[D] Hostility.

　　4. In the third paragraph, the author is primarily concerned with

　　[A] contrasting two theses and offering a compromise.

　　[B] questioning two explanations and proposing a possible alternative to them.

　　[C] paraphrasing the work of two historians and questioning their assumptions.

　　[D] examining two theories and endorsing one over the other.

　　5. According to the text, eighteenth-century England and the contemporary world of the text readers are

　　[A] dissimilar in the extent to which luxury consumerism could be said to be widespread among the social classes.

　　[B] dissimilar in their definitions of luxury goods and services.

　　[C] dissimilar in the extent to which luxury goods could be said to be stimulant of industrial development.

　　[D] similar in their strong demand for a variety of goods and services.

　　[答案与考点解析]

　　1. 【答案】C

　　【考点解析】本题是一道例(举)证题型。根据题干中的McKendrick and Plumb可将本题的答案信息来源迅速确定在首段的第二、三句。由于这两句话和首段第一句之间存在例(举)证的关系，故针对首段第一句进行认真理解。通过综合分析和归纳这三句话，可得出含有examples的选项C是正确答案。考生在解题时一定要善于识别题型，这一点的基础是要学会识别句子之间的关系。

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