OG 11-86

charlie6989

In 1955 Maurice Duverger published The Political Role of Women, the first behavioralist, multinational comparison of women’s electoral participation ever to use election data and survey data together. His study analyzed women’s patterns of voting, political candidacy, and political activism in four European countries during the first half of the twentieth century. Duverger’s research findings were that women voted somewhat less frequently than men (the difference narrowing the longer women had the vote) and were slightly more conservative
Duverger’s work set an early standard for the sensitive analysis of women’s electoral activities. Moreover, to Duverger’s credit, he placed his findings in the context of many of the historical processes that had shaped these activities. However, since these contexts have changed over time, Duverger’s approach has proved more durable than his actual findings. In addition, Duverger’s discussion of his findings was hampered by his failure to consider certain specific factors important to women’s electoral participation at the time he collected his data: the influence of political regimes, the effects of economic factors, and the ramifications of political and social relations between women and men. Given this failure, Duverger’s study foreshadowed the enduring limitations of the behavioralist approach ‘to the multinational study of women’s political participation.

86.    According to the passage, Duverger’s study was unique in 1955 in that it
(A) included both election data and survey data 
(B) gathered data from sources never before used in political studies
(C) included an analysis of historical processes
(D) examined the influence on voting behavior of the relationships between women and men
(E) analyzed not only voting and political candidacy but also other political activities

why this answer is A , not E

charlie6989

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cyyp

E是不对的亚，因为Duverger没有考虑“other political activities”嘛

cyyp

哦，还有，阅读一定要精准定位，不容许有一丝一毫的自己的判断。

这个答案非常清楚明白地在第一句写出来了：

the first behavioralist, multinational comparison of women’s electoral participation ever to use election data and survey data together.

所以当然选A

charlie6989

可是我不明白
題目不是問unique 嗎？？
可是ever to use election data and survey data together.
不是表示曾經有使用過的嗎？？

charlie6989

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teddycyd

In 1955 Maurice Duverger published The Political Role of Women, the first behavioralist, multinational comparison of women’s electoral participation ever to use election data and survey data together

答案就在首句

the first... ever是第一个的意思

   ever用作副词，意为“曾经、以前、无论何时、总是”等

    ever与比较级连用，译为“以前、以往、任何时候”。

It is raining hard than ever．雨下得比以前更大了。

When she got the letter，she became an-grier than ever．拿到信时，她比以前更生气了。

ener与最高级连用，译为“空前、有史以来、从来没有”。

Ithink she is the best actress ever．我认为她是至今最优秀的演员。

This is the biggest harvest ever．这是空前未有的大丰收。

charlie6989

感謝

jonathan1987

 the first behavioralist, multinational comparison of women’s electoral participation ever to use election data and survey data together

这句话就是答案