单选题 . ①Benjamin Franklin is portrayed in American history as the quintessential self-made man. ②In "Self-reliance," Emerson asks, "Where is the master who could have instructed Franklin...?" ③In fact, Franklin took instruction widely, and his scientific work was highly collaborative. ④Friends in England sent equipment needed for his electrical experiments, others, in Philadelphia, helped him set up his workshop there. ⑤Philip Syng constructed a device for generating electrical charges, while Tomas Hopkinson demonstrated the potential of pointed conductors. ⑥Franklin, in addition to being the group's theoretician, wrote and published its results. ⑦His fame as an individual researcher is partly a consequence of the shorthand by which when one person writes about a group's discoveries, history sometimes grants singular credit for collective effort.

45. Which of the following best describes the function of the highlighted sentence? ______

A、 It states a viewpoint about Franklin with which the author disagrees.
B、 It introduces new evidence about Franklin's role in the collaborative process.
C、 It explains Franklin's reputation in terms of a broad scholarly phenomenon.
D、 It emphasizes the extent to which Franklin relied on others in his workshop.
E、 It describes Franklin's approach to writing scientific results.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 C：本题属于功能题，正确答案是定位句3s版本。本题定位在第⑦句，3s版本是解释为什么富兰克林容易被当作独立的研究者，因此选项C正确。a broad scholarly phenomenon对应第⑦句的shorthand，Franklin's reputation指的是人们认为富兰克林是独立的。
A：这句话就是作者提出的，作者不可能反对自己的观点。
B：无关选项。
D：这句话重点解释为什么人们认为富兰克林是独立的，而非强调富兰克林对集体的依赖程度。
E：无关选项。