一道GRE阅读机经题~求解答谢谢！

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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

这个题选C，请问为什么A不对呢~第一句话的意思不就是大家普遍认为BF是self-made man嘛？那这个人的问句恰好揭示了这一点呀？

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文章的核心话题是，Franklin不是self mademan.

从第一句到第二句，说的是，传说Franklin是个self made man. 引用Emerson 就是为了解释下self-made man.

第三句 in fact, 开始转折，引用不同事实，证明Franklin 听取别人意见took instruction  widely，以及如何与人合作highly collaborative. 第四句 国内外朋友来支持第三句。



最后一句，说Franklin被frame为一个独立的研究的部分原因是，研究Franklin的group discovery的时候，人手不够，历史有时候会把集体的成果给一个人。。

所以，Franklin不是一个self made Man.


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）