借宝地求问两道题，脑袋想破了也没想明白QAQ
Passage1:
From the 1880s to the 1930s, the textile industry in Japan employed over half of all workers,
most of them in the three major branches of silk reeling, cotton spinning, and weaving.
Because the branches were highly diverse—in scale, skill requirements, and technology—
historians traditionally have analyzed them separately. However, the workforces of all three
were drawn primarily from the same population: young, mostly rural women aged 10 to 25.
Noting this commonality, Hunter argues that a consideration of the three branches of
production together is long overdue: examining elements common to the different branches of
textile production may, she asserts, permit the identification of gender-based factors that may
have influenced the operation of the Japanese female labor market as a whole.
Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.
2. It can be inferred that Hunter regards which of the following to be a shortcoming of
historians’ traditional analyses discussed in the passage?
A. their failure to examine factors common to the three different branches of Japanese textile
production
B. their separation of the Japanese textile industry into three major branches based on
differences in scale, skill requirements, and technology
C. their failure to acknowledge the contribution made by rural women to the different branches
of the textile industry
这个我选了AC，但是答案是A。我认为H提到了commonality所以应该要选C...答案的话，也有可能是因为这个不是主要的弱点所以不选C？啊多选题我真的做的好差，很容易多想或者少想...
For centuries, oak was the wood of choice for European shipbuilders. However, toward the
end of the eighteenth century, as British oak supplies grew scarce, shipbuilders there turned to
teak and found in it an ideal substitute. Other woods expand and contract at different rates
than oak, so repairs to oak ships done with those woods split or leak. Only teak matches oak’s
expansion coefficient and stays watertight. It is unmatched in its resistance to rot and pests,
and its oils even protect nails against corrosion. Moreover, it was one of two important tropical
hardwoods (with Central American mahogany) that dried light enough to float downriver--the
only way to transport timber in quantity from the inland jungles where it grew.
Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.
1. It can be inferred from the passage that an advantage of teak over mahogany is that teak is:
A. more compatible with the materials in existing ships.
B. less susceptible to rot and pests
C. available in greater quantities in inland jungles
这个题我选了A，答案AB。我认为这里提到MAHOGANY和TEAK的只有other woods以及moreover两个地方，答案解析里说的it is unmatched in its resistance to rot and pests是针对teak和oak的对比所以不应该选...