 percent of this enormous growth was due to technological innovation. The topic of the paragraph is …

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Read the text carefully to answer questions number 7 to 8

OSAKA: The Japanese economic achievements are basically due to the technological transformation during the last thirty years. The Japanese are by nature admirers of excellent craftsmanship and are able to master new techniques and processes without any difficulty. They have perfected the art of acquiring foreign technology at the appropriate stage and exploiting it commercially to their benefit. If the production index in the manufacturing industries is assumed to be 100 in 1951, it rose to 450 in 1969. This was a most remarkable achievement. It is estimated that 50 percent of this enormous growth was due to technological innovation.

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