T-9-Q7关于Edison和Westinghouse的。

rucstarchan

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!

yknxhdsy

问题是问对偏离了W同时代人观点被认为是如何，换言之简单点就是与W同时代人的人有一看法，另外一些人有不同的观点对这些人如何看待。首先定位回到原文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 (and for decades afterward) of Edison and Westinghouse as the two “pioneer innovators ” of the electrical industry. 从这句话理看到，H和other recent historians’ works观点一致，注意RECENT这个词，也就是说H是和W同时代的人但他却和如今的人观点一致， prevailing view 是指和W同时代的大多数人的看法，认为爱迪生和W是two “pioneer innovators ",说明和W同时代的大多数给予了高度评价，除了H。E选项中的given the stature that Westinghouse once had说明了这点，大家都认同他的地位，只有H和如今的一些历史学家忽略了他的丰功伟绩。C正好说反了，说成了同时代人的都忽略了他。至于为啥令人惊奇，真的也是暗暗出来的，够阴，够暗的，真的不觉得intriguing 能明显推出SURPRISING.

Amy1989618

intriguing是引人好奇的意思，怎么会有“令人惊叹”的暗示呢？

charles1992

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

hz032478

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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vivianju0122 发表于 2011-11-27 21:40

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

saracarter

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.

littlebluesks

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

soubixl

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？

Kminami

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。