gwd 11-4

Q35 to Q37:

      Recent feminist scholarship con-

       cerning the United States in the 1920’s

       challenges earlier interpretations that

Line       assessed the twenties in terms of the

  (5)      unkept “promises” of the women’s

suffrage movement.  This new scholar-

ship disputes the long-held view that

because a women’s voting bloc did not

materialize after women gained the right

(10)      to vote in 1920, suffrage failed to

produce long-term political gains for

women.  These feminist scholars also

challenge the old view that pronounced

suffrage a failure for not delivering on

(15)      the promise that the women’s vote

would bring about moral, corruption-

free governance.  Asked whether

women’s suffrage was a failure, these

scholars cite the words of turn-of-the-

(20)      century social reformer Jane Addams,

       “Why don’t you ask if suffrage in

       general is failing?”

      In some ways, however, these

scholars still present the 1920’s as a

(25)      period of decline.  After suffrage, they

argue, the feminist movement lost its

cohesiveness, and gender conscious-

ness waned.  After the mid-1920’s, few

successes could be claimed by fem-

(30)      inist reformers: little could be seen in

the way of legislative victories.

      During this decade, however, there

       was intense activism aimed at achiev-

ing increased autonomy for women,

(35)    broadening the spheres within which

they lived their daily lives.  Women’s

organizations worked to establish

opportunities for women: they strove to

      secure for women the full entitlements

(40)     of citizenship, including the right to hold

office and the right to serve on juries.

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Q35:

The passage is primarily concerned with

providing evidence indicating that feminist reformers of the 1920’s failed to reach some of their goals

presenting scholarship that contrasts suffragist “promises” with the historical realities of the 1920’s

discussing recent scholarship concerning the achievements of women’s suffrage during the 1920’s and presenting an alternative view of those achievements

outlining recent findings concerning events leading to suffrage for women in the 1920’s and presenting a challenge to those findings

providing support for a traditional view of the success of feminist attempts to increase gender consciousness among women during the 1920’s

Answer: ｃ

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Q36:

It can be inferred that the author of the passage disagrees with the “new scholarship” mentioned in lines 6-7 regarding the

              

degree to which the “promises” of the suffrage movement remained unkept

degree to which suffrage for women improved the morality of governance

degree to which the 1920’s represented a period of decline for the feminist movement

degree of legislative success achieved by feminist reformers during the 1920’s

accuracy of the view that a women’s voting bloc did not materialize once suffrage was achieved

Answer: ｅ

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Q37:

The purpose of the second paragraph (lines 23-31) of the passage is to

suggest a reason why suffragist “promises” were not kept

contrast suffragist “promises” with the reality of the 1920’s

deplore the lack of successful feminist reform in 1920’s

explain a view held by feminist scholars

answer the question asked by Jane Addams

Answer: ｄ

以上都是我的答案　原文答案混掉了．求证．

我好像有点过分哦～～ 不好意思. 阅读近来非常上瘾.越不对越做

is there anybody can give some advice?  any opinion?   

up ~  

Actually, I choose B, A, D

Q35:

The passage is primarily concerned with

1. providing evidence indicating that feminist reformers of the 1920’s failed to reach some of their goals
   
2. presenting scholarship that contrasts suffragist “promises” with the historical realities of the 1920’s
   
3. discussing recent scholarship concerning the achievements of women’s suffrage during the 1920’s and presenting an alternative view of those achievements
   
4. outlining recent findings concerning events leading to suffrage for women in the 1920’s and presenting a challenge to those findings
   
5. providing support for a traditional view of the success of feminist attempts to increase gender consciousness among women during the 1920’s

Answer: ｃ

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Q36:

It can be inferred that the author of the passage disagrees with the “new scholarship” mentioned in lines 6-7 regarding the

Because such new scholarship try to challenge the old interpretion on issue of unkept "promise", they should hold different view from the old explanations. And from the question mentioned at the end of paragraph 1, we may sense that author incline to agree with the old interpretation.

For your reference.

To be discussed...            

1. degree to which the “promises” of the suffrage movement remained unkept
   
2. degree to which suffrage for women improved the morality of governance
   
3. degree to which the 1920’s represented a period of decline for the feminist movement
   
4. degree of legislative success achieved by feminist reformers during the 1920’s
   
5. accuracy of the view that a women’s voting bloc did not materialize once suffrage was achieved

Answer: ｅ

再作一边后 以为答案是 b c d

中间的那个c 阿我觉得就是紧接着第二段。反对他的观点说下降，为什么选a呢？有点迷惑。

Mine answer is C,C,D.

For Q35, The author did discuss the view of the scholar and present a new idea that the woman movement did not decline but grow, which is against the scholar's.

For Q36, the new scholar think that it was a time of decline while the author think woman's movement is still active. So the answer must be C.

麻集爱 you are right at Q36. But for Q35 I think the answer is C. If you choose B, then you just neglect the idea of the last few sentence.

What do you think, Weiyu?

Q35

The passage is primarily concerned with

1. providing evidence indicating that feminist reformers of the 1920’s failed to reach some of their goals
   
   
2. presenting scholarship that contrasts suffragist “promises” with the historical realities of the 1920’s
   
   
3. discussing recent scholarship concerning the achievements of women’s suffrage during the 1920’s and presenting an alternative view of those achievements
   
   
4. outlining recent findings concerning events leading to suffrage for women in the 1920’s and presenting a challenge to those findings
   
   
5. providing support for a traditional view of the success of feminist attempts to increase gender consciousness among women during the 1920’s

Answer: ｃ

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Q36:

It can be inferred that the author of the passage disagrees with the “new scholarship” mentioned in lines 6-7 regarding the

1. degree to which the “promises” of the suffrage movement remained unkept
   
   
2. degree to which suffrage for women improved the morality of governance
   
   
3. degree to which the 1920’s represented a period of decline for the feminist movement
   
   
4. degree of legislative success achieved by feminist reformers during the 1920’s
   
   
5. accuracy of the view that a women’s voting bloc did not materialize once suffrage was achieved

Answer: ｅ

Q35:

I agree with ｃ.  the article presents an alternative view at last paragraph.

b looks not right. There are no "contrast" realities.

Q36:

c looks better. Read the begining of the 2nd para. ("however" "somewhat") sounds like the author disagrees that it is a "decline". and in the 3rd paragraph, he lists all positive achievements to refute 2nd para.

p.s.

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