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174. Which of the following actions can best be described as indulging in “generational chauvinism” (lines 40-41) as

that practice is defined in the passage?

(A) Condemning a present-day monarch merely because many monarchs have been tyrannical in the past.

(B) Clinging to the formal standards of politeness common in one’s youth to such a degree that any relaxation of

those standards is intolerable

(C) Questioning the accuracy of a report written by an employee merely because of the employee’s gender.

(D) Deriding the superstitions accepted as “science” in past eras without acknowledging the prevalence of

irrational beliefs today.

(E) Labeling a nineteenth-century politician as “corrupt” for engaging in once-acceptable practices considered

intolerable today.

D为何不对？怎么翻译？谢谢!

wangyu73cn

“generational chauvinism”是指以现在的正确标准去指责过去的相对正确标准。D说，“批评过去的被认为科学的迷信，而不承认现在非理性观点横行的现状”。

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连同前面两题一块谢谢版主