[求助]求教机井区的Boycott阅读（附原文） 25-28题

claudius77

（请参见二楼完整的原文）

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sunnybest

在CD一个750分大N的发问贴子里找到了全文和题目，大家讨论吧。

In mid-February 1917 a
women’s movement independent
of political affiliation erupted in
Line New York City, the stronghold of
(5) the Socialist party in the LACE w:st="on">United
statesLACE>. Protesting against the high
cost of living, thousands of women
refused to buy chickens, fish, and
vegetables. The boycott shut
(10) down much of the City’s foodstuffs
marketing for two weeks, riveting
public attention on the issue of
food prices, which had increased
partly as a result of increased
(15) exports of food to Europe that had
been occurring since the outbreak
of the First World War.
By early 1917 the Socialist
party had established itself as a
(20) major political presence in LACE w:st="on">New
York CityLACE>. New York Socialists,
whose customary spheres of
struggle were electoral work and
trade union organizing, seized the
(25) opportunity and quickly organized
an extensive series of cost-of-
living protests designed to direct
the women’s movement toward
Socialist goals. Underneath the
(30) Socialists’ brief commitment to
cost-of-living organizing lay a
basic indifference to the issue
itself. While some Socialists did
view price protests as a direct
(35) step toward socialism, most
Socialists ultimately sought to
divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest. LACE w:st="on">UnionLACE> organizing, they argued,
(40) was the best method through which to combat the high cost of living.
For others, cost-of-living or oganizing was valuable insofar as it led
women into the struggle for suf (45
frage, and similarly, the suffrage
struggle was valuable insofar as
it moved United States society
one step closer to socialism.
Although LACE w:st="on">New YorkLACE>’s Social-
(50) ists saw the cost-of-living issue
as, at best, secondary or tertiary
to the real task at hand, the boycotters,
by sharp contrast, joined
the price protest movement out of
(55) an urgent and deeply felt commitment to the cost-of-living issue.
A shared experience of swiftly
declining living standards caused
by rising food prices drove these
(60) women to protest. Consumer
organizing spoke directly to their
daily lives and concerns; they
saw cheaper food as a valuable
end in itself. Food price protests
(65) were these women’s way of organizing
at their own workplace, as
workers whose occupation was
shopping and preparing food for
their families.
Q25
The author suggests which of the following about the New York Socialists’ commitment to the cost- of-living movement?
A. It lasted for a relatively short period of time.
B. It was stronger than their commitment to the Suffrage struggle.
C. It predated the cost-of-living protests that Erupted in 1917.
D. It coincided with their attempts to bring more
Women into union organizing.
E. It explained the popularity of the Socialist
party in LACE w:st="on">New York CityLACE>.
Answer:
Q26
It can be inferred from the passage that the goal
of the boycotting women was the
A. achievement of an immediate economic
outcome
B. development of a more socialistic society
C. concentration of widespread consumer
protests on the more narrow issue of   
food prices
D. development of one among a number of
different approaches that the women
wished to employ in combating the high
cost of living.
E. attraction of more public interest to issues
that the women and the New York Socialists
considered important.
Answer:
Q27
Which of the following best states the function of the
passage as a whole?
A. To contrast the views held by the Socialist party
and by the boycotting women of New York City
on the cost-of-living issue
B. To analyze the assumptions underlying opposing
viewpoints within the New York Socialist
party of 1917
C. To provide a historical perspective on different
approaches to the resolution of the cost-of-
living issue.
D. To chronicle the sequence of events that led
to the New York Socialist party’s emergence
as a political power
E. To analyze the motivations behind the Socialist
party’s involvement in the women’s suffrage
movement.
Answer:
Q28.
According to the passage, most New York
Socialists believed which of the following about
the cost-of-living movement?
A. It was primarily a way to interest women
in joining the Socialist party.
B. It was an expedient that was useful only
insofar as it furthered other goals.
C. It would indirectly result in an increase in
the number of women who belonged to
labor unions.
D. It required a long-term commitment but
Inevitably represented a direct step
Toward socialism.
E. It served as an effective complement to
union organizing.

