阅读区加油!! 大家一起来讨论阅读之GWD 9-21

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Q21 to Q23:
In the 1930’s and 1940’s,
African American industrial
workers in the southern United
Line States, who constituted 80 per-
(5) cent of the unskilled factory labor
force there, strongly supported
unionization. While the American
Federation of Labor (AFL) either
excluded African Americans or
(10) maintained racially segregated
unions, the Congress of Industrial
Organizations (CIO) organized
integrated unions nationwide on the
basis of a stated policy of equal
(15) rights for all, and African American
unionists provided the CIO’s back-
bone. Yet it can be argued that
through contracts negotiated and
enforced by White union mem-
(20) bers, unions—CIO unions not
excluded—were often instrumen-
tal in maintaining the occupational
segregation and other forms of
racial discrimination that kept
(25) African Americans socially and
economically oppressed during
this period. However, recognizing
employers’ power over workers
as a central factor in African
(30) Americans’ economic marginal-
ization, African American workers
saw the need to join with White
workers in seeking change despite
White unionists’ toleration of or
(35) support for racial discrimination.
The persistent efforts of African
American unionists eventually paid
off: many became highly effective
organizers, gaining the respect of
(40) even racist White unionists by win-
ning victories for White as well as
African American workers. African
American unionists thus succeeded
in strengthening the unions while
(45) using them as instruments of
African Americans’ economic
empowerment.
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Q21:
The passage is primarily concerned with
A. demonstrating that unions failed to address the concerns of African American
workers during a particular period
B. arguing that African American workers’ participation in unions during a particular
period was ultimately beneficial to them
C. contrasting the treatment of African American workers by two different labor
organizations during a particular period
D. giving reasons for the success of African American unionists in winning victories
for both African American and White workers during a particular period
E. questioning one explanation for the attitudes of African American workers toward
unionization during a particular period
Answer:

答案是B beneficial to them 这里them应该是unions 但是并不觉得文中African American workers’ participation 有ultimately beneficial to unions的意思啊?

我选D  问一下大家意见

谢谢  阅读区加油!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

them 是指的African American workers.

因为原文多提到union，social地位，economic状况的关系，所以是African American workers通过union得到地位和经济的benefit

However, recognizing
employers’ power over workers
as a central factor in African
(30) Americans’ economic marginal-
ization,

The persistent efforts of African
American unionists eventually paid
off: many became highly effective
organizers, gaining the respect of
(40) even racist White unionists by win-
ning victories for White as well as
African American workers. African
American unionists thus succeeded
in strengthening the unions while
(45) using them as instruments of
African Americans’ economic
empowerment.

而D选项谈到的reasons并不是文章的主旨，整篇都是在讲African American union的过程和意义。

嗯 谢谢你的回答  

但是 我再看了一遍  还是觉得D比较好 理由有下

如果这是真的  那我更支持选D  因为原文的意思是beneficial 两边white and african american workers

下面这句可以看出来

The persistent efforts of African American unionists eventually paid
off: many became highly effective organizers, gaining the respect of
even racist White unionists by winning victories for White as well as
African American workers.

而D指出了这点D. giving reasons for the success of African American unionists in winning victories for both African American and White workers during a particular period

但是我觉得这里them是指union  虽然这里不是语法 但是我们知道阅读的句子通常也是非常严谨 语法有个规则 them 不指代所有格的名词 所以我认为这里是指代unions

2.我还是觉得was ultimately beneficial 这个untimately太绝对了 文中我找不出句子可以支持我选B 选B的可以举几个例子吗?

3 你这句 我倒是挺认同  

如果有个选项 说是在叙述过程和意义 我一定选那个  但是没有

所以我觉得 D比B好

一点愚见   请指教   谢谢!!!

感觉D有点儿以偏概全，只表达了line 27 - line 47的意思，未能涵盖前面的27行；

表达reason的只有这样一句话：

这句话前面是相关背景信息的叙述；后面是行动的结果；

而B则可以概全~~~~（整篇都是在讲African American union的过程和意义。）

语法上确实存在这样的问题，但是从逻辑意思上，them是指的African American workers。

这篇文章的核心就是讲一件事：黑人参加工会并从中得到好处。

reasons for the success of African American unionists in winning victories，文章并没有讲，bryan看看文章，哪里也没说他们是怎么win的，用什么手段win的。

我找到验证这句话的证据了，呵呵：

GWD-13-Q24  Anthropologists studying the Hopi people of the southwestern United States often characterize Hopi society between 1680 and 1880 as surprisingly stable, considering that it was a period of diminution in population and pressure from contact with outside groups, factors that might be expected to cause significant changes in Hopi social arrangements.

这个句子我读了很长时间，没严格明白它的意思。不知道，and pressure是和谁并列。当然其要表达的模糊意思，偶明白。

谁能帮我分析一下这句~~~~~

untimately在这里是finally的意思,

不算极端词吧