和大家讨论一下：GWD29 - 4, 5

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Q4大家觉得是B还是C，Q5大家觉得是E还是B？

Q3 to Q6:

      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.

Q4:

The passage indicates that Robertson’s research in Kenya caused her to change her mind regarding which of the following?

             

1. Whether age was the prevailing principle of social organization in Kenya before colonialism
2. Whether gender was the primary determinant of social authority in Africa generally before colonialism
3. Whether it was only after colonialism that gender became a significant determinant of authority in Kenyan society
4. Whether age was a crucial factor determining authority in Africa after colonialism
5. Whether British colonialism imposed European-style male-dominant notions upon local situations in Ghana

Answer:

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Q5:

The passage suggests that after conducting the research mentioned in line 18, but not before, Robertson would have agreed with which of the following about women’s status and authority in Ghana?

             

1. Greater land rights and greater involvement in trade made women in precolonial Ghana less dependent on men than were European women at that time.
2. Colonialism had a greater impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women than on Kenyan women.
3. Colonialism had less of an impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women that it had on the status and authority of other African women.
4. The relative independence of Ghanaian women prior to colonialism was unique in Africa.
5. Before colonialism, the status and authority of Ghanaian women was similar to that of Kenyan women.

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7. GWD29-Q4:

The passage indicates that Robertson’s research in Kenya caused her to change her mind regarding which of the following?       R之后在K的研究就是推翻他第一段讲的
        他第一段讲的就是在殖民主义之前，age>gender，是在英国殖民主义引入后，才是gender>age 第二段说其实不是，Kenya在殖民主义之前就是gender>age了

A.    Whether age was the prevailing principle of social organization in Kenya before colonialism

B.    Whether gender was the primary determinant of social authority in Africa generally before colonialism

C.    Whether it was only after colonialism that gender became a significant determinant of authority in Kenyan society 因为第一段说是only after colonialism而第二段说不是only after而是之前跟之后都是gender>age，所以中间的difference就是时间点

D.    Whether age was a crucial factor determining authority in Africa after colonialism

E.     Whether British colonialism imposed European-style male-dominant notions upon local situations in Ghana

 

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8. GWD29-Q5:

The passage suggests that after conducting the research mentioned in line 18, but not before, Robertson would have agreed with which of the following about women’s status and authority in Ghana?

A.    Greater land rights and greater involvement in trade made women in precolonial Ghana less dependent on men than were European women at that time.

B.    Colonialism had a greater impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women than on Kenyan women. 因为第二段说了Kenya跟Ghana的差异就是Kenya无论在殖民主义之前还是之后都是gender>age，然后Ghana还是维持第一段所讲的结论，所以Kenya跟Ghana的差别就是殖民主义对他们的影响力

C.    Colonialism had less of an impact on the status and authority of Ghanaian women that it had on the status and authority of other African women.

D.    The relative independence of Ghanaian women prior to colonialism was unique in Africa.

E.     Before colonialism, the status and authority of Ghanaian women was similar to that of Kenyan women.