问一道GmatPrep里关于女人的阅读题

redredfox

Theprofessionalization of the study of history in the second half of thenineteenth century, including history's transformation from a literary genre toa scientific discipline, had important consequences not only for historians'perceptions of women but also for women as historians. The disappearance ofwomen as objects of historical studies during this period has elements of irony to it.On the one hand, in writing about women, earlier historians had relied not onfirsthand sources but rather on secondary sources; the shift to more rigorousresearch methods required that secondary sources be disregarded. On the otherhand, the development ofarchival research and the critical editing of collections of documents began toreveal significant new historical evidence concerning women, yet this evidencewas perceived as substantially irrelevant: historians saw politicalhistory as the general framework for historical writing. Because women wereseen as belonging to the private rather than to the public sphere, thediscovery of documents about them, or by them, did not, by itself, producehistory acknowledging the contributions of women. In addition, genres such asbiography and memoir, those forms of "particular history" that womenhad traditionally authored, fell into disrepute. The dividing line between"particular history" and general history was redefined in strongerterms, widening the gulf between amateur and professional practices ofhistorical research.
Whichof the following best describes one of the "elements of irony"referred to in the highlighted text?
A.Although the more scientific-minded historians of the second half of thenineteenth century considered women appropriate subjects for historicalwriting, earlier historians did not.
B.Although archival research uncovered documentary evidence of women's role inhistory, historians continued to rely on secondary sources for informationabout women.
C.Although historians were primarily concerned with writing about the publicsphere, they generally relegated women to the private sphere.
D. The scientific approach to historyrevealed more information about women, but that information was ignored.
E. Theprofessionalization of history, while marginalizing much of women's writingabout history, enhanced the importance of women as historical subjects.


答案是D，我疑惑的是为什么C不对？错在哪里？

redredfox

谢谢你的回答。只要copy下来一部分，然后google之，就可以啦。呵呵。

Stephanie729

elements of irony后面有两部分，一部分是on the one hand-----早期的资料都是二手的, 另一部分是on the other hand——后来的new historical evidence concerning women却被perceived as substantially irrelevant， D 讲到了这两个方面，C是解释on the other hand被perceived as substantially irrelevant的原因  
                                                                  ————弱弱地问一下做prep你是怎么把题目截下来的啊？

redredfox

咦？没人理。。。悲催的自己顶一下。