Huang Hsin-Yi \$m[1]:我覺得答案是C耶!
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
Answer:E
what are "views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries?"
W的同代認為w和E一樣重要
What is "shift"?
認為E比較重要
換言之,題目是問"shift"是什麼,因此答案不會是E
根據This comparative
neglect of Westinghouse is
consistent with other recent historians’
works, 這個對w的忽略和最近的歷史家一樣
although it marks an intriguing
(15) 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.
雖然它標記著對以前想法(認為兩個一樣重要)的有趣轉變
This comparative
neglect of Westinghouse is
consistent with other recent historians’
works,這句話地態度看不出來現代是普遍所有歷史學家都忽略
還是 只有一部份的歷史學家忽略。但是可以知道,現在是有歷史學家忽略。
although it marks an intriguing
(15) 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.
從although後面知道 當時古代評價對於兩位學者是"相等重要的"
而 it指的是 neglect of W 是從Prevailing view分歧出來的
而且是"有趣"的分歧,我認為這intriguing這字意含很深
顯然暗指那些neglect of W觀點應該是尚未得到廣泛認可的
僅僅只是"有趣"的分歧。
The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as
view of W's contemporaries指的就是與W同時代的人之看法
而跟他們看法不一樣的shift自然指的就是neglect of W
C. reflective of modern neglect of the views of previous
Thomas Huge 的neglect of W看法只是跟現在有些歷史學家的看法一樣
而作者認為這些看法"intriguing" 所以找不到文章有說TH的neglect of view可以做為reflective of modern neglect...
E. surprising, given the stature that Westinghouse once had
Surprising 呼應 intrigue 雖然有點難聯想 但起碼態度上都屬於"作者認為意想不到的" 跟although那整句呼應!
雖然C看起來很冠冕堂皇 不過仔細推敲 邏輯說不過去
而E的surprising雖然態度過於強烈 但是還算說得過去!
So I go for E.