【求助】OG17-549 呼叫NN~ 蒸汽工厂那道题 During the earliest period of industrialization in Br

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OG 17 CR Q549


During the earliest period of industrialization in Britain, steam engines were more expensive to build and operate than either windmills or water mills, the other practicable sources of power for factories. Yet despite their significant cost disadvantages, steam-powered factories were built in large numbers well before technical improvements brought their cost down. Furthermore, they were built even in regions where geographical conditions permitted the construction of wind- and water-powered factories close to major markets.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the proliferation of steam-powered factories during the earliest period of industrialization in Britain?

A) In many areas of Britain, there were fewer steam-powered factories than wind- or water-powered factories in the earliest period of industrialization.
B) Unlike wind- or water-powered factories, steam-powered factories were fueled with coal, which sometimes had to be transported significant distances from the mine to the site of the factory.
C) It was both difficult and expensive to convert a factory from wind power or water power to steam power.
D) In the early period of industrialization, many goods sold in towns and cities could not be mass-produced in factories.
E) In Britain, the number of sites where a wind or water-powered factory could be built was insufficient to provide for all of the demand for factory-produced goods at the time.

P1：蒸汽厂贵过水厂风厂；P2：蒸汽厂却还是建了很多；P3：蒸汽厂甚至建在风厂水厂能建的地方；
问：怎么解释蒸汽厂贵却那么多？
答案：满足风厂水厂建造条件的地方不够多，它们生产的不够满足市场需求

这道题答案是E，怎么都想不明白的是原文最后一句话提到蒸汽厂有建在风厂和水厂能建的地方，但E选项说能建风厂和水厂的地方不够多，所以才建很多蒸汽厂，那文中最后一句话不是很多余吗？明明能先建更便宜的，为什么要建更贵的呢？

想不通这里，感觉自己肯定是有什么思维漏洞！望指教，谢谢！

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顶一哈~

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顶顶 求助

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E选项说的是能够建风力或水力发电的站点无法支撑起工厂产品的需求。直接否定建造风力或水力发电的必要性。

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自己想了想

P1：在英国工业时期最早期，蒸汽机比其它的能为工厂提供电力的东西如风车房和水磨房这些建造和运营费用都更高
P2：但即使是这样蒸汽机驱动的工厂在能降成本之前就被大量建造了
P3：蒸汽机驱动的工厂甚至建在了离主要市场近的允许风力或者水力驱动的工厂建造的地方

其实题目问的是要我们解释P2， E选项可能与P3有一点冲突，但是题目问的是如何解释工厂那么多，也就是如何解释P2，就不要考虑和P3不那么一致了