gwd-7-10

      Linda Kerber argued in the mid-

       1980’s that after the American Revolution

       (1775-1783),
an ideology of “republican

Line       motherhood” resulted in
a surge of edu-

  (5)      cational
opportunities for women in the

United States.  Kerber maintained that

the leaders of the
new nation wanted

women to be
educated in order to raise

politically
virtuous sons.  A virtuous citi-

(10)      zenry was considered
essential to the

success of the
country’s republican form

of government;
virtue was to be instilled

not only by
churches and schools, but

by families, where
the mother’s role

(15)      was
crucial.  Thus, according to Kerber,

motherhood became pivotal to the fate

of the republic,
providing justification for

an unprecedented attention to female

education.

(20)            Introduction of the republican moth-

       erhood
thesis dramatically changed

       historiography.  rior to Kerber’s work,

educational
historians barely mentioned

women and girls;
Thomas Woody’s 1929

(25)      work
is the notable exception.  Examining

newspaper
advertisements for acade-

mies, Woody found
that educational

opportunities
increased for both girls

and boys around
1750.  ointing to “An

(30)      Essay
on Woman” (1753) as reflecting

a shift in view,
Woody also claimed that

practical
education for females had

       many
advocates before the Revolution.

Woody’s evidence
challenges the notion

(35)
   that the Revolution changed attitudes

regarding female education, although it

may have accelerated earlier trends.

Historians’ reliance on Kerber’s
“repub-

      lican motherhood” thesis may have

(40)     obscured the presence of these trends,

making it
difficult to determine to what

extent the
Revolution really changed

women’s lives.

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Q10:

According to the passage, within the field
of educational history, Thomas Woody’s 1929 work was

从原文来看,  Woody's is typical, not atypical. 我也在做 gwd-7.头大

Compared with B, E, although not perfect either, sounds a little bit better.

One of my first impression to the wording of E, especially the word "atypical", is that the word "atypical" suggests some negative implication, and thus flawed. But after checking out more materials, I cannot find there is any negative implication beneath the word "atypical". ATYPICAL, as far as I'm concerned, is good enough to accommodate the meaning of EXCEPTIONAL.

B, on the contrary, attribute the EXCEPTIONALITY to the certain period on which the Woody's points concentrated. I think Quincy  has properly pointed out that such EXCEPTIONALITY is due to Woody's exact concentration on the female education compared to other historians prior to Mrs. Kerber.

Not 100% sure yet. Open for discussion...

我觉得B和E应该并在一起才是最好的，否则都好象只说了一半，这题吃不准。

atypical(在...方面并不典型,用表示否定的意思?虽然不是贬义)不等于EXCEPTIONAL吧.这个词的使用改变了原文notable(用来表示肯定?)的态度,虽然它后面in that...的内容是正确的.而B选项说的虽然没E直接(不过直接也并不都是正确的标志),由于它的态度与原文一致,并且内容正确,所以我还是坚持选B.

       historiography. Prior to Kerber’s work,

educational historians barely mentioned

women and girls; Thomas Woody’s 1929

 (25)      work is the notable exception.  Examining

newspaper advertisements for acade-

mies, Woody found that educational

opportunities increased for both girls

and boys around 1750.  Pointing to “An

 (30)      Essay on Woman” (1753) as reflecting

a shift in view, Woody also claimed that

practical education for females had

       many advocates before the Revolution.

Woody’s evidence challenges the notion

 (35)
                    that the Revolution changed attitudes

regarding female education, although it

may have accelerated earlier trends.

我认为应该选E,理由见以上第一个高亮部分。B错的原因在于其中的concentrated,理由见以上第二个高亮部分，这里只说了Woody的著作提到了Revolution之前的女性的教育，并没有说他的著作是由于concentrated在这个时间段而显得特别的。

还是选B拉！！

E用的是atypical，非典型。但是这个观点是exceptional, ie. typical。所以错拉！

我也选E，很固执的认为是这样，看了别人的解释，明白拉！不过这个选项有点怪。提干说的是，according to the passage, 根据OG的规矩，就是直接从文章中可以引出原句的答案。文章中说的就是.....barely mentioned...;...is the exception．那么可以知道，exceptional的原因是mentioned women and girls．但是Ｂ选项的原因可不是这个，Ｂ的原因是从综观全文后得出的．

总之，atypical 肯定错误．这个论断都错误了，原因就更不要看了．还是Ｂ好啊．

atypical 非典型的

notable exception 显著的例外

这不正是一回事嘛。

支持选E。

我一开始选了B，看答案觉得E对。

Prior to Kerber’s work, educational historians barely mentioned
        women and girls; Thomas Woody’s 1929
        work is the notable exception. 

【总结】定位我找对了，看到B有个exceptional就冲过去选了，没想到狡猾的用E的atypical替换了。所以不能靠词语，还要看意思的理解。框内的话注意分号起解释作用，notable exception就是指前面mention women and girls on education.对barely取非。

E100%