GWD阅读——Seventeenth-centuryphilosopher John Locke...

hksdhfweiuwh

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Seventeenth-century
philosopher John Locke
stated that as much as
Line 99 percent of the value of
(5) any useful product can be
attributed to “the effects of
labor.” For Locke’s intellec-
tual heirs it was only a short
step to the “labor theory of
(10) value,” whose formulators
held that 100 percent of the
value of any product is gen-
erated by labor (the human
work needed to produce
(15) goods) and that therefore the
employer who appropriates
any part of the product’s
value as profit is practicing
theft.
(20) Although human effort is
required to produce goods
for the consumer market,
effort is also invested in
making capital goods (tools,
(25) machines, etc.), which are
used to facilitate the produc-
tion of consumer goods. In
modern economies about
one-third of the total output of

(30) consumer goods is attribut-
able to the use of capital
goods. Approximately two-
thirds of the income derived
from this total output is paid
(35) out to workers as wages and
salaries, the remaining third
serving as compensation
to the owners of the capital
goods. Moreover, part
(40) of this remaining third is
received by workers who
are shareholders, pension
beneficiaries, and the like.
The labor theory of value
(45) systematically disregards
the productive contribution of
capital goods-- a failing for
which Locke must bear part
of the blame.



2
The author of the passage is primarily concerned with
A. criticizing Locke’s economic theories
B. discounting the contribution of labor in a modern economy
C. questioning the validity of the labor theory of value
D. arguing for a more equitable distribution of business profits
E. contending that employers are overcompensated for capital goods

这道题我在AC之间选择，因为看到原文第一段的那句话（加粗了），所以我认为Locke的观点和labor theory of value还是有区别的，因此排除了C。A的话是不是criticizing太重了？请大家给些建议

redhead

The labor theory of value
(45) systematically disregards
the productive contribution of
capital goods-- a failing for
which Locke must bear part
of the blame.

这句话才是定位的地方。systematically和must bear part of the blame语气已经是critizing

hksdhfweiuwh

谢谢redhead，我也出于相同的考虑选择了A。

但是我那个版本的答案是C，看网上的讨论有些也选了C，不知道有没有比较权威的标答？

hksdhfweiuwh

哪里能够下载到权威答案？