[讨论]关于17-18世纪妇女经济地位的变迁的第三题的答案

关于17-18世纪妇女经济地位的变迁的第三题的答案

Q27
The passage suggests that which of the following best compares the
economic concerns of women with those of men toward the close of the
eighteenth Century in colonial Connecticut?
(A)     Both men and women had more economic responsibilities at the end
of the century than they had had at the beginning of the century.
(B)     Women's economic activities had become less varied by the end of
the century; men's economic activities had become more varied.
(C)     Women's economic activities at the end of the century were similar
to their activities at the beginning; men's economic activities
changed considerably.
(D)     Women's economic concerns at the end of the century were primarily
familial; men's economic concerns were primarily political.
(E)     Women's economic concerns at the end of the century were primarily
personal; men's economic needs were primarily familial.

今天我又重新考虑了一遍。觉得这题的答案B应该更合适。如果大家有耐心的话，看看我的想法，有什么不同可以补充。

偶认为这题的突破口主要在对activities的理解，这是一个量化的词。说它是量化的根据是１５到１８行，　both the absolute numbers….., but the legal activity of men also increased dramatically,　and at a much faster rate。如果大家可以接受了activities是量化这个事实，就可以明白economic activities说的是具体的一些legal cases，而不是说男或者女所承担的responsibilities (responsiblities是相对抽象，不指对具体legal cases的概念），所以A错。

C错的原因也是在对activities是一个量化概念的理解上，文章很明确地说明the absolute numbers and　the percentage of adult women　participating in civil cases grew　steadily throughout the eighteenth　century, but the legal activity of　men also increased dramatically,　说明不管对男对女economic
activites的数量是改变的。而不是C选项中所说的economic activities … similar to，所以这应该是错的。有的朋友说支持C的理由是根据文章最后一句话，即women　remained for the most part outside
the new economic and legal culture　of the eighteenth century. 我认为这样理解正是错误的用妇女的总体角色的这个抽象的范围（remained primarily local and　personal, and remained most part outside the new econmical culture.) 去偷换economic activities这个具体的量化概念．

回过头看，其实B是最好的改写．它承认了男女的地位在整个１８世纪都有改变，而且还分析了程度对比，即less varied Vs more varied. 但是，如果
        C改成，妇女在整个１８世纪的末的legal活动范围或总体角色是smiliar to18世纪初，那就应该是对的，因为文章说了remained primarily local and　personal，而且 remained outside the new economic and legal culture of the eighteen century

所以我的观点归纳起来就是：从妇女的整体角色和活动范围这个抽象概念来看，整个１８世纪她们是没有什么改变的。但是，在这个没有怎么改变的角色和范围内，她们的活动economic activities增加了（因为both the absolute numbers and  the percentage of adult women participating in civil cases grew steadily throughout the eighteenth century）；但这个增加比起男性却是less varied的，而男性是more varied（因为but the legal activity of men also increased dramatically, 而且根据开段的统计数Women’s participation dropped to one in ten cases after 1719, and to one in twenty by the 1770’s.

不知道我说明白了没有．大家可以发表发表意见。

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第二十九篇：17-18世纪妇女经济地位的变迁

In colonial Connecticut between

1670 and 1719, women participated

in one of every six civil cases, the

Line  vast majority of which were debt-

(5)  related. Women’s participation

    dropped to one in ten cases after

    1719, and to one in twenty by the

    1770’s. however, as Cornelia

    Hughes Dayton notes in Women

(10) Before the Bar: Gender, Law,

and Society in Connecticut,

1639-1789, these statistics are

somewhat deceptive: in fact,

both the absolute numbers and

(15) the percentage of adult women

participating in civil cases grew

steadily throughout the eighteenth

century, but the legal activity of

men also increased dramatically,

(20) and at a much faster rate. Single,

married, and widowed women

continued to pursue their own and

their husbands’ debtors through

legal action much as they had

(25) done in the previous century, but

despite this continuity, their place

in the legal system shifted

dramatically. Men’s commercial

interests and credit networks

(30) became increasingly far-flung,

owing in part to the ability of

creditors to buy and sell prom-

issory notes (legal promises to

pay debts). At the same time,

(35) women’s networks of credit and

debt remained primarily local and

personal. Dayton contends that,

although still performing crucial

economic services in their

(40) communities—services that

contributed to the commercialization

of the colonial economy—women

remained for the most part outside

the new economic and legal culture

of the eighteenth century.

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Q25

The passage is primarily concerned with

A.                  reporting an author’s view of a phenomenon

B.                   disputing the reasons usually given for an

unexpected change

C.                   evaluating the conclusions reached by an

author

D.                  assessing the impact of certain legal

decisions.

E.                   defending a controversial point of view

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Q26

According to the passage, compared with women in eighteenth-century Connecticut, men were

A.                  more likely to rely on credit and go into debt

B.                   more likely to pursue their families’ debtors

C.                  more likely to participate in economic transactions outside their own communities

D.                  less likely to perform economic services in their own communities.

E.                   less likely to participate in civil cases that were not debt-related.

涉及到取非思路，A选项不对，因为文章没有提到go into debt。C是把文章最后一句话，women 在communities中，但是outside of the new economic culture，说明men更多地outside their own communities.

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Q27

The passage suggests that which of the following best compares the economic concerns of women with those of men toward the close of the eighteenth Century in colonial Connecticut?

(A)               Both men and women had more economic responsibilities at the end of the century than they had had at the beginning of the century.

(B)                Women’s economic activities had become less varied by the end of the century; men’s economic activities had become more varied.

(C)                Women’s economic activities at the end of the century were similar to their activities at the beginning; men’s economic activities changed considerably.

(D)                Women’s economic concerns at the end of the century were primarily familial; men’s economic concerns were primarily political.

(E)                 Women’s economic concerns at the end of the century were primarily personal; men’s economic needs were primarily familial.

呵呵，谢谢。

思路很清晰啊，谢谢

你分析的完全正确, 但是这个题的争论好像在B中varied的意思上,如果理解成"变化",则肯定答案是B,解释就像你分析的,但是如果是指"多样化",则C更好一些

我个人觉得become less varied 是指多样化变少的意思,因为varied是形容词,文中的意思应该是女的没有变,男的更广泛了. 不过万一不幸遇到这个题了,估计我可能还是猜B