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swordhere

In American Genesis, which covers

the century of technological innovation

in the United States beginning in 1876,

Thomas Hughes assigns special promi-

(5) nence to Thomas Edison as archetype

of the independent nineteenth-century

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inventor. However, Hughes virtually

ignores Edison’s famous contemporary

and notorious adversary in

(10) the field of electric light and power,

George Westinghouse. This comparative

neglect of Westinghouse is

consistent with other recent historians’

works, although it marks an intriguing

(15) departure from the prevailing view

during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for

decades afterward) of Edison and

Westinghouse as the two “pioneer

innovators” of the electrical industry.

(20) My recent reevaluation of Westinghouse,

facilitated by materials found

in railroad archives, suggests that

while Westinghouse and Edison shared

important traits as inventors, they

(25) differed markedly in their approach to

the business aspects of innovation.

For Edison as an inventor, novelty

was always paramount: the overriding

goal of the business of innovation was

(30) simply to generate funding for new

inventions. Edison therefore undertook

just enough sales, product development,

and manufacturing to accomplish this.

Westinghouse, however, shared the

(35) attitudes of the railroads and other

industries for whom he developed

innovations: product development,

standardization, system, and order

were top priorities. Westinghouse

(40) thus better exemplifies the systematic

approach to technological development

that would become a hallmark of modern

corporate research and development.

Q5:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. reevaluate a controversial theory

B. identify the flaws in a study

C. propose a new method of historical research

D. compare two contrasting analyses

E. provide a fresh perspective

答案E  我选B，我觉得B答案也许不如E好，但E这里与gwd1里的一个题目很相似，想知道为什么GWD1那个是对的 而这个不是，它俩有什么区别吗GWD1的文章我贴在2楼

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Q6:

According to the passage, Edison’s chief concern as an inventor was the

A. availability of a commercial market

B. costs of developing a prototype

C. originality of his inventions

D. maintenance of high standards throughout production

E. generation of enough profits to pay for continued marketing

Answer:

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Q7:

The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s

contemporaries should be regarded as

A. a natural outgrowth of the recent revival of interest in Edison

B. a result of scholarship based on previously unknown documents

C. reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous generations

D. inevitable, given the changing trends in historical interpretations

E. surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had

能否给出答案？

主要是第七个有问题    答案E 我选A  

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swordhere

      The fields of antebellum (pre-Civil

          War) political history and women’s his-

          tory use separate sources and focus

Line  on separate issues.  olitical histori-

  (5) ans, examining sources such as voting

records, newspapers, and politicians’

writings, focus on the emergence in the

1840’s of a new “American political

nation,” and since women were neither

(10) voters nor politicians, they receive little

discussion.  Women’s historians, mean-

while, have shown little interest in the

subject of party politics, instead draw-

ing on personal papers, legal  records

(15) such as wills, and records of  female

associations to illuminate women’s

domestic lives, their moral reform

activities, and the emergence of the

woman’s rights movement.

(20)       However, most historians have

underestimated the extent and signifi-

cance of women’s political allegiance

in the antebellum period.  For example,

          in the presidential election campaigns

(25) of the 1840’s, the Virginia Whig party

strove to win the allegiance of Virginia’s

women by inviting them to rallies and

speeches.  According to Whig propa-

ganda, women who turned out at the

(30) party’s rallies gathered information

that enabled them to mold party-loyal

families, reminded men of moral values

          that transcended party loyalty, and con-

ferred moral standing on the party.

(35) Virginia Democrats, in response,

          began to make similar appeals to

women as well.  By the mid-1850’s

the inclusion of women in the rituals of

party politics had become common-

(40) place, and the ideology that justified

such inclusion had been assimilated

by the Democrats.

