GWD-6-Q35

rainbowmanutd · 发表于 2011-7-18 11:30:03

Many researchers regardThailand’s recent economic growth, as reflected by its gross domestic product (GDP)growth rates, as an example ofthe success of a modern technological development strategy based on themarket economics of industrialized countries. Yet by focusingsolely on aggregate economic growth data as the measure of Thailand’sdevelopment, these researchers have overlooked the economic impact of rural development projects thatimprove people’s daily lives at the village level—such as the cooperativeraising of water buffalo, improved sanitation, and the development of foodcrops both for consumption and for sale at local markets; such projects are notadequately reflected in the country’s GDP. These researchers,influenced by Robert Heilbroner’s now outdated development theory, tend to view nontechnological developmentas an obstacle to progress. Heilbroner’s theory has become doctrine in someeconomics textbooks: for example, MontePalmer disparages nontechnological ruraldevelopment projects as inhibiting constructive change. Yet as Ann Kelleher’s two recent case studies of the Thai villages NonMuang and Dong Keng illustrate, the nontechnological-versus-technological dichotomy can lead researchers not only to overlookreal advances achieved by rural development projects but also mistakenly to concludethat because such advances are initiated by rural leaders and are based on traditionalvalues and practices, they retard “real” economic development.

GWD6-Q35:
Theprimary purpose of the passage is to

A. explainthe true reasons for the increase in Thailand’s GDP
B. arguefor the adoption of certain rural development projects
C. questionthe value of technological development in Thailand
D. criticizecertain assumptions about economic development in Thailand
E. comparetraditional and modern development strategies in Thailand
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GWD6-Q36:
Itcan be inferred from the passage that the term “real” in line 36 most likelyrefers to economic development that is

A. basedon a technological development strategy
B. notnecessarily favored by most researchers
C. initiatedby rural leader
D. areflection of traditional values and practices
difficult to measure statistically

35题哪里可以看出批评了assumption?这文章我怎么看不出逻辑关系呢？先说了these researchers have overlooked the economic impactof rural development projects，好像是说负面的，不该忽略nontech,但是后来又说These researchers, influenced by Robert Heilbroner’s now outdateddevelopment theory, tend to viewnontechnological development as an obstacle to progress.又成了反对nontech了

rikihsu · 发表于 2011-8-14 11:08:35

同问35～～

Cherli · 发表于 2014-6-16 19:58:42

好吧楼主我也不知道你还需不需要答案解释不过可以提供给以后的CDer看
前文是说作者认为在衡量泰国发展的时候researcher只看了GDP，并且是基于技术发展来看，他们忽略了非技术发展对泰国整体发展的影响these researchers have overlooked the economic impactof rural development projects，而rural development（such as the cooperative raising of water buffalo, improved sanitation, and the development of food crops both for consumption and for sale at local markets）就是代表了nontechnological development
而后文是说researcher之所以会这样是收到了H理论的影响，受到了H理论的影响后researcher就会认为nontech对发展有阻碍，所以在衡量泰国发展的时候就没有去考虑nontech的因素

作者对researcher这样的看法是持批判角度的 the nontechnological-versus-technological dichotomy can lead researchers not only to overlookreal advances achieved by rural development projects but also mistakenly to conclude

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