1(E)
根据“literature”定位原文
“Much of the literature concerning right-to-work laws implies that such legislation has not actually had a significant impact. This point of view, however, has not gone uncriticized. Thomas V Carroll has proposed that the conclusions drawn by previous researchers are attributable to their myopic focus on the premise that, unless right-to-work laws significantly reduce union membership within a state, they have no effect.”
这里的reasoning为:提出结果,而该结果是建立在一个比较片面的基础之上
选项(E)
“fare increase in a public transportation system does not significantly reduce the number of fares sold: the management of the public transportation system asserts, therefore, that the fare hike has had no negative effects”为最佳选项
2(C)
根据“Carroll’s study”定位原文
“Carroll argues that the right-to-work laws “do matter” in that such laws generate differences in real wages across states. Specifically, Carroll indicates that while right-to-work laws may not “destroy” unions by reducing the absolute number of unionized workers, they do impede the spread of unions and thereby reduce wages within right-to-work states.”
选项(C)” It argues that right-to-work laws have affected wages in right-to-work states”为原意复述
3(A)
根据“craft unions”定位原文
“although craft unionism
increase the differential between the wages of White workers and Black workers due to the traditional exclusion of minority workers from unions in the craft sectors of the labor market,”
“due to”说明产生differential的原因,换句话说,member from unions有更高的wages
即
“Craft unions have been successful in ensuring that the wages of their members remain higher than the wages of nonunion workers in the same occupational groups”
4(E)
根据“the effect industrial unionism”定位原文
“In fact, Ashenfelter estimates that industrial unionism decreases the differential between the wages of Black workers and White workers by about 3 percent”
即“Industrial unionism has contributed strongly to a 3 percent decrease in the wage differential between Black workers and White workers”
5(B)
根据“counteract the effects of a decrease in unions’ economic power to raise wages in right-to-work states”定位原文
“Black workers in right-to-work states would therefore experience a decline in their relative economic positions unless there is strong economic growth in right-to-work states, creating labor shortages and thereby driving up wages”
选项(B)为最佳选项
“strong economic growth that creates labor shortages”
6(D)
第1题的分析告诉我们:作者在攻击一建立在片面基础上的观点。作者然后引用Caroll的studies进一步论证,并提到positive effect和craft/industrial unionism的具体表现
“a review of research that challenges the conclusions of earlier researchers5”