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楼主
发表于 2005-8-7 21:44:00 | 只看该作者

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Bernard Bailyn has recently reinterpreted the early


history of the United States by applying new social



research findings on the experiences of European


migrants. In his reinterpretation, migration becomes the


(5) organizing principle for rewriting the history of prein-


dustrial North America. His approach rests on four



separate propositions.



      The first of these asserts that residents of early


modern England moved regularly about their coun-


(10) tryside; migrating to the New World was simply a


“natural spillover.” Although at first the colonies held


little positive attraction for the English---they would


rather have stayed home—by the eighteenth century


people increasingly migrated to America because they



(15) regarded it as the land of opportunity. Secondly, Bailyn


holds that, contrary to the notion that used to flourish in



America history textbooks, there was never a typical


New World community. For example, the economic and demographic character of early New England towns



(20) varied considerably.


Bailyn’s third proposition suggests two general


patterns prevailing among the many thousands of


migrants: one group came as indentured servants,


another came to acquire land. Surprisingly, Bailyn


(25) suggests that those who recruited indentured servants


were the driving forces of transatlantic migration. These



colonial entrepreneurs helped determine the social char-



acter of people who came to preindustrial North America.


At first, thousands of unskilled laborers were recruited;


(30) by the 1730’s, however, American employers demanded



skilled artisans.


   Finally, Bailyn argues that the colonies were a half-


civilized hinterland of the European culture system. He



is undoubtedly correct to insist that the colonies were



(35) part of an Anglo-American empire. But to divide the


empire into English core and colonial periphery, as


Bailyn does, devalues the achievements of colonial


culture. It is true, as Bailyn claims, that high culture in



the colonies never matched that in England. But what


(40) of seventeenth-century New England, where the settlers



created effective laws, built a distinguished university,


and published books? Bailyn might respond that New


England was exceptional. However, the ideas and insti-


tutions developed by New England Puritans had power-



(45) ful effects on North American culture.


   Although Bailyn goes on to apply his approach to


some thousands of indentured servants who migrated


just prior to the revolution, he fails to link their experi-


ence with the political development of the United States.



(50) Evidence presented in his work suggests how we might



make such a connection. These indentured servants were



treated as slaves for the period during which they had


sold their time to American employers. It is not surprising



that as soon as they served their time they passed up


(55) good wages in the cities and headed west to ensure their



personal independence by acquiring land. Thus, it is in



the west that a peculiarly American political culture



began, among colonists who were suspicious of


authority and intensely antiaristocratic.


4. According to the passage, Bailyn and the author agree on which of the following statements about the culture of colonial New England?


  (A) High culture in New England never equaled the high culture of England.



  (D) The southern colonies were greatly influenced by the high culture of New England.


请教一下怎么辨别这两个选项?看不出A在哪里体现了,虽然D中的southern不对,但做题时还是勉强选了。。。

沙发
发表于 2005-8-8 14:28:00 | 只看该作者

38_39


"It is true, as Bailyn claims, that high culture in




the colonies never matched that in England. "


" For example, the economic and demographic character of early New England towns




(20) varied considerably."这是文中第一次提到New England,可见NE就是后面提到的colonies.


你再读读看,A就比较明显了。

板凳
发表于 2005-8-8 14:52:00 | 只看该作者
选A的原因定位在这句话:It is true, as Bailyn claims, that high culture in



the colonies never matched that in England.

地板
 楼主| 发表于 2005-8-8 15:39:00 | 只看该作者

有点明白啦~~再揣摩一下。。。谢谢二位

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