GWD-9-23黑人工会那篇

dearjane

这篇文章第一次做时竟然都错了，这两天在jj上看到，花二十分钟重做了一遍，这次只错了一个，请明白人给讲讲。

GWD-9-23

In the 1930’s and 1940’s,

African American industrial

workers in the southern United

Line  States, who constituted 80 per-

(5)   cent of the unskilled factory labor

force there, strongly supported

unionization. While the American

Federation of Labor (AFL) either

excluded African Americans or

(10  ) maintained racially segregated

unions, the Congress of Industrial

Organizations (CIO) organized

integrated unions nationwide on the

basis of a stated policy of equal

(15)  rights for all, and African American

unionists provided the CIO’s backbone.

     Yet it can be argued that

through contracts negotiated and

enforced by White union mem-

(20)  bers, unions—CIO unions not

excluded—were often instrumental

in maintaining the occupational

segregation and other forms of

racial discrimination that kept

(25)  African Americans socially and

economically oppressed during

this period. However, recognizing

employers’ power over workers

as a central factor in African

(30)  Americans’ economic marginal17

ization, African American workers

saw the need to join with White

workers in seeking change despite

White unionists’ toleration of or

(35)  support for racial discrimination.

The persistent efforts of African

American unionists eventually pay off: many became highly effective

organizers, gaining the respect of

(40)  even racist White unionists by winning

victories for White as well as

African American workers. African

American unionists thus succeeded

in strengthening the unions while

(45)  using them as instruments of

African Americans’ economic

empowerment.

GWD-9-Q23:

The author of the passage suggests which of the following about African American workers who participated in union activities in the 1930’s and 1940’s?

A. They believed that the elimination of discrimination within unions was a necessary first step toward the achievement of economic advancement for African Americans.

B. They belonged exclusively to CIO unions because they were excluded from AFL unions.

C. They believed that the economic advancement of African American workers depended on organized efforts to empower all workers.

D. Some of them advocated the organization of separate African American unions because of discriminatory practices in the AFL and the CIO.

E. Many of them did not believe that White unionists in CIO unions would tolerate or support racial discrimination against African American workers.

Key: C

我在A、C之间犹豫半天最后选了A， 原因是原文中的L28－L35

However, recognizing employers’ power over workers as a central factor in African Americans’ economic marginalization, African American workers saw the need to join with White workers in seeking change despite White unionists’ toleration of or support for racial discrimination.

觉得这段话用A和C都能解释的通，谁能给分析一下为什么是C不是A呢？

谢谢

ESeraph

necessary first step? if yes, they must eliminate the dicrimination within unions first, but if fact they did not