claudius77

以下是引用sunnybest在2005-12-26 15:44:00的发言：

In mid-February 1917 a
women’s movement independent
of political affiliation erupted in
Line New York City, the stronghold of
(5) the Socialist party in the LACE w:st="on">United
statesLACE>. Protesting against the high
cost of living, thousands of women
refused to buy chickens, fish, and
vegetables. The boycott shut
(10) down much of the City’s foodstuffs
marketing for two weeks, riveting
public attention on the issue of
food prices, which had increased
partly as a result of increased
(15) exports of food to Europe that had
been occurring since the outbreak
of the First World War.
By early 1917 the Socialist
party had established itself as a
(20) major political presence in LACE w:st="on">New
York CityLACE>. New York Socialists,
whose customary spheres of
struggle were electoral work and
trade union organizing, seized the
(25) opportunity and quickly organized
an extensive series of cost-of-
living protests designed to direct
the women’s movement toward
Socialist goals. Underneath the
(30) Socialists’ brief commitment to
cost-of-living organizing lay a
basic indifference to the issue
itself. While some Socialists did
view price protests as a direct
(35) step toward socialism, most
Socialists ultimately sought to
divert the cost-of-living movement
into alternative channels of protest.
LACE w:st="on">UnionLACE> organizing, they argued,
(40) was the best method through
which to combat the high cost of living.
For others, cost-of-living or oganizing
was valuable insofar as it led
women into the struggle for suf
(45) frage, and similarly, the suffrage
struggle was valuable insofar as
it moved United States society
one step closer to socialism.

Although LACE w:st="on">New YorkLACE>’s Social-
(50) ists saw the cost-of-living issue
as, at best, secondary or tertiary
to the real task at hand, the boycotters,
by sharp contrast, joined
the price protest movement out of
(55) an urgent and deeply felt commitment to the cost-of-living issue.
A shared experience of swiftly
declining living standards caused
by rising food prices drove these
(60) women to protest. Consumer
organizing spoke directly to their
daily lives and concerns; they
saw cheaper food as a valuable
end in itself. Food price protests
(65) were these women’s way of organizing
at their own workplace, as
workers whose occupation was
shopping and preparing food for
their families.
Q25
The author suggests which of the following about the New York Socialists’ commitment to the cost- of-living movement?

A. It lasted for a relatively short period of time. (根据原文L30 "brief commitment")
B. It was stronger than their commitment to the Suffrage struggle.
C. It predated the cost-of-living protests that Erupted in 1917.
D. It coincided with their attempts to bring more
Women into union organizing.
E. It explained the popularity of the Socialist
party in LACE w:st="on">New York CityLACE>.
Answer:
Q26
It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of the boycotting women was the
A. achievement of an immediate economic outcome (L49-L55描述了动机，L60-L64描述了效果）
B. development of a more socialistic society
C. concentration of widespread consumer
protests on the more narrow issue of   
food prices
D. development of one among a number of
different approaches that the women
wished to employ in combating the high
cost of living.
E. attraction of more public interest to issues
that the women and the New York Socialists
considered important.
Answer:
Q27
Which of the following best states the function of the
passage as a whole?
A. To contrast the views held by the Socialist party
and by the boycotting women of New York City
on the cost-of-living issue (段结构很清晰，第一段描述boycott，第二段是Socialist组织boycott的动机，第三段是参与boycott 的Women的动机。特别是三段首句清晰地表达了对比）
B. To analyze the assumptions underlying opposing
viewpoints within the New York Socialist
party of 1917
C. To provide a historical perspective on different
approaches to the resolution of the cost-of-
living issue.
D. To chronicle the sequence of events that led
to the New York Socialist party’s emergence
as a political power
E. To analyze the motivations behind the Socialist
party’s involvement in the women’s suffrage
movement.
Answer:
Q28.
According to the passage, most New York
Socialists believed which of the following about
the cost-of-living movement?
A. It was primarily a way to interest women
in joining the Socialist party.
B. It was an expedient that was useful only
insofar as it furthered other goals. (L35-38, L42-48描述了大多数Socialists的观点）
C. It would indirectly result in an increase in
the number of women who belonged to
labor unions.
D. It required a long-term commitment but
Inevitably represented a direct step
Toward socialism. (错误.L33-L35说明了这只是部分Socialists的观点。)
E. It served as an effective complement to
union organizing. (错误. L39-L41表明了union organizing只是combat high cost of living的一种有效手段）

shellsnow

求教斑竹和nn.

