求教OG12-94 ，95阅读

ericafdl

94,The author implies that Duverger’s actual findings are
(A) limited because they focus on only four
countries
(B) inaccurate in their description of the four
countries in the early 1950s
(C) out-of-date in that they are inapplicable in the
four countries today
(D) flawed because they are based on unsound data
(E) biased by Duverger’s political beliefs

答案是C,但我找不到文中的定位。原文中有句话However, since these contexts have changed
over time, Duverger’s approach has proved more durable than his actual findings.
也就是说虽然历史环境变了，但是D的方法还是可以用的。那么为什么说是“out of date"呢？

ericafdl

Duverger’s research findings
were that women voted somewhat less frequently
than men (the difference narrowing the longer
women had the vote) and were slightly more
conservative.

同一篇阅读中，第一段的最后一句话，尤其是括号里的部分是什么意思啊？请NN指点下。是否是第95题的答案来源呢？

95 The passage implies that, in comparing four European
countries, Duverger found that the voting rates of
women and men were most different in the country in
which women
(A) were most politically active
(B) ran for office most often
(C) held the most conservative political views
(D) had the most egalitarian relations with men
(E) had possessed the right to vote for the
shortest time

xuyingkitty

94.However那句说明D用的方法是对的，可以长期采用，但是他研究的成果已经过时了，因为背景变了。
95.定位是对的，是答案的来源。

Inference中提到，Duverger found that women voted somewhat less frequently than men but that this diff erence narrowed the longer the women had the vote (lines 9–11). 应该是说，妇女投票的时间越长，差距就缩小了。这种差距指的是women voted somewhat less frequently than men.问题问的是most different，对照一下答案应该是the shortest time.
-- by 会员 hongyalin (2010/1/11 21:27:49)