Benjamin Franklin is portrayed in American history as the quintessential self-made man. In
“Self-reliance”, Emerson asks, “Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin...?” In
fact, Franklin took instruction widely, and his scientific work was highly collaborative. Friends
in England sent equipment needed for his electrical experiments, others, in Philadelphia,
helped him set up his workshop there. Philip Syng constructed a device for generating
electrical charges, while Tomas Hopkinson demonstrated the potential of pointed conductors.
Franklin, in addition to being the group’s theoretician, wrote and published its results. His
fame as an individual researcher is partly a consequence of the shorthand by which
when one person writes about a group’s discoveries, history sometimes grants singular
credit for collective effort.
2. Emerson is mentioned in the passage primarily to
A. identify the origin of a particular understanding of Franklin
B. elaborate on a view of Franklin that the author takes issue with
C. point to a controversial claim about Franklin’s historical legacy
D. introduce the question of who Franklin’s main scientific influences were
E. suggest that Franklin was resistant to collaboration with other scientists
A 错误在origin...作者引用Emerson, 但是作者没有说,因为Emerson的对Franklin的这句话,大家就觉得Franklin是个Self- made man. 没有提到任何来源。。
B 我第一眼被迷惑了。。elaborate on a view of Franklin that the author takes issue with ..B错误在。 on a view of Franklin。。。作者不是和Franklin的观点 take issue with.而是对其他人对Franklin 评价为self-made man 这个观点 take the issue with.
C表达的是作者这句话是为了Point to 第一句话(claim on Franklin's legacy)