[讨论]GWD16的一道阅读题!大家说说自己对这题的看法嘛~~~

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.

Q10:

The passage is primarily concerned with

1. presenting various groups’ views of the motives of those proposing certain legislation
2. contrasting the reasoning of various groups concerning their positions on certain proposed legislation
3. tracing the process whereby certain proposed legislation was eventually enacted
4. assessing the success of tactics adopted by various groups with respect to certain proposed legislation
5. evaluating the arguments of various groups concerning certain proposed legislation

Answer: E

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答案给的是E 可我觉得B明明就更好啊

我比较偏向与选择B或者A,总之怎么都不觉得E对...

各位指教和讨论啊~~~~!!!

大家说说自己对这题的看法嘛~~~

1. presenting various groups’ views of the motives of those proposing certain legislation
           
2. contrasting the reasoning of various groups concerning their positions on certain proposed legislation
           
3. tracing the process whereby certain proposed legislation was eventually enacted
           
4. assessing the success of tactics adopted by various groups with respect to certain proposed legislation
           
5. evaluating the arguments of various groups concerning certain proposed legislation