GWD6-Q35 to Q37:
(The following is excerpted from material written in 1992.)
Many researchers regard Thailand’s recent economic growth, as reflected by its gross domestic product (GDP) growth rates, as an example of the success of a modern technological development strategy based on the market economics of industrialized countries.
Yet by focusing solely on aggregate economic growth data as the measure of Thailand’s development, these researchers 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 development 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These researchers, influenced by Robert Heilbroner’s now outdated development theory, tend to view nontechnological development as an obstacle to progress.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 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 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 traditional values and practices, they retard “real” economic development.
GWD6-Q35:
The primary purpose of the passage is to
A.
explain the true reasons for the increase in Thailand’s GDP
B.
argue for the adoption of certain rural development projects
C.
question the value of technological development in Thailand
D.
criticize certain assumptions about economic development in Thailand
E.
compare traditional and modern development strategies in Thailand
答案：D。想问下A为啥不行呢？是不是因为A应该表达成explain the true reasons for Thailand's recent economic growth呢？是不是因为 如文中这句话such projects （rural development projects）are not adequately reflected in the country’s GDP，所以A选项的GDP这个表述不好？还是因为其他原因呢？请多多指教：）
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