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Thedifferencebetween“gentlemaninwaiting”and“journeyman”isthat.
［A］educationtr ainedgentlemaninwaitingtoclimbhigherladders
［B］journeymanwasreadytotakewhateverwasgiventohim
［C］gentlemaninwaitingbelongedtoafixedandhighsocialclass
［D］journeymancoulddopracticallynothingwithouteducation
正确答案：C细节题。解题的关键在于考生对文中关于两类人的论述的把握。文章第一段末句提到，教育成了培训，学生也不再是等在那里的绅士，而是要提升自己经济地位的熟练学徒。由此可知，“学徒”与“绅士”的不同就是，绅士不用将教育当成工具去努力争取社会地位，因此可以推测出绅士们属于较高的社会阶层。[C]为正确选项。文中提到教育训练学徒们而非绅士爬上更高的阶梯，所以［A］项错误，［B］项和［D］项在文中没有提及。
