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Tocqueville, a nineteenth-century writer known for his study of democracy in the United States, believed that a government that centralizeds power in one individual or institution is dangerous to its citizens. Biograghers claim that Tocquevile disliked centralized government because he blamed Napoleon's rule for this poverty of his childhood in Normandy.


Which of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the biograghers' claim?


(A) Although Napoleon was popularly blamed at the time for the terrible living conditions in Normandy, historians now know that bad harvests were really to blame for the poor economic conditions.


(B) Napoleon was notorious for refusing to share power with any of his political associates.


(C) Tocqueville said he know that if his father had not suffered ill health, his family would have had s steady income and a comfortable standard of living.


(D) Although Tocqueville asserted taht United States political life was democratic, the United States of the nineteenth century allowed political power to be concentrated in a few institutions.


(E) Tocqueville once wrote in a letter that, although his childhood was terribly impoverished, it was not different from the experience of his friends and neighbors in Normandy.


这题正确答案是C,但是我觉得好像每个选项都是无关项～晕，这一题是不是必须要知道什么是 Napoleon's rule for the poverty啊？

dreaminsleep

这道题的关键就是，是什么导致了T 对一党专制的态度，T认为一党制对民众不利。
Biographers认为是因为N的政策Napoleon’s rule for the poverty of his childhood in Normandy导致了T对一党专制的看法。
题目问削弱，选项C说，T知道要不是因为他的父亲有病在身，他们家也会衣食无忧had a steady income and a comfortable standard of living。所以T小时候家里穷 poverty的主要原因不是N的rule 导致的，而是他父亲的病。所以T对一党专政的看法，不是受了N的rule 的影响，削弱了。