请教OG11-130

木棉

130. Which of the following is the best example of writing that is likely to be subject to the kinds of "handicaps" referred to line 31?

原文“Woodward confessed with ironic modesty that the first edition" had begun to suffer under some of the handicaps that might be expected in a history of the American Revolution published in 1776."

OG解释“Woodward uses the term in reference to an evaluation of the American Revolution that was written in 1776. In 1776, the Revolution had just begun; many very important events were yet to come."

我看了两遍，才发现Woodward 做了个类比，把它的handicap比作“evaluate American Revolution at the beginning in 1776".想请教诸位，如果在考前不知道American Revolution的时间，是不是这道题就做不出来了呢？这不是有悖很多NN们总结出的经验，不要求准备过多考试外的知识吗？