GWD-4-5 RC的问题

Many scholars have theorizedthat economic development, particularly industrialization and urbanization, contributesto the growth of participatory democracy; according to this theory, it wouldseem logical that women would both demand and gain suffragein ever greater numbers whenever economic development expanded their economicopportunities. However, the economic development theory is inadequate to explaincertain historical facts about the implementation of women’s suffrage. Forexample, why was women’s suffrage, instituted nationally in the United Statesin 1920, not instituted nationally in Switzerland until the 1970’s?  Industrialization was well advanced in both countriesby 1920:  over 33 percent of Americanworkers were employed in various industries, as compared to 44 percent of Swissworkers. Granted, Switzerland and the United States diverged in the degree to whichthe expansion of industry coincided with the degree of urbanization: only 29percent of the Swiss population lived in cities of 10,000 or more inhabitantsby 1920.  However, urbanization cannotfully explain women’s suffrage. Within the United States prior to 1920, forexample, only less urbanized states had granted women suffrage. Similarly, lessurbanized countries such as Cambodia and Ghana had voting rights for women longbefore Switzerland did.  It is true thatSwitzerland’s urbanized cantons (political subdivisions) generally enacted women’ssuffrage legislation earlier than did rural cantons.  However, these cantons often shared other characteristics—similarlinguistic backgrounds and strong leftist parties—that may help to explain thisphenomenon.

The passage states which of the followingabout Switzerland’s urbanized cantons?

A.  These cantons shared characteristics other than urbanization that mayhave contributed to their implementation of women’s suffrage.

B.   These cantons tended to be more politically divided than were ruralcantons.

C.   These cantons shared with certain rural cantons characteristics such assimilar linguistic backgrounds and strong leftist parties.

D.  The populations of these cantons shared similar views becauseurbanization furthered the diffusion of ideas among them.

E.   These cantons were comparable to the most highly urbanized states inthe United States in their stance toward the implementation of women’ssuffrage.

答案是A,我对于C有疑问。因为原句“It is true thatSwitzerland’s urbanized cantons (political subdivisions) generally enacted women’ssuffrage legislation earlier than did rural cantons.  However, these cantons often shared other characteristics—similarlinguistic backgrounds and strong leftist parties—that may help to explain thisphenomenon.”第二句的these cantons指代不清，不知道是urbanized cantons还是rural cantons还是rural 和urbanized cantons。如果按照rural 和urban cantons理解，C就也对了。求讨论~~~