OG12 RC43

applemay

In recent years, teachers of introductory
courses in Asian American studies have been facing a dilemma 提出问题 nonexistent a few decades 注意表示时间的词语 ago, when hardly any texts in that field were available 早先的情况. Today表示时间的词语，与上一时间词形成对比,
(5) excellent anthologies and other introductory texts exist, and books on individual Asian American nationality groups and on general issues important for Asian Americans are published almost weekly. Even professors who are experts in the field find
(10) it difficult to decide which of these to assign to students; nonexperts who teach in related areas and are looking for writings for and by Asian Americans to include in survey courses are in an even worse position问题的具体内容.
(15)    A complicating factor问题的成因 has been the continuing lack of specialized one-volume reference works on Asian Americans, such as biographical dictionaries or desktop encyclopedias. Such works would enable students taking Asian American studies
(20) courses (and professors in related fields) to look up basic information on Asian American individuals, institutions, history, and culture without having to wade through mountains of primary source material. In addition 递进，承接前面的内容, given such works, Asian
(25) American studies professors might feel more free to include more challenging Asian American material in their introductory reading lists,(46) since good reference works allow students to acquire on their own the
background information necessary to interpret
(30) difficult or unfamiliar material.
43. The “dilemma” mentioned in line 3 can best be characterized as being caused by the necessity to make a choice when faced with a
(A)    lack of acceptable alternatives.
(B)    lack of strict standards for evaluating alternatives。
(C)    preponderance of bad alternatives as compared to good。
(D)    multitude of different alternatives
(E)    large number of alternatives that are nearly identical in content。
定位到第一段，应该是A啊，为什么是D呢？D讲的有很多难以选择，可是这不是第二段的内容吗？难道是题目理解不对，求大大解释下，另翻译下题目，谢谢了

zhaoyiqing

现在面临一个dilemma，是decades ago 没有出现过的dilemma，后面的那个when hardly any texts in that field were available是先前的情况，正如你所说；现在的情况是后一句提到的有优秀的选集和练习册以及每周都有大量的书出版；
题目问的是“The “dilemma” mentioned in line 3 can best be characterized as being caused by the necessity to make a choice when faced with a“----第三行提到的dilemma can best be characterized 因为被一种必要性所引起，当面临什么的时候需要作出选择的必要性（问题翻译的不好，你再理解下原文），反正意思就是dilemma是由于什么引起来的
A 由于缺少alternative--是之前的情况了，问的是当下的dilemma，因此不对
D选项和后面提到的有大量书籍出版那句一致，正解。

charles1992

这个dilemma是In recent years，并且nonexistent a few decades ago的，when hardly any texts in that field were available 是修饰a few decades的。
后面是today，有很多资料了。
也就是说recent years和这个today是对应的，所以是D

tracy214wxy

我可不可以问 complicating factor是什么意思。。。