Some historians contend that con-ditions in the United States during the Second World War gave rise to a Line
dynamic wartime alliance between
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trade unions and the African American community, an alliance that advanced the cause of civil rights.
They con- clude that the postwar demise权利的让渡 of this vital alliance constituted a lost oppor-
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tunity for the civil rights movement that followed the war.
Other scholars, however, have portrayed organized labor as defending all along the rela- tively privileged position of White
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workers relative to African American workers.
Clearly, these two perspec- tives are not easily reconcilable, but the historical reality is not reducible to one or the other.一种理论说工会和黑人工人妥协，另一种理论说工会一直在维护白人工人的特权地位。这两种理论无法轻易调和，但是历史事实和这两种理论也都无法调和。
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Unions faced a choice between either maintaining the prewar status quo or promoting a more inclusive approach that sought for all members the right to participate in the internal
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affairs of unions, access to skilled and high-paying positions within the occupational hierarchy, and protec- tion against management’s arbitrary authority in the workplace.
While
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union representatives often voiced this inclusive ideal, in practice unions far more often favored entrenched确立的interests.The accelerating develop- ment of the civil rights movement
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following the Second World War exacerbated恶化 the unions’ dilemma, forcing trade unionists to confront contradictions in their own practices.Q7:According to the passage, the historians mentioned in line 1 and the scholars mentioned in line 11 disagree about the
A contribution made by organized labor to the war effort during the Second World War
B issues that union members considered most important during the Second World War
C relationship between unions and African Americans during the Second World War
D effect of the Second World War on the influence of unions in the workplace
E extent to which African Americans benefited from social and political changes following the Second World War
答案选了B，我两次做都选C
I think it should be C
B will be acceptable if the statement changes into "issues that union members considered most important AFTER the WWII."作者: SDty8 时间: 2012-2-28 19:04
I chose C too. Don't know why the answer is B?作者: bodkicker 时间: 2012-2-29 06:50
呵呵，那我就心定了。作者: overdrivewang 时间: 2012-2-29 19:00
support C. after I saw the answer B, I read the paragraph triple times and still think C is better. "According to the passage" means we can find it directly from the paragraph, I can not find answer b.作者: xiaomakunkun 时间: 2012-3-1 06:58
