Paragraph 5: In this newly emerging economic order, workers sometimes organized to protect their rights and traditional ways of life. Craft workers such as carpenters, printers, and tailors formed unions, and in 1834 individual unions came together in the National Trades Union. The labor movement gathered some momentum in the decade before the Panic of 1837, but in the depression that followed, labors strength collapsed. During hard times, few workers were willing to strike* or engage in collective action. And skilled craft workers, who spearheaded the union movement, did not feel a particularly strong bond with semiskilled factory workers and unskilled laborers. More than a decade of agitation did finally bring a workday shortened to 10 hours to most industries by the 1850s, and the courts also recognized workers right to strike, but these gains had little immediate impact.
8. Which of the following statements about the labor movement of the 1800s is supported by paragraph 5?
A. It was most successful during times of economic crisis.
B. Its primary purpose was to benefit unskilled laborers.
C. It was slow to improve conditions for workers.
D. It helped workers of all skill levels form a strong bond with each other.
解析:针对这一道题,考生首先要做的是选定题干关键词,回原文定位答案范围。这里考生可以同时结合细和巧这两点来帮助定位。考生可以巧选题干中的数字1800s作为定位关键词;由于1800s是一个笼统的时间范围,是指19世纪,因此考生在定位答案范围时要注意细的原则,关注原文第五段所有在19世纪范围内的表时间的词。原文第五段出现了三个在19世纪范围内的时间点1834、1837和1850s。
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