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victorsfu

看了大家的讨论,觉得很多朋友在对这篇文章的理解上有问题,所以才会出现那么多misunderstanding 的地方. 首先说明本题ETS结合了经济学中的很多关联理论，如果没有一点经济学基础的朋友看到本文，很容易就会犯错．

我们先来看３５题．　很多朋友选Ａ，其实Ａ是最不可能选的．因为经济学中ＧＤＰ的计算是不包括人民生活水平提高的．所以泰国的人民生活水平提高根本不管ＧＤＰ增加的事，所以不可能是成为ＲＥＡＬ　ＲＥＡＳＯＮ　ＦＯＲ　ＧＤＰ　ＧＲＯＷＴＨ．

有了这点基本知识以后大家再来理解本文，就能发现其实它只是在说不能只看一个国家的ＧＤＰ增长来定义该国经济增长．而应该同时考虑ＷＥＬＦＡＲＥ的增长等其它因素．　然后它讨论了一下正反例子．

大家再读一下应该可以理解清楚一点了．３５－３７Ｄ，Ａ，Ｃ是我的答案

运河

支持：victorsfu。

本题的关键在于：TOPIC SENTENCE.

本句就是对一种研究方法或者说理论（的假设）进行的批判。

Yet by focusing solely on aggre-

gate economic growth data as the measure

of Thailand’s development, these research-

(10)     ers have overlooked the economic impact of

rural development projects that improve

people’s daily lives at the village level—

such as the cooperative raising of water

buffalo, improved sanitation, and the devel-

(15)     opment of food crops both for consumption

and for sale at local markets; such projects

are not adequately reflected in the country’s GDP.  

zhoujian

我的答案和51楼一样，DAC

jocelyn_z2002

小安阅读一再强调注意作者的attitude, 本文作者的attitude 是，并且肯定是critise, so Dis definitely the right answer.

shzzhengfan

yet...have overlooked  此表达就已确定是用criticize了，已经认为有缺陷了，就不用question(质疑）了

mymengming

是D，自己观点。

assumptions指的是一个是GDP衡量，一个是用其他的一揽子指标衡量。

文章的基调就是反驳，所以A错。且GDP只是提了一下，肯定不能作为一个primary purpose的。

B也只是一个例子而已，是nontechnology的例子，也不可。

文章没有question技术的价值阿，只是反驳有的学者把问题弄得极端了，

所以大家也不要太极端，还是选D的好。不然说不定哪天ETS出个阅读题目，说是不是完全是GMAT的魅力呢？为了一道题目，有一群中国人居然讨论了上百句，还是为了别的目的……。然后问main purpose，哈哈。

想桐桐的蝎子

看了大家的讨论，我原来也是选C，现在觉得还是应该选D，说说我对ASSUMPTION用复数的看法

 

      Many researchers regard Thailand’s

       recent economic growth,
                    as reflected by its

       gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates,

Line       as an example of the success of a modern

  (5)      technological development strategy based

on the market economics of industrialized

countries.  Yet by focusing solely on aggre-

gate economic growth data as the measure

of Thailand’s development, these research-

 (10)      ers have overlooked the economic impact of

rural development projects that improve

people’s daily lives at the village level—

such as the cooperative raising of water

buffalo, improved sanitation, and the devel-

 (15)      opment of food crops both for consumption

and for sale at local markets; such projects

are not adequately reflected in the country’s

GDP.  These researchers, influenced by

Robert Heilbroner’s now outdated develop-

 (20)      ment theory, tend to view nontechnological

       development as an obstacle to progress.

       Heilbroner’s theory has become doctrine in

some economics textbooks:  for example,

Monte Palmer disparages nontechnological

 (25)      rural development projects as inhibiting

constructive change.  Yet as Ann Kelleher’s

two recent case studies of the Thai villages

Non Muang and Dong Keng illustrate, the

nontechnological-versus-technological

 (30)      dichotomy can lead researchers not only to

overlook real advances achieved by rural

development projects but also mistakenly to

       conclude that because such advances are

initiated by rural leaders and are based on

 (35)      traditional values and practices, they retard

“real” economic development.

Q35:灰色代表了总体语气，蓝色代表反对第二个假设的地方，黄色代表反对第一假设的地方

The primary purpose of the passage is to

             

1. explain the true reasons for the increase in Thailand’s GDP
2. argue for the adoption of certain rural development projects
3. question the value of technological development in Thailand
                   

C错误, 作者是在批评有些经济学家overlook了nontechnological development, 而不是the value of technological development. Focus不对.另外从文中语气来说作者已经肯定了原有观点的错误所以是批评而不是仅仅置疑

4. criticize certain assumptions about economic development in Thailand

第一个假设是GDP反应了经济增长，而农业的不能在gdp里反映出来，所以gdp并不是完整真实的，它只反映了科技带来的经济增长，批评了这个假设，另外一个假设是技术导致经济增长，整个第二段也批评了，所以这里有两个假设，用ASSUMPTION的复数

5. compare traditional and modern development strategies in Thailand

dourden

我本来选C，但现在觉得C说value of technological development，而文章主要在说overlook the economic impact of rural development projects，也没否定technological development的作用,这篇文章的目的还是觉得D好

gonghao

以下是引用rhod在2004-7-2 15:45:00的发言：

I agree with D.

A错在explain上面。作者没有explain Thai的经济增长的原因。

这题我虽然我也选了D

但是在A的看法上和rhod有一点异意

我感觉整篇文章说，一些研究说原先只基于GDP和科技进步的情况来判断经济增长的原因overlook了一些其他的因素：比如rural development等等，并且文章最后用引号列出了“real”，反义引用，可见“GDP和科技进步”并非是真正的原因，而是一些nontechnique原因是真正的原因。

文章在解释为什么那些technique 原因不是真正的“real”reason而是其他的原因，比如 economic impact of rural development projects that improve people’s daily lives at the village level—such as the cooperative raising of water buffalo, improved sanitation, and the development of food crops both for consumption and for sale at local markets

文章在一定程度上解释了真正的原因

大家讨论

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-7-7 12:20:46编辑过]

vinlle

35是B啊，整篇文章的focus在rural development，二句转折开始就一直在讨论rural的project，

作者认为忽略了这些project的作用，并且对于研究者们认为这些project不好进行了反驳，这就是argue for啊。支持，不就是为某件事情说话么？