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Q4:   

The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to

                     

A.      examine the tactics of antebellum political parties with regard to women

B.       trace the effect of politics on the emergence of the woman’s rights movement

C.       point out a deficiency in the study of a particular historical period

D.       discuss the ideologies of opposing antebellum political parties

E.       contrast the methodologies in two differing fields of historical inquiry

这个题目的C与上面的那个B很相似

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Novena

我觉得本文主题在于 My recent reevaluation 而不是强调首段包含的所谓 flaws in study ，所以选E

另外第7题请参考http://forum.chasedream.com/dispbbs.asp?BoardID=25&ID=84267

徵徵

以下是引用swordhere在2005-1-21 13:47:00的发言：

In American Genesis, which covers

the century of technological innovation

in the United States beginning in 1876,

Thomas Hughes assigns special promi-

(5) nence to Thomas Edison as archetype

of the independent nineteenth-century

25

inventor. However, Hughes virtually

ignores Edison’s famous contemporary

and notorious adversary in

(10) the field of electric light and power,

George Westinghouse. This comparative

neglect of Westinghouse is

consistent with other recent historians’

works, although it marks an intriguing

(15) departure from the prevailing view

during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for

decades afterward) of Edison and

Westinghouse as the two “pioneer

innovators” of the electrical industry.

(20) My recent reevaluation of Westinghouse,

facilitated by materials found

in railroad archives, suggests that

while Westinghouse and Edison shared

important traits as inventors, they

(25) differed markedly in their approach to

the business aspects of innovation.

For Edison as an inventor, novelty

was always paramount: the overriding

goal of the business of innovation was

(30) simply to generate funding for new

inventions. Edison therefore undertook

just enough sales, product development,

and manufacturing to accomplish this.

Westinghouse, however, shared the

(35) attitudes of the railroads and other

industries for whom he developed

innovations: product development,

standardization, system, and order

were top priorities. Westinghouse

(40) thus better exemplifies the systematic

approach to technological development

that would become a hallmark of modern

corporate research and development.

Q5:

The primary purpose of the passage is to

A. reevaluate a controversial theory

B. identify the flaws in a study

C. propose a new method of historical research

D. compare two contrasting analyses

E. provide a fresh perspective

答案E  我选B，我觉得B答案也许不如E好，但E这里与gwd1里的一个题目很相似，想知道为什么GWD1那个是对的 而这个不是，它俩有什么区别吗GWD1的文章我贴在2楼

Fresh，perspective 已经分别和文中对应，请楼主看一下。

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Q6:

According to the passage, Edison’s chief concern as an inventor was the

A. availability of a commercial market

B. costs of developing a prototype

C. originality of his inventions

D. maintenance of high standards throughout production

E. generation of enough profits to pay for continued marketing

Answer:

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Q7:

The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s

contemporaries should be regarded as

A. a natural outgrowth of the recent revival of interest in Edison

B. a result of scholarship based on previously unknown documents

C. reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous generations

D. inevitable, given the changing trends in historical interpretations

E. surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had

能否给出答案？

主要是第七个有问题    答案E 我选A  

我选的是C。

ring_cheng

C说的是H忽视了以前（也就是爱迪生时期的）的（对爱及W的）观点；

而文中说的是：虽然H的新观点很有意思，因为他的观点与当时普遍认为爱与W都是先锋发明家的观点相背，但H作家还是忽视了W的贡献（而不是忽视前人的观点）

C是看似改写的混淆选项。

gigiga0118

Q5

the primary purpose of the passage is to

E provide a fresh perspective

我無法定位到這個部分

請nn幫忙一下.....

gigiga0118

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evan5294

sigh一个

支持B的举手

babydevil

这篇文章很诡异，按照公布的标准答案我三道题都做错，虽然文章看懂了。

第五题仔细想来B和E好像都有道理，但如果在考场上我坚决选B，坚持新东方传统观点：新老观点对比型文章首段however后边是主题句，主题从前不从后，第二段属于延伸性无关内容。"However, Hughes virtually ignores Edison’s famous contemporary and notorious adversary in the field of electric light and power,George Westinghouse. "

第六题，没什么好说的，定位于"For Edison as an inventor, novelty was always paramount",如果paramount认得就不会错了

第七题，定位于一段末句，但到底是选C还是选E呢？想了半天都没明白，似乎2个都对。希望NN指教。

wycg

Q7:

C选项从严格上讲有问题: C说的是现代人对前人观点的忽略的一种反映.

我觉的C里的neglect有问题; 原文说现代人只是 对前人的观点的部分忽略不是全部.C没有把部分忽略体现出来.

原文说: 前人认为WH和爱都很有名.  而现代人只认为爱有名而忽略了WH. 所以不能全否,因为现代人还是认为爱有名的,这和前人的观点一样,在这点上,现代人没有忽略前人的观点.

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