[問題]大全T9 Q5-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.

T-9-Q5

The primary
purpose of the passage is to

1. reevaluate a controversial theory
2. identify the flaws in a study
3. propose a new method of historical
        research
4. compare two contrasting analyses
5. provide a fresh perspective

T-9-Q6

According to the
passage, Edison’s chief concern as an inventor
was the

1. availability of a commercial market
2. costs of developing a prototype
3. originality of his inventions
4. maintenance of high standards
        throughout production
5. generation of enough profits to pay
        for continued marketing

T-9-Q7

The author of the
passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s
contemporaries should be regarded as

1. a natural outgrowth of the recent
        revival of interest in Edison
2. a result of scholarship based on
        previously unknown documents
3. reflective of modern neglect of the
        views of previous generations
4. inevitable, given the changing trends
        in historical interpretations
5. surprising, given the stature that
        Westinghouse once had

However, Hughes virtually

ignores Edison’s famous contem-

poraryand notorious adversaryin

(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

              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.

请问这句话是什么意思呢..我看得云里雾的~

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