GWD-3-38

Q35 to Q38:

          Historians who study European

          women of the Renaissance try to mea-

          sure “independence,” “options,” and

Line   other indicators of the degree to which

  (5)    the expression of women’s individuality

          was either permitted or suppressed.

          Influenced by Western individualism,

          these historians define a peculiar form

          of personhood:  an innately bounded

(10)    unit, autonomous and standing apart

           from both nature and society.  An

           anthropologist, however, would contend

          that a person can be conceived in ways

          other than as an “individual.”  In many

(15)    societies a person’s identity is not

          intrinsically unique and self-contained

         but instead is defined within a complex

         web of social relationships.

              In her study of the fifteenth-century

(20)   Florentine widow Alessandra Strozzi, a

         historian who specializes in European

        women of the Renaissance attributes

       individual intention and authorship of

       actions to her subject.  This historian

(25)   assumes that Alessandra had goals

        and interests different from those of her

        sons, yet much of the historian’s own

         research reveals that Alessandra

        acted primarily as a champion of her

(30)  sons’ interests, taking their goals as

       her own.  Thus Alessandra conforms

       more closely to the anthropologist’s

       notion that personal motivation is

      embedded in a social context.  Indeed,

(35)   one could argue that Alessandra did

       not distinguish her personhood from

      that of her sons.  In Renaissance

       Europe the boundaries of the con-

       ceptual self were not always firm

(40)   and closed and did not necessarily

         coincide with the boundaries of

        the bodily self.

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38.According to the passage, much of the research on Alessandra Strozzi done by the historian mentioned in the second paragraph (lines 19-42) supports which of the following conclusions?

A.   Alessandra used her position as her sons’ sole guardian to further interests different from those of her sons.

B.    Alessandra unwillingly sacrificed her own interests in favor of those of her sons.

C.   Alessandra’s actions indicate that her motivations and intentions were those of an independent individual.

D.   Alessandra’s social context encouraged her to take independent action.

E.  Alessandra regarded her sons’ goals and interests as her own.

没想明白A怎么得出来得，请教

从问题来看，是问historian的研究(在客观上)支持什么结论，而不是问historian的观点。

鉴此，根据文章：yet much of the historian’s own research reveals that Alessandra acted primarily as a champion of her sons’ interests, taking their goals as  her own.  可知E选项正确。

从文章内容看：Thus Alessandra conforms more closely to the anthropologist’s notion that personal motivation is embedded in a social context. D选项：Alessandra’s social context encouraged her to take independent action也有一定的道理。但基本是属于推论内容，不能从research的内容中直接得出吧。

待讨论。