第一题 d 为什么不对？题目问的是 the author suggest 应该是个 author的观点把？？？

Second question, why not d,d saying the goal of the women that contract to the Socielists.

Please help

shellsnow

第三题c是不是错在historical perspective 啊？？

claudius77

以下是引用shellsnow在2005-12-27 1:43:00的发言：

求教斑竹和nn.

第一题 d 为什么不对？题目问的是 the author suggest 应该是个 author的观点把？？？

Second question, why not d,d saying the goal of the women that contract to the Socielists.

Please help

Q25
The author suggests which of the following about the New York Socialists’ commitment to the cost- of-living movement?

D. It coincided with their attempts to bring more Women into union organizing.

D错误的原因在于，根据原文，Union Organizing是一个抵制高物价的一种手段，而非Socialists们的目标之一，因而并不存在所谓的cost-of-living运动和组织更多的女性加入工会这样两个目标相统一。

Q26
It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of the boycotting women was the

A. achievement of an immediate economic outcome (L49-L55描述了动机，L60-L64描述了效果）
D. development of one among a number of different approaches that the women wished to employ in combating the high cost of living.

原文：the boycotters, by sharp contrast, joined the price protest movement out of an urgent and deeply felt commitment to the cost-of-living issue.

和Socialists相反，这些抵制运动的参与者们加入这场物价抵制运动是出于对物价水平问题一种切身的体验。

Consumer organizing spoke directly to their daily lives and concerns; they saw cheaper food as a valuable
end in itself.

消费者们（也就是这些抵制运动的参与者）的活动 直接为他们的生计和关心的问题而奔波；更廉价的食物 这个结果本身 对他们（这些参与运动的人们）而言就是一个有价值的结果。

所以说，选项A就确切的表达了这层含义，这些boycotting women的目标正是economic outcome（更廉价的食物就是其中之一）。

D的意思是说那些参与抵制活动的女性们的主要目标是发展出一系列用来抗争高物价的手段。而原文完全没有提及任何其他的手段。显然不正确。

关于union organizing的描述(L20-L49)：

New York Socialists, whose customary spheres of struggle were electoral work and trade union organizing, seized the
opportunity and quickly organized an extensive series of cost-of-living protests designed to direct the women’s movement toward Socialist goals.

这里说明了选举活动和组织工会是NY Socialists通常的两种斗争方式。而Cost-of-living抵制活动对他们而言是一种将女权运动导向社会主义目标的契机。由此可见，社会主义才是他们最终的目标。

Underneath the Socialists’ brief commitment to cost-of-living organizing lay a basic indifference to the issue itself. While some Socialists did view price protests as a direct step toward socialism, most Socialists ultimately sought to
divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest.

Socialists虽然组织了抵制活动，但Socialits对cost-of-living这个问题本身是不关心的。虽然有小部分Socialists将物价抵制运动作为一个迈向社会主义的直接步骤，但是大多数的Socialists最终是希望将这场物价抵制活动转向到其他渠道的抵制。

（由此可见，无论是小部分，还是大部分socialists，对他们而言目标都是迈向社会主义，只不过有人认为price protests是直接手段，有人认为是过度）

LACE w:st="on">UnionLACE> organizing, they argued, was the best method through which to combat the high cost of living. For others, cost-of-living or oganizing was valuable insofar as it led women into the struggle for suffrage, and similarly, the suffrage
struggle was valuable insofar as it moved United States society one step closer to socialism.

这些Socialists认为组织工会(Union organizing)是和高物价水平作斗争最有效的手段。对其他人而言，cost-of-living或者组织工会只有在这样的前提下才有意义，那就是当他们能够引导女性们参与选举权的斗争，而且相似的，选举权斗争也只有在它能够使得美国更接近社会主义的大前提下才是有价值的。

请不吝指正!

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endless_tao

以下是引用shellsnow在2005-12-27 1:43:00的发言：

求教斑竹和nn.

第一题 d 为什么不对？题目问的是 the author suggest 应该是个 author的观点把？？？

Second question, why not d,d saying the goal of the women that contract to the Socielists.

Please help

从39-40行来看，第一题的d符合“some”的观点。（可能是）台湾的考友已经用繁体中文在机井区讨论了挺多。

另：26题的C项各位是怎样翻译的？偶不太明白。谢谢。

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