大家帮忙分析一下OG22篇的两个问题[求助]

wangyu73cn

在OG的解释中，Choice E is incorrect because no definition like Baker’s is discussed in the first paragraph. 我想，这里的解释认为，amplify不是redefine，而是在原定义或基本相同的定义之上进行说明，如果使amplify成立，那第一段中就应给出类似Baker的定义。

supermonkey

偶是136题想不通：

136. The information in the passage suggests that a pre1960’s political historian would have been most likely to undertake which of the following studies?

(A)  An analysis of voting trends among women voters of the 1920’s

(B)  A study of male voters’ gradual ideological shift from party politics to issue-oriented politics

(C)  A biography of an influential nineteenth-century minister of foreign affairs

(D) An analysis of narratives written by previously unrecognized women activitists

(E)  A study of voting trends among naturalized immigrant laborers in a nineteenth-century logging camp

偶选择的是B，倒也不认为B正确。但是偶是把C最先排除的。。。

因为这个选项里面的好几个词文中都没有出现过，

ETS的解释偶也没琢磨明白:

The best answer is C. The fist sentence of the passage implies that prior to the 1960’s, political

historians tended to focus on leaders and institutions. A biography of an influential

nineteenth-century minister of foreign affairs thus would have been a typical project for a political

historian prior to the 1960’s.

哪位前辈给指点一下迷津啊,谢谢.

wangyu73cn

找出一个显赫人物的例子就满足题目要求了。所以C就对了。

supermonkey

以下是引用wangyu73cn在2005-8-29 12:13:00的发言：
找出一个显赫人物的例子就满足题目要求了。所以C就对了。

稍微有点开窍了。。。

谢谢谢谢

ProteinMonica

133. It ban be inferred that the author of the passage quotes Baker directly in the second paragraph primarily in order to

(A) clarify a position before providing an alternative ot that position

(B) differentiate between a novel definition and traditional definitions

(C) provide an example of a point agreed on by different generations of scholars

(D) provide an example of the prose style of an important historian

(E) amplify a definition given in the first pargraph

The best answer is B. The first paragraph suggests that political activity had been defined in terms of voting, party politics, and office holding, whereas the second paragraph indicates that Baker broadened the definition to include any action influencing government or community issues. Thus, the author’s direct quotation serves to display the difference between Baker’s definition and more traditional definitions. Because no alternative view is discussed after the discussion of Baker’s, A can be eliminated. Choice C is incorrect because, as the passage indicates, the definition offered by Baker is not one on which different generations of scholars agree. Choice D can be eliminated because the author displays no interest in Baker’s prose style. Choice E is incorrect because no definition like Baker’s is discussed in the first paragraph.

看看OG对选项B的解释，一会儿又变成了broadened the definition， 如果是这样，不如干脆选E?

zx_nju

By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker has developed a political history that includes women.

重新定义了一个概念，在第一段概念的基础上加了“women”,应该是新旧两个概念。

E)amplify是加强的意思，比如通过举例或补充，意思要求是一个概念，“a definition given in the first pargraph”，从文章结构来看是先给出旧观点，后给出新观点。所以不选E.

ProteinMonica

amplify - To write or discourse at length; expatiate

谢谢zx,有点明白了，我一直以为amplify=broaden呢。看来还是有差别的，broaden可以是扩大概念的范畴，而amplify是对一个概念的进一步引申和阐述。

行缘

以下是引用zx_nju在2005-10-17 18:10:00的发言：

By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker has developed a political history that includes women.

重新定义了一个概念，在第一段概念的基础上加了“women”,应该是新旧两个概念。

E)amplify是加强的意思，比如通过举例或补充，意思要求是一个概念，“a definition given in the first pargraph”，从文章结构来看是先给出旧观点，后给出新观点。所以不选E.

高手，所以og说because no definition like Baker’s is discussed in the first paragraph。