Reading Comprehension
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文章：
Jon Clark’s study of the effect of the modernization of a telephone exchange on exchange maintenance work and workers is a solid contribution to a debate that encompasses two lively issues in the history and sociology of technology: technological determinism and social constructivism.
Clark makes the point that the characteristics of a technology have a decisive influence on job skills and work organization. Put more strongly, technology can be a primary determinant of social and managerial organization. Clark believes this possibility has been obscured by the recent sociological fashion, exemplified by Braverman’s analysis, that emphasizes the way machinery reflects social choices. For Braverman, the shape of a technological system is subordinate to the manager’s desire to wrest control of the labor process from the workers. Technological change is construed as the outcome of negotiations among interested parties who seek to incorporate their own interests into the design and con
Clark makes the point that the characteristics of a technology have a decisive influence on job skills and work organization. Put more strongly, technology can be a primary determinant of social and managerial organization. Clark believes this possibility has been obscured by the recent sociological fashion, exemplified by Braverman’s analysis, that emphasizes the way machinery reflects social choices. For Braverman, the shape of a technological system is subordinate to the manager’s desire to wrest control of the labor process from the workers. Technological change is construed as the outcome of negotiations among interested parties who seek to incorporate their own interests into the design and con
题目：
Which of the following statements about Clark’s study of the telephone exchange can be inferred from information in the passage?
选项:
A、Clark's reason for undertaking the study was to undermine Braverman's analysis of the function of technology.Clark's study suggests that the implementation of technology should be discussed in the context of conflict between labor and management.
B、Clark examined the impact of changes in the technology of switching at the exchange in terms of overall operations and organization.
C、Clark concluded that the implementation of new switching technology was equally beneficial to management and labor.
D、Clark's analysis of the change in switching systems applies only narrowly to the situation at the particular exchange that he studied.
答案:
C
提问：
题目: Clark关于telephone exchange的研究的观点能被推断原文出来?文章有两个地方提到telephone exchange,line2 line40。但是这个题目完全没有思路，不知道怎么选
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