For many years, historians thought that the development of capitalism had not faced serious challenges in the United Line States. Writing in the early twentieth cen- (5) tury, Progressive historians sympathized with the battles waged by farmers and small producers against large capitalists in the late nineteenth century, but they did not question the widespread acceptance (10) of laissez-faire (unregulated) capitalism throughout American history. Similarly, Louis Hartz, who sometimes disagreed with the Progressives, argued that Americans accepted laissez-faire capitalism (15) without challenge because they lacked a feudal, precapitalist past. Recently, however, some scholars have argued that even though laissez-faire became the prevailing ethos in nineteen-century (20) America, it was not accepted without struggle. Laissez-faire capitalism, they suggest, clashed with existing religious and communitarian norms that imposed moral constraints on acquisitiveness to (25) protect the weak from the predatory, the strong from corruption, and the entire culture from materialist excess. Buttressed by mercantilist notions that government should be both regulator and promoter (30) of economic activity, these norms persisted long after the American Revolution helped unleash the economic forces that produced capitalism. These scholars argue that even in the late nineteenth (35) century, with the government’s role in the economy considerably diminished, laissez-faire had not triumphed completely. Hard times continued to revive popular demands for regulating busi- (40) ness and softening the harsh edges of laissez-faire capitalism. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q35: The primary purpose of the passage is to A. reveal the underlying similarities of certain arguments regarding the development of capitalism in the United States
B. synthesize two competing arguments regarding the development of capitalism in the United States
C. defend an established argument regarding the development of capitalism in the United States
D. summarize a scholarly refutation of an argument regarding the development of capitalism in the United States
E. discuss a new methodology for the study of the development of capitalism in the United States
Answer
这是天山九－35，第３５回没有看到讨论汇总里有相关的前人讨论,
这题35题我第一次测时,只抓前面三个大字所以快速选了D选,
觉得本文的确在summarize一些scholars的论点,…………,但是
当我再仔细回读之后发现我在B和D选之间陷入二难的局面….
很难再把B选剔除……….原因如下:
1.Summarize 与synthesize语意上相通
2.two competing argument也有,就是指historians的论点与scholars的论点不太一样
而正确答案D表示summarize有关在美国资本主义发展的论证的一个refutation,感觉上也对!!!!
的确是在对这个放任的自由主义广被接受提出refutate…….
天啊!!!!!!!!哪位好心的大大能帮忙解答????
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