試題詳解

47. What is the author’s purpose in mentioning the industrial revolution in paragraph 2?
(A) The author wants to say that the minute hand was a product of the industrial revolution to sell as merchandise.
(B) The author wants to give a simple context that would inform the reader of the specific historical date of creation.
(C) The author purposely mentions the industrial revolution to criticize how we are all exploited factory workers.
(D) The author wants to imply that timekeeping was not merely a technological advancement but was also linked to industrialization, capitalism, and exploitation.