GWD-5-5~7

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Many scholars have theorized that

       economic development, particularly

       industrialization and urbanization, con-

Line       tributes to the growth of participatory

  (5)      democracy;  according to this theory, it

would seem logical that women would

both demand and gain suffrage in ever

greater numbers whenever economic

development expanded their economic

 (10)      opportunities.  However, the economic

development theory is inadequate to

explain certain historical facts about the

implementation of women’s suffrage.

For example, why was women’s suf-

 (15)      frage, instituted nationally in the United

States in 1920, not instituted nationally

in Switzerland until the 1970’s?  Indus-

trialization was well advanced in both

countries by 1920:  over 33 percent

 (20)      of American workers were employed

       in various industries, as compared

       to 44 percent of Swiss workers.

Granted, Switzerland and the United

States diverged in the degree to

 (25)      which the expansion of industry coin-

cided with the degree of urbanization:

only 29 percent of the Swiss population

lived in cities of 10,000 or more inhabi-

tants by 1920.  However, urbanization

 (30)      cannot fully explain women’s suffrage.

Within the United States prior to 1920,

for example, only less urbanized

       states had granted women suffrage.

Similarly, less urbanized countries

(35)          such as Cambodia and Ghana had

voting rights for women long before

Switzerland did.  It is true that Switzer-

land’s urbanized cantons (political

subdivisions) generally enacted

(40)          women’s suffrage legislation earlier

than did rural cantons.  However,

these cantons often shared other

characteristics—similar linguistic back-

grounds and strong leftist parties—that

may help to explain this phenomenon.

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Q5: GWD-4-5

The passage states which of the following about Switzerland’s urbanized cantons?

             

1. These cantons shared characteristics other than urbanization that may have contributed to their implementation of women’s suffrage.

2. These cantons tended to be more politically divided than were rural cantons.

3. These cantons shared with certain rural cantons characteristics such as similar linguistic backgrounds and strong leftist parties.

4. The populations of these cantons shared similar views because urbanization furthered the diffusion of ideas among them.

5. These cantons were comparable to the most highly urbanized states in the United States in their stance toward the implementation of women’s suffrage.

 

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Q6: GWD-4-6

The primary purpose of the passage is to

             

1. contrast two explanations for the implementation of women’s suffrage

2. demonstrate that one factor contributes more than another factor to the implementation of women’s suffrage

3. discuss the applicability of a theory for explaining the implementation of women’s suffrage

4. clarify certain assumptions underlying a particular theory about the implementation of women’s suffrage

5. explain how a particular historical occurrence was causally connected to the implementation of women’s suffrage
                       

 

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Q7: GWD-4-7

The passage suggests which of the following about urbanization in Switzerland and the United States by 1920?

 

1. A greater percentage of Swiss industrial workers than American industrial workers lived in urban areas.

2. There were more cities of 10,000 or more inhabitants in Switzerland than there were in the United States.

3. Swiss workers living in urban areas were more likely to be employed in industry than were American workers living in urban areas.

4. Urbanized areas of Switzerland were more likely than similar areas in the United States to have strong leftist parties.

5. A greater percentage of the United States population than the Swiss population lived in urban areas.

 请问高手这三道题怎么找出答案？谢谢

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Q5: GWD-4-5， line 37 以后才出现Switzerland’s urbanized cantons, 这部分的意思大概是urbanized cantons的妇女获得suffrage比rural cantons早，但是文章认为原因不是urbanized，而是因为这些urbanized cantons shared othercharacteristics（however 以后的是强调的部分）

Q6: GWD-4-6
文章首先提出一个理论，然后根据此理论推出一个结论，又说这个结论不足以解释某些历史事件，下面就讲它为什么不足以解释某些历史事件。所以它讨论的是一个理论的applicability。

Q7: GWD-4-7
这道题的可以定位到line 23 ～ 29。line 29的however进一步说明了Switzerland的城市化率比A国低