[求助]GWD 12-8

      Acting on the recommen-

      dation of a British government

      committee investigating the

Line    high incidence in white lead

  (5)  factories of illness among

employees, most of whom

were women, the Home Sec-

retary proposed in 1895 that

Parliament enact legislation

(10)  that would prohibit women from

holding most jobs in white lead

factories.  Although the

Women’s Industrial Defence

Committee (WIDC), formed

(15)  in 1892 in response to earlier

legislative attempts to restrict

women’s labor, did not dis-

count the white lead trade’s

potential health dangers, it

(20)  opposed the proposal, view-

      ing it as yet another instance

      of limiting women’s work

opportunities.  Also opposing

the proposal was the Society

(25)  for Promoting the Employment

of Women (SPEW), which

attempted to challenge it by

investigating the causes of ill-

ness in white lead factories.

(30)  SPEW contended, and WIDC

concurred, that controllable

conditions in such factories

      were responsible for the devel-

opment of lead poisoning.

(35)      SPEW provided convincing

evidence that lead poisoning

could be avoided if workers

were careful and clean and

     if already extant workplace

(40)  safety regulations were

stringently enforced.  How-

ever, the Women’s Trade

Union League (WTUL), which

had ceased in the late 1880’s

(45)  to oppose restrictions on

women’s labor, supported the

eventually enacted proposal,

in part because safety regu-

lations were generally not

(50)  being enforced in white lead

factories, where there were no

unions (and little prospect of

any) to pressure employers to

comply with safety regulations.

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Q8:

Which of the following, if true, would most clearly support the contention attributed to SPEW in lines 30-34 (“SPEW contended … lead poisoning”) ?

A.   Those white lead factories that most strongly enforced regulations concerning worker safety and hygiene had the lowest incidences of lead poisoning among employees.

B.   The incidence of lead poisoning was much higher among women who worked in white lead factories than among women who worked in other types of factories.

C.   There were many household sources of lead that could have contributed to the incidence of lead poisoning among women who also worked outside the home in the late nineteenth century.

D.   White lead factories were more stringent than were certain other types of factories in their enforcement of workplace safety regulations.

E.    Even brief exposure to the conditions typically found in white lead factories could cause lead poisoning among factory workers.

Answer: A

不明白？ 我选B

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the proposal was the Society

(25)  for Promoting the Employment

of Women (SPEW), which

attempted to challenge it by

investigating the causes of ill-

ness in white lead factories.

(30)  SPEW contended, and WIDC

concurred, that controllable

conditions in such factories

      were responsible for the devel-

opment of lead poisoning.

(35)      SPEW provided convincing

evidence that lead poisoning

could be avoided if workers

were careful and clean and

     if already extant workplace

(40)  safety regulations were

stringently enforced.

A.   Those white lead factories that most strongly enforced regulations concerning worker safety and hygiene had the lowest incidences of lead poisoning among employees.证明了spew的观点。

B.   The incidence of lead poisoning was much higher among women who worked in white lead factories than among women who worked in other types of factories.无此内容的比较。

选A。

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选A

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求教Q10:

The passage is primarily concerned with

A.   presenting various groups’ views of the motives of those proposing certain legislation

B.   contrasting the reasoning of various groups concerning their positions on certain proposed legislation

C.   tracing the process whereby certain proposed legislation was eventually enacted

D.   assessing the success of tactics adopted by various groups with respect to certain proposed legislation

E.   evaluating the arguments of various groups concerning certain proposed legislation

做的时候总在A,B徘徊,当时选的A,看了答案B,觉得有点道理.但是还不是很清楚.请各位帮忙点点.谢过!

对不起

我不是很理解B项.谁为我解惑啊

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agree +1

我也是在A.B之间想了一下..motive这个字让我排除A

c的话如果要有certain proposed legislation was eventually enacted这句话之味道

应该在文章最后还会再加个一小段来强调

e怎么也不对呢，不理解阿，谁能指点指点