the century of technological innovation in the United States beginning in 1876, LineThomas 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q5: The primary purpose of the passage is to
reevaluate a controversial theory identify the flaws in a study propose a new method of historical research compare two contrasting analyses provide a fresh perspective Answer: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 答案是C，我选了E。作者: gracezz 时间: 2010-5-5 12:12
请大家帮我看看这个题，我觉得是以前的观点都没有把W那个人摆上来，现在作者在说W和E一样重要，而且用对比来说明。所以我觉得作者是提出了一个新的视角呀作者: peoplefossil 时间: 2010-5-25 14:54
答案是e