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标题: T-9-Q7关于Edison和Westinghouse的 [打印本页]

作者: teddyabc 时间: 2011-1-17 21:05 标题: T-9-Q7关于Edison和Westinghouse的

T-9-Q5-Q7

In American Genesis, which covers the century of technological innovation in the United States beginning in 1876, Thomas Hughes assigns special prominence to Thomas Edison as archetype of the independent nineteenth-century inventor. However, Hughes virtually ignores Edison’s famous contemporary and notorious adversary in 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 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.

My recent reevaluation of Westin-house, facilitated by materials found in railroad archives, suggests that while Westinghouse and Edison shared important traits as inventors, they 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 simply to generate funding for new inventions. Edison therefore undertook just enough sales, product development, and manufacturing to accomplish this. Westinghouse, however, shared the attitudes of the railroads and other industries for whom he developed innovations: product development standardization, system and order were top priorities. Westinghouse thus better exemplifies the systematic approach to technological development that would become a hallmark of modern corporate research and development.

题目如下：

T-9-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

请问C选项错在哪里？GWD提供的答案是E，可以接受。不能理解C错在哪里，因为原文中有如下句子：This comparative neglect of Westinghouse is consistent with other recent historians’ works, 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.

谢谢!

作者: tania_zhang 时间: 2011-1-18 06:45

题目看完后，implies之类的词让我认为是观点题
必须承认，看完题目没什么感觉，不知道题目所问的情况下，最佳的策略是在选项中找clue
一看，5个选项谁都不挨谁
读了第一段第一句，发现后面有个HOWEVER，没读，因为内容肯定一样，只不过方向相反。
直接看最后一句，根据“Westinghouse thus better exemplifies "这句话做题
A没读到过
B没读到过
C没读到过
D没读到过
E和最后一句方向一致，就它了
做完
GMAT里的阅读，读的越多，越容易出错。根据题目找出需要读的句子才有可能得救。

作者: zhongyaya 时间: 2011-1-18 21:23

C应该是“the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries ”吧？

问题问的是“shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries "

作者: msufcufou 时间: 2011-1-19 06:51

我认为C更好。
提问：shift away from the views of W's contemporaries is regarded as what? (与W时期的人们的观点不同这个现象被看作为。。。？）
C：反映了以前人们的观点被现在的人们忽视了
原文：This comparative neglect of Westinghouse is consistent with other recent historians’ works, although it marks an intriguing departure from the prevailing view during the inventors’ lifetimes
至于D选项，实在找不到原文中哪个词暗示了surprising的含义。有选D的童鞋来解释一下么？

作者: tingting520 时间: 2011-1-19 21:28

This comparative neglect of Westinghouse is consistent with other recent historians’ works, although it marks an intriguing departure from the prevailing view during the inventors’ lifetimes

这句只是在说现在w地位被忽视（neglect of Westinghouse），是针对这个人的。原选项却是说neglect of the views of previous generations，是对过去的人的观点的藐视。

而文中的“intriguing departure”表达了surprise的语气。

ETS就是喜欢考某个形容词暗示出的语气

作者: haileywang 时间: 2011-1-20 06:46

这篇我是觉得这题有问题

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

availability of a commercial market
costs of developing a prototype
originality of his inventions
maintenance of high standards throughout production
generation of enough profits to pay for continued marketing

正选是E,可是怎么能是continued marketing呢，原文的意思是只要有足够的钱来搞下一项发明就够了，没有提到发明的市场推广，所以应该选B，虽然prototype这个词不太准确，但至少说明这个公司是更关注cost的，只要revenue能cover下一项发明的cost就满足了。大家觉得呢

作者: piacia 时间: 2011-1-20 21:17

This comparative neglect of Westinghouse is consistent with other recent historians’ works, althoug ...
tingting520 发表于 2011-1-19 21:28

I agree. In the article, only the Westinghouse's contribution is neglected, not Edision's.

Answer C shows that the current generation neglects the views from the previous generation. The view of the previous generation can be retrieved from this sentence "prevailing view during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for decades afterward) of Edison and Westinghouse as the two "pioneer innovators " of the electrical industry." that is, previous generation considered both Westinghouse and Edison as the pioneer innovators. So answer C is incorrect because it specifies the wrong fact that current generation neglects both westinghouse and edison.

作者: wangliming 时间: 2011-1-21 06:47

这篇我是觉得这题有问题

According to the passage, Edison’s chief concern as an inventor was the
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haileywang 发表于 2011-1-20 06:46

正选是c，我错选了b，也是讲prototype=invention。实际是2回事。用于研究发明的经费不等于开发原型的经费。
事实上原文“For Edison as an inventor, novelty was always paramount”novelty=originality所以选c

作者: IMARCUS 时间: 2011-1-21 21:26

我再补充：
读到however, virtually...intriguing...　时　与surprising搭边了

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