prep破解rc Essay #4. 094 (21680-!-item-!-188;#058&00094-00)

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Essay #4.094(21680-!-item-!-188;#058&00094-00)

Some historians contend that conditions in the United States during the Second World War gave rise to a dynamic wartime alliance between trade unions and the African American community, an alliance that advanced the cause of civil rights.They conclude that the postwar demise of this vital alliance constituted a lost opportunity for the civil rights movement that followed the war.Other scholars, however, have portrayed organized labor as defending all along the relatively privileged position of White workers relative to African American workers.Clearly, these two perspectives are not easily reconcilable, but the historical reality is not reducible to one or the other.

Unions faced a choice between either maintaining the prewar status quo or promoting a more inclusive approach that sought for all members the right to participate in the internal affairs of unions, access to skilled and high-paying positions within the occupational hierarchy, and protection against management's arbitrary authority in the workplace.While union representatives often voiced this inclusive ideal, in practice unions far more often favored entrenched interests.The accelerating development of the civil rights movement following the Second World War exacerbated the unions' dilemma, forcing trade unionists to confront contradictions in their own practices.

Question #12.094-02(21772-!-item-!-188;#058&000094-02)

According to the passage, the historians mentioned in the first highlighted portion of text and the scholars mentioned in the second highlighted portion disagree about the

(A) contribution made by organized labor to the war effort during the Second World War

(B) issues that union members considered most important during the Second World War

(C) relationship between unions and African Americans during the Second World War

(D) effect of the Second World War on the influence of unions in the workplace

(E) extent to which African Americans benefited from social and political changes following the Second World War

这道题目答案为何是C而不是D？从这句话Other scholars, however, have portrayed organized labor as defending all along the relatively privileged position of White workers relative to African American workers可以看出啊

garlicwu

D 肯定不对的，压根没谈到二战对unions的影响。

这篇文章虽然不难看懂，但#12，#13这2道题目把握彻底搞晕了。读了2遍还是不知道怎么选，最后只好不做题看答案了。

#12 我是在A，B，C之间徘徊的，A里有个“to the war effect”很郁闷，没提到呀，但那个“contribution made by organized labor ”很诱人。

从答案可以这样理解：historians 认为alliance 推动了civil right。scholars 认为union 愿意和African American  成立 alliance 的目的是为了保住白人的relatively privileged position。

这样的话historians 和scholars 对union和 African American之间关系的看法就不同了。

我一直郁闷的是B为什么不对，是因为historians 没有提过union member吗？还是这个答案没C好？