GWD-4-Q5 to GWD-4-Q7:

Many scholars have theorized that

economic development, particularly

industrialization and urbanization, con-

Line tributes to the growth of participatory

(5) democracy; according to this theory, it

would seem logical that women would

both demand and gain suffrage投票权 in ever

greater numbers whenever economic

development expanded their economic

(10) opportunities. However, the economic

development theory is inadequate to

explain certain historical facts about the

implementation of women’s suffrage.

For example, why was women’s suf-

(15) frage, instituted nationally in the United

States in 1920, not instituted nationally

in LACE w:st="on">SwitzerlandLACE> until the 1970’s? LACE w:st="on">Indus-LACE>

trialization was well advanced in both

countries by 1920: over 33 percent

(20) of American workers were employed

in various industries, as compared

to 44 percent of Swiss workers.

Granted, LACE w:st="on">SwitzerlandLACE> and the United

States diverged in the degree to

(25) which the expansion of industry coin-

cided with the degree of urbanization:

only 29 percent of the Swiss population

lived in cities of 10,000 or more inhabi-

tants by 1920. However, urbanization

(30) cannot fully explain women’s suffrage.

Within the LACE w:st="on">United StatesLACE> prior to 1920,

for example, only less urbanized

states had granted women suffrage.

Similarly, less urbanized countries

(35) such as Cambodia and LACE w:st="on">GhanaLACE> had

voting rights for women long before

Switzerland did. It is true that Switzer-

land’s urbanized cantons (political

subdivisions) generally enacted

(40) women’s suffrage legislation earlier

than did rural cantons. However,

these cantons often shared other

characteristics—similar linguistic back-

grounds and strong leftist parties—that

may help to explain this phenomenon.

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GWD-4-Q5:

The passage states which of the following about Switzerland’s urbanized cantons区?

1. These cantons shared characteristics other than urbanization that may have contributed to their implementation of women’s suffrage.
2. These cantons tended to be more politically divided than were rural cantons.

3. These cantons shared with certain rural cantons characteristics such as similar linguistic backgrounds and strong leftist parties.

4. The populations of these cantons shared similar views because urbanization furthered the diffusion of ideas among them.

5. These cantons were comparable to the most highly urbanized states in the United States in their stance toward the implementation of women’s suffrage.

这题为什么选A而不是c呢？

However, the economic development theory is inadequate to explain certain historical facts about the implementation of women’s suffrage

- inadequate to explain = applicability

This passage doesnt clarify anything..