天山 9-5—6

lupisces

 For Edison as an inventor, novelty was always paramount: the overriding goal of the business of innovation was simply to generate funding for new inventions.

 

T-9-Q6 ans C

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

。。。为什么都定位在paramount呢？我觉得chief和overriding很对应啊。。。

希望有人回答，好像没什么人问这个。。。

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-5-2 11:02:48编辑过]

qqiaoer

原文是  generate funding for new inventions     

而 E 是

E.       generation of enough profits to pay for continued marketing

所以肯定不能选 e

hlp1222

以下是引用happydongxi在2009/1/4 14:38:00的发言：

第5题我还是觉得应该选B.E中的refresh无法在原文中找到定位,而且第一段中最后一句话: although it marks an intriguing 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.能够看出作者后边论述的观点是原来的E和W同时代的评论家们一直推崇的,怎么能说是fresh的呢?

我也是这个没想明白 才选了B

有没有知道

可以站出来解释下嘛？？  感激不尽

icefiremin

同样文章看懂但三题全错的人飘过……
第6题我选B，错在不认识novelty和originality，没话说。
第7题我选A，痛打自己50大板！错在没有回原文定位想当然地选了A，其实原文it marks an intriguing……intriguing一词正是surprising的完美解读！

但是第5题我选的也是B，而且还选得很有把握，因此非常疑惑E的答案。

hdyxxnn

看来看懂全错的不只一个……好狡猾……

dadaboby

看完了觉得简单，结果全错。。。。
回头看下答案确实没错。。

arlthes

The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as这句子哪个NN能翻译一下？
这个除去W当代人的观点可以被视为？

given the stature that Westinghouse once had
给予W曾经拥有的形象？

但是文章讲这个it marks an intriguing departure from the prevailing view 就是本身被当代人认同形象，这个形象都被背离了，怎么还会是重新给予其曾经拥有的形象。