gwd8-27-28

fatlara

以下是引用小女公子在2005-5-27 23:05:00的发言：

28. which of the following statements about the modernization of the telephone exchange is supported by information in the passage?
A.      The new technology reduced the role of managers in labor negotiations.
B.      The modernization was implemented without the consent of the employees directly affected by it.
C.      The modernization had an impact that went significantly beyond maintenance routines.
D.      Some of the maintenance workers felt victimized by the new technology.
E.      The modernization gave credence to the view of advocates of social constructivism.
同问28……虽然用排除法蒙出来了，可是我根本说不上abde四个

选项到底是哪里错了。全是感觉

原文:

At the empirical level Clark

shows how a change at the telephone

(55) exchange(定位) from maintenance-intensive

electromechanical switches to semielectronic

switching systems altered

work tasks, skills, training opportunities,

administration, and organization of

(60) workers. (我将这里理解为c中的maintenance routines.具体什么意思,其实也不太清楚)

A.      The new technology reduced the role of managers(原文未提及) in labor negotiations.
B.      The modernization was implemented without the consent of the employees (原文未提及)directly affected by it.
D.      Some of the maintenance workers felt victimized(原文未提及) by the new technology.
E.      The modernization gave credence(从原文信息推不出) to the view of advocates of social constructivism.

fatlara

以下是引用rosebudxiaojie在2005-9-12 15:23:00的发言：

27题支持B

inaccurate这层意思是从misrepresent这个词中体现的, 冒号后面的内容已经不是再反映inaccurate而是在说misrepresent的具体内容.这个具体内容就是决定论者是如何认为the implementation of technology的,所以答案是B

选项中regarding后面的内容重点看,这是选项间差别所在

强烈支持!

dreamerps

同意楼上！！！

scorp_w

Clark refutes the extremes of the

constructivists by both theoretical and

empirical arguments. Theoretically he

(45) defines “technology” in terms of relationships

between social and technical

variables. Attempts to reduce the

meaning of technology to cold, hard

metal are bound to fail, for machinery

(50) is just scrap unless it is organized

functionally and supported by appropriate

systems of operation and maintenance.
At the empirical level Clark

shows how a change at the telephone

(55) exchange from maintenance-intensive

electromechanical switches to semielectronic

switching systems altered

work tasks, skills, training opportunities,

administration, and organization of

(60) workers. Some changes Clark attributes

to the particular way management

and labor unions negotiated the introduction

of the technology, whereas

others are seen as arising from the

(65) capabilities and nature of the technology

itself. Thus Clark helps answer

the question: “When is social choice

decisive and when are the concrete

characteristics of technology more

important?”

ng from the

(65) capabilities and nature of the technology

itself.

仔细读一下！这一段就是28的答案，有点长，有点晦涩，但很有条理！

有色的部分是重点！

catcenter

弱弱的问

这段话怎么就能推出

C.      The modernization had an impact that went significantly beyond maintenance routines

这个选项到底是什么意思?

catcenter

是不是from maintenance-intensive

electromechanical switches

就是maintenance routines

to semielectronic

switching systems altered

work tasks, skills, training opportunities,

administration, and organization of

(60) workers.

就是went significantly beyond maintenance routines?

catcenter

顶下?

mba06

agree. "work tasks, skills, training opportunities, administration, and organization of (60) workers" is not maintainence routine. It is beyond the routine. In telephony exchange world, maintainence routine means to routinely check the machine for problems.

Q27. A is surely the answer.

lexie

I agree with Floor 14's locating strategy. Routine means the performance of FIXED steps or actions...Routine implies "a change" 

wei_wangyan

以下是引用catcenter在2006-5-8 23:48:00的发言：

是不是from maintenance-intensive

electromechanical switches

就是maintenance routines

to semielectronic

switching systems altered

work tasks, skills, training opportunities,

administration, and organization of

(60) workers.

就是went significantly beyond maintenance routines?

不同意定位在这个地方。

看题目：Which of the following statements about the modernization of the telephone exchange is supported by information in the passage?

再看答案C：The modernization had an impact that went significantly beyond maintenance routines.

关于modernization of....应该定位在文章首句

Jon Clark’s study of the effect of

the modernization of a telephone

exchange on exchange maintenance

Line      work
                        and workers is a solid contribution

(5)       to a debate that encompasses two

lively issues in the history and social-

ogy of technology: technological

determinism and social constructivism.

偶认为相同颜色部分都是对应的，或者说改写，而黄色部分的and workers恰恰是beyong的部分。

这一点可以从整篇文章中Clark的立场来确定。

大家定位在文章中部的这一段文字很牵强：第一，没有提到中心词modernization；第二、没有提到impact。

一家之言，仅供参考。（这篇文章总算明白点了）