文章是这样的： 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.
95. The passage implies that, in comparing four European countries, Duverger found that the voting rates of women and men were most different in the country in which women (A) were most politically active (B) ran for office most often (C) held the most conservative political views (D) had the most egalitarian relations with men (E) had possessed the right to vote for the shortest time
答案是E， 官方解释：（官方解释看不懂，因为有句话没有理解明白，the difference narrowing the longer women had the vote 谁能解释一下这句话的意思？） Inference Th e comparison of voting rates is discussed at the end of the fi rst paragraph and forms the basis for the required inference. Duverger found that women voted somewhat less frequently than men but that this diff erence narrowed the longer the women had the vote (lines 9–11). Th at is, there was an ongoing process of convergence in voting rates for women and men, as the time period for which women had the vote lengthened. Th is suggests that at one end, when women had been voting for the shortest time, voting rates were most dissimilar, and at the other end, when women had been voting for the longest time, the rates were most similar. A Women’s political activism is not suggested as a reason for the diff erence. B Women’s political candidacy is not suggested as a reason for the diff erence. C Women’s political views are not suggested as a reason for the diff erence. D Women’s egalitarian relations with men are not suggested as a reason for the diff erence. E Correct. Duverger’s fi nding is of (apparently steady, ongoing) convergence in votingfrequency rates between women and men over time. Th is supports the inference that the shorter the time period, the less convergence—i.e., the more divergence— there is in voting-frequency rates. Th e correct answer is E.
Inference中提到，Duverger found that women voted somewhat less frequently than men but that this diff erence narrowed the longer the women had the vote(lines 9–11). 应该是说，妇女投票的时间越长，差距就缩小了。这种差距指的是women voted somewhat less frequently than men.问题问的是most different，对照一下答案应该是the shortest time.
Inference中提到，Duverger found that women voted somewhat less frequently than men but that this diff erence narrowed the longer the women had the vote(lines 9–11). 应该是说，妇女投票的时间越长，差距就缩小了。这种差距指的是women voted somewhat less frequently than men.问题问的是most different，对照一下答案应该是the shortest time.
the difference narrowing the longer women had the vote 即女性越早拥有vote的权利，男女之间的这种diffeence就会narrow, 所以这句话取反就是越晚拥有选举权的女性，她们与男性间的这种difference就会越大（即most different）。
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