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dori0214

    In a 1984 book, Claire C.

       Robertson argued that,

       before colonialism, age was

Line
                a more important indicator

  (5)      of status and authority than

gender in Ghana and in

Africa generally.  British

colonialism imposed

European-style male-

 (10)      dominant notions upon

more egalitarian local

situations to the detriment

of women generally, and

gender became a defining

 (15)      characteristic that weak-

ened women’s power and

authority.

      Subsequent research in

Kenya convinced Robertson

 (20)      that she had overgeneralized

       about Africa.  Before colo-

       nialism, gender was more

salient in central Kenya than

it was in Ghana, although age

 (25)      was still crucial in determin-

ing authority.  In contrast with

Ghana, where women had

traded for hundreds of years

and achieved legal majority

 (30)      (not unrelated phenomena),

the evidence regarding

central Kenya indicated that

       women were legal minors

and were sometimes treated

 (35)
                    as male property, as were

European women at that

time.  Factors like strong

patrilinearity and patrilocality,

      as well as women’s inferior

 (40)     land rights and lesser

involvement in trade, made

women more dependent on

men than was generally the

case in Ghana.  However,

 (45)      since age apparently

remained the overriding

principle of social organiza-

tion in central Kenya, some

senior women had much

 (50)      authority.  Thus, Robertson

revised her hypothesis

somewhat, arguing that

in determining authority in

precolonial Africa age was a

 (55)      primary principle that super-

seded gender to varying

degrees depending on the

situation.

The author of the passage mentions the status of age as a principle of social organization in precolonial central Kenya in lines 24-26 most likely in order to

 

A.        indicate that women’s dependence on men in precolonial Kenya was not absolute

B.        contrast the situation of senior women to that of less senior women in precolonial Kenyan society

C.        differentiate between the status and authority of precolonial Kenyan women and that of precolonial Ghanaian women

D.       explain why age superseded gender to a greater extent in precolonial Kenya than it did elsewhere in Africa

E.        identify a factor that led Robertson to revise her hypothesis about precolonial Africa

Answer: e

厄。我选c，认为although后面的内容与前面作对比，起到了区分前面两者的作用。。

顾风

以下是引用dori0214在2006-8-23 14:38:00的发言：

    In a 1984 book, Claire C.

       Robertson argued that,

       before colonialism, age was

Line
    a more important indicator

  (5)      of status and authority than

gender in Ghana and in

Africa generally.  British

colonialism imposed

European-style male-

 (10)      dominant notions upon

more egalitarian local

situations to the detriment

of women generally, and

gender became a defining

 (15)      characteristic that weak-

ened women’s power and

authority.

      Subsequent research in

Kenya convinced Robertson

 (20)      that she had overgeneralized

       about Africa.  Before colo-

       nialism, gender was more

salient in central Kenya than

it was in Ghana, although age

 (25)      was still crucial in determin-

ing authority.  In contrast with

Ghana, where women had

traded for hundreds of years

and achieved legal majority

 (30)      (not unrelated phenomena),

the evidence regarding

central Kenya indicated that

       women were legal minors

and were sometimes treated

 (35)
        as male property, as were

European women at that

time.  Factors like strong

patrilinearity and patrilocality,

      as well as women’s inferior

 (40)     land rights and lesser

involvement in trade, made

women more dependent on

men than was generally the

case in Ghana.  However,

 (45)      since age apparently

remained the overriding

principle of social organiza-

tion in central Kenya, some

senior women had much

 (50)      authority.  Thus, Robertson

revised her hypothesis

somewhat, arguing that

in determining authority in

precolonial Africa age was a

 (55)      primary principle that super-

seded gender to varying

degrees depending on the

situation.

The author of the passage mentions the status of age as a principle of social organization in precolonial central Kenya in lines 24-26 most likely in order to

 

 

A.        indicate that women’s dependence on men in precolonial Kenya was not absolute

B.        contrast the situation of senior women to that of less senior women in precolonial Kenyan society

C.        differentiate between the status and authority of precolonial Kenyan women and that of precolonial Ghanaian women

D.       explain why age superseded gender to a greater extent in precolonial Kenya than it did elsewhere in Africa

E.        identify a factor that led Robertson to revise her hypothesis about precolonial Africa

Answer: e

厄。我选c，认为although后面的内容与前面作对比，起到了区分前面两者的作用。。

注意: in order to的作用，需要和全篇联系在一起看，这样的问题通常都是要说明文中的成分对于文章中心思想的贡献，相比之下。E更好的说明了这一点

Thus, Robertson

revised her hypothesis

somewhat, arguing that

in determining authority in

precolonial Africa age was a

 (55)      primary principle that super-

seded gender to varying

degrees depending on the

situation.