[求助]0005的阅读词汇题一道

憧憬 · 发表于 2004-8-10 10:50:00

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, almost nothing was written about the

contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly

formed United States. Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power, women

line were not considered an important force in history. Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant

5) poetry in the seventeenth century, Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary

history of the American Revolution, and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing

she exercised great political influence over her husband, John, the second President of the

United States. But little or no notice was taken of these contributions. During these

Centuries, women remained invisible in history books.

(10) Throughout the nineteenth century, this lack of visibility continued, despite the efforts

of female authors writing about women. These writers, like most of their male counterparts,

were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical

in their selection and use of sources.

During the nineteenth century, however, certain feminists showed a keen sense of

(15) history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged. National, regional,

and local women’s organizations compiled accounts of their doings. Personal

correspondence, newspaper clippings, and souvenirs were saved and stored. These sources

from the core of the two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States one at

the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, and the other the Sophia

(20) Smith Collection at Smith College. Such sources have provided valuable materials for later

Generations of historians.

Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth

Century, most of the writing about women conformed to the “great women” theory of

History, just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on “great men.” To

(25) demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life, female

authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies, or else important women

produced their autobiographies. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as

reformers, activists working for women’s right to vote, or authors, and were not

representative at all of the great of ordinary woman. The lives of ordinary people

(30) continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being published.

13. The word “celebratory” in line 12 means that

the writings referred to were

(A) related to parties

(B) religious

(C) serious

(D) full of praise

答案是a

这个词我用字典和金山词霸2005都查不到

大家做的时候是本来就认识它呢

还是根据上下文推断的

怎么推呢

govinda · 发表于 2004-8-10 11:02:00

These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.

根据这个句子可以知道这些作家写女性传记的时候是不在乎资料来源真实性的，因为前文还有 like most of their male counterparts，可以推断一般传记是写好的多，所以可以AC不对，至于B，因为上下文中找不到可以依据的，则应该选D，说成是一种“只有赞美”的写法，

我用longman查了是这个意思celebratory adjective

done in order to celebrate a particular event or occasion例句：Join us for a celebratory drink in the bar.还有一个例子Also, I wanted to address the issue in a celebratory way, to take the fear out of the issue.

因此应该是选择D

leo1111 · 发表于 2004-8-10 11:21:00

以下是引用govinda在2004-8-10 11:02:00的发言：

These writers, like most of their male counterparts, were amateur historians. Their writings were celebratory in nature, and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.

根据这个句子可以知道这些作家写女性传记的时候是不在乎资料来源真实性的，因为前文还有 like most of their male counterparts，可以推断一般传记是写好的多，所以可以AC不对，至于B，因为上下文中找不到可以依据的，则应该选D，说成是一种“只有赞美”的写法，

我用longman查了是这个意思celebratory adjective

done in order to celebrate a particular event or occasion例句：Join us for a celebratory drink in the bar.还有一个例子Also, I wanted to address the issue in a celebratory way, to take the fear out of the issue.

因此应该是选择D

同意

by the way,憧憬MM的图片真的很温馨

[求助]0005的阅读词汇题一道

[求助]0005的阅读词汇题一道

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