gwd-12-10

daisyyulan

最后选了B，没想通啊~~

ny_915

A中的motive，文章的确没有提到。

在B和C中纠结，最终还是选了C。因为考虑到文章以提出立法开始，以立法确定结束（eventually enacted这就是各方观点讨论下来的结果）。---最后看了GWD-RC中对于C的解释：不知所云。呵呵，笑死我了。但我还是觉得C概括了文章的脉络。。。

E好像也不太对吧，文中没有evaluate的词。

wei_wangyan

A presenting various groups’ views of the motives of those proposing certain legislation

"the Home Secretary proposed in 1895 that Parliament enact legislation that would prohibit women from holding most jobs in white lead factories. "这一部分描写了those proposing certain legislation的motives，大概是LZ选A的原因吧。

可是原文并没有讲various groups对这一motive的观点啊。原文不同群体针对的是这个proposal本身（是否恰当？能否达到目的？等等），而不是它的motive。

WIDE： it opposed the proposal,viewing it as yet another instance of limiting women’s work opportunities

SPEW: Also opposing the proposal was the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW)

WTUL: which had ceased in the late 1880’s to oppose restrictions on women’s labor, supported the eventually enacted proposal

所以E更合适。

nina_nn

      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

答案是e，我觉得a很好呀。。。哪里不对呢？