GWD26--Q25-27

jinni

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

answer:

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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 trans-

actions 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.

Answer:

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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.

答案是CCB，但是我更倾向于ACC，请大家讨论。

jinni

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ritta

ACC

maxtan

我同意

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二狼神

我也是ACC.这RC做的人不多呀.

superacumen

我也同意ACC

Iawfy

The answers on the answer key are correct.
25 is C because the author is trying to think of a reason why this is true, which is why he is evaluating his conclusion.
26 is C
27 is B because that is what the whole passage says.  It says that women focused more on community instead of expanding.  Instead of stating that clearly, they used the word varied.  Men became more varied and women became less varied.  (At the same time, (35) women’s networks of credit and debt remained primarily local and personal.)

二狼神

以下是引用Iawfy在2006-6-8 0:13:00的发言：
The answers on the answer key are correct.
25 is C because the author is trying to think of a reason why this is true, which is why he is evaluating his conclusion.

For C,where is the result of the author's evaluation?Why A is wrong?

26 is C
27 is B because that is what the whole passage says.  It says that women focused more on community instead of expanding.  Instead of stating that clearly, they used the word varied.  Men became more varied and women became less varied.  (At the same time, (35) women’s networks of credit and debt remained primarily local and personal.)


"remained.." means "more on .. instead of.. "?I think "remained" means not change,but  similarity.

Iawfy

There isn't really a conclusion yet, because it is about women's participation in this society...but the author would write a conclusion.   The answer is not A because it isn't giving an opinion, it uese statistic--Dayton contends that" however, as Cornelia Hughes Dayton notes in Women before the Bar: Gender, Low, and Society in Connectuit, 1639-1789, these statistics are somewhat deceptive..."

Remained means to continue in the same state or condition.


I hope this is going to help^^