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Q5 to Q7:

In American Genesis, which covers

the century of technological innovation
in the United States beginning in 1876,
LineThomas Hughes assigns special promi-
(5)nence to Thomas Edison as archetype
of the independent nineteenth-century
inventor.However, Hughes virtually
ignores Edison’s famous contem-
porary and notorious adversary in
(10)the field of electric light and power,
George Westinghouse.This com-
parative neglect of Westinghouse is
consistent with other recent historians’
works, although it marks an intriguing
(15)departure from the prevailing view
during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for
decades afterward) of Edison and
Westinghouse as the two “pioneer
innovators” of the electrical industry.
(20)My recent reevaluation of Westing-
house, facilitated by materials found
in railroad archives, suggests that
while Westinghouse and Edison shared
important traits as inventors, they
(25)differed markedly in their approach to
the business aspects of innovation.
For Edison as an inventor, novelty
was always paramount:the overriding
goal of the business of innovation was
(30)simply to generate funding for new
inventions.Edison therefore undertook
just enough sales, product development,
and manufacturing to accomplish this.
Westinghouse, however, shared the
(35)attitudes of the railroads and other
industries for whom he developed
innovations:product development,
standardization, system, and order
were top priorities.Westinghouse
(40)thus better exemplifies the systematic
approach to technological development
that would become a hallmark of modern
corporate research and development.
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Q5:
The primary purpose of the passage is to

reevaluate a controversial theory
identify the flaws in a study
propose a new method of historical research
compare two contrasting analyses
provide a fresh perspective

Answer:
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答案是C，我选了E。

peoplefossil

答案是e

gracezz

请大家帮我看看这个题，我觉得是以前的观点都没有把W那个人摆上来，现在作者在说W和E一样重要，而且用对比来说明。所以我觉得作者是提出了一个新的视角呀