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Put more strongly,technology can be a primary determi-nant of social and managerial organization.  Clark believes this possibility has been obscured by the recent sociological fashion。clark相信technology已经被obscured，所以取否就是clark的观点了。(B) There would be greater understanding of the
role played by technology in producing social change.
迷惑项是E，the role of business,not mentioned.

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125. According to the passage, constructivists employed
which of the following to promote their argument?
(A) Empirical studies of business situations involving
technological change
(B) Citation of managers supportive of their position
(C) Construction of hypothetical situations that
support their view
(D) Contrasts of their view with a misstatement of
an opposing view
(E) Descriptions of the breadth of impact of
technological change

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constructivists gain acceptance by misrepresenting technological determinism. misrepresenting 和misstatement 是一个意思。所以是D.

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126. The author of the passage uses the expression “are
supposed to” in line 27 primarily in order to
(A) suggest that a contention made by
constructivists regarding determinists is
inaccurate
(B) defi ne the generally accepted position of
determinists regarding the implementation of
technology
(C) engage in speculation about the motivation of
determinists
(D) lend support to a comment critical of the
position of determinists
(E) contrast the historical position of determinists
with their position regarding the exchange
modernization

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定位：The constructivists gain acceptance
by misrepresenting technological deter-
minism:  technological determinists are
supposed to believe, for example, that
machinery imposes appropriate forms
of order on society.  从constructivist的观点来描述determinist的观点肯定是不准确的，所以用 supposed to believe，表示的是一种假设。A

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127. Which of the following statements about Clark’s study
of the telephone exchange can be inferred from
information in the passage?
(A) Clark’s reason for undertaking the study was to
undermine Braverman’s analysis of the function
of technology.
(B) Clark’s study suggests that the implementation
of technology should be discussed in the context
of confl ict between labor and management.
(C) Clark examined the impact of changes in the
technology of switching at the exchange in
terms of overall operations and organization.
(D) Clark concluded that the implementation of new
switching technology was equally benefi cial to
management and labor.
(E) Clark’s analysis of the change in switching
systems applies only narrowly to the situation at
the particular exchange that he studied