Q5 to Q7:
In American Genesis, which covers
the century of technological innovation
in the United States beginning in 1876,
Line Thomas Hughes assigns special promi-
(5) nence to Thomas Edison as archetype
of the independent nineteenth-century
inventor. However, Hughes virtually
ignores Edison’s famous contem-
porary and notorious adversary in
(10) the field of electric light and power,
George Westinghouse. This com-
parative neglect of Westinghouse is
consistent with other recent historians’
works, although it marks an intriguing
(15) departure from the prevailing view
during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for
decades afterward) of Edison and
Westinghouse as the two “pioneer
innovators” of the electrical industry.
(20) My recent reevaluation of Westing-
house, facilitated by materials found
in railroad archives, suggests that
while Westinghouse and Edison shared
important traits as inventors, they
(25) differed markedly in their approach to
the business aspects of innovation.
For Edison as an inventor, novelty
was always paramount: the overriding
goal of the business of innovation was
(30) simply to generate funding for new
inventions. Edison therefore undertook
just enough sales, product development,
and manufacturing to accomplish this.
Westinghouse, however, shared the
(35) attitudes of the railroads and other
industries for whom he developed
innovations: product development,
standardization, system, and order
were top priorities. Westinghouse
(40) thus better exemplifies the systematic
approach to technological development
that would become a hallmark of modern
corporate research and development.
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Q5:
The primary purpose of the passage is to
Answer: E
这题选E是不是因为第二段开头讲了my recent reevaluation，所以是provide a fresh perspective?
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Q6:
According to the passage, Edison’s chief concern as an inventor was the
Answer: C
Line 28-31不是讲到Edison要generate enough funding for new invention，那和E的选项不是配对吗，为什么是C呢？
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Q7:
The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as
Answer: E
这题答案的选项是怎么选出来的？
请各位指导一下!
这些连结希望可以帮到你. 如果还有不能解决的细节再贴出来可能容易讨论一些
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版主给的链接虽然题目也是，但是文章根本不是这篇啊。
第五题我也不知道，我觉得B好像也没有问题。
第六题在第27行
For Edison as an inventor, novelty
was always paramount
第七题在最后一句话：
Westinghouse (40) thus better exemplifies the systematic approach to technological development that would become a hallmark of modern corporate research and development
(40) thus better exemplifies the systematic
approach to technological development
that would become a hallmark of modern
corporate research and development
ignores要记得however很容易成为考点的。
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