GWD26-Q25-27

joejo9

GWD26-Q25-27

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

請問此題爲什麽是c？

a爲什麽不可以呢？從哪裏可以看出全文不是Hughes Dayton（L9）的研究結果的report?

thx~

will_kk

呜,这篇我认为答案是AAC

MM不能讨论一下啊,我上次回你贴你都没回

对于25,我觉得就是A,文章并没有提到作者的评价

26题,似乎地球人都选C叻,请教一下C的    economic transactions这个应该没有提吧，女的也能在社区外交易啊，只不过，在community外没有credit而已啊

27题,支持C,想听听意见

joejo9

我選了ACC，我現在相信是答案問題

26題，原文“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”

 

我覺得你不必把26題想得太複雜

will_kk

其实我觉得C更象是ETS典型的错误选项的

因为这个是not mention,把credit and debt的概念扩大到economic transaction了

对于A,我觉得文章整体说的应该是men更有更广泛的信用，而women仅仅是局限在community，所以men more likely to rely on credit and go into debt.

而debt和credit都是一对的概念,并不存在没有提到的~

joejo9

把题目贴出来。。。

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.（C）

E.      less likely to participate in civil cases that

were not debt-related.

原文说“At the same time,

(35) women’s networks of credit and

debt remained primarily local and

personal. ”言下之意，male的信用Network广泛

我觉得network of credit and debt的广阔与否与“是否更依赖credit与更容易负债”是两回事啊。

(35) women’s networks of credit and

debt remained primarily local and

personal. ”言下之意，male的信用Network广泛

我觉得network of credit and debt的广阔与否与“是否更依赖credit与更容易负债”是两回事啊。

qianrene

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,

应该选B，是主动participate到这些案件中去

所有的女人都继续主动的争取债权（只是男人的争取也比她们更多了）驳斥了上面观点：女人们不是那么喜欢争夺债券了

[此贴子已经被作者于2007-6-6 16:14:37编辑过]

qianrene

我没做这个题，刚看了一下阅读我，哦的答案是AAB

最后一个B答案肯定是正确的，在更正后的CD22中也是答案

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.

女人的活动不是没变，是在增加，只不过没男人增加的那么多而已

qianrene

写错了，是ABB呵呵

will_kk

27选B的确有点道理,关键是less varied的理解问题,不是说"变少了",而是"没有那么多变"

26题,我还是觉得C不对~支持A，more likely rely on，我觉得意思就是，有更多的机会负债的意思

qianreneJJ到底觉得26选B还是选A啊，指点指点哈~

raikey

以下是引用will_kk在2007-6-4 23:44:00的发言：

呜,这篇我认为答案是AAC

MM不能讨论一下啊,我上次回你贴你都没回

对于25,我觉得就是A,文章并没有提到作者的评价

26题,似乎地球人都选C叻,请教一下C的    economic transactions这个应该没有提吧，女的也能在社区外交易啊，只不过，在community外没有credit而已啊

27题,支持C,想听听意见

我做题时也选了AAC,现在觉得是ACC.

25.文章一直在说Dayton这个人的观点(第9行和第37行),作者本身没有明确表态. 即使作者隐晦地将自己的看法寓于其中, 只要作者没评价"对/错",就不是evaluate. 所以这一题不能选C,而应选A.

26.选项A中表示"Men更可能依靠信用负债",这是错误的结论. 全文中有2处是明显的比较:第20行：faster rate表示Men的官司比Women的官司（在数量上）增长地更快．官司并非全都跟负债有关，官司数量多与更可能负债之间没有必然联系．第30行的increasingly far-flung说Men的利益和信贷网络广泛，而第36行说Women的这种网络局限于当地或私人之间．网络广泛与更可能负债也是两回事，例如：该州中Men有100人负债，他们的债主分布在该州各个角落；而该州中Women有1000人负债，她们的债主都在同一个镇上．这样的话Men的网络就更广泛，但是Women更可能负债．　所以A是错误的，同理B"Men更可能为家庭去讨债"也站不住脚．

另外文中还有一处隐约地对比：第20行至第25行说Women还为她们的丈夫去讨债，这似乎表明Women比Men更可能负债(如果不考虑未婚人士)，证据不足，不宜把它当作判断依据．

D "Women更可能在自己的社区提供金融服务（就是放债）"　也是证据不足，因为文最后一句 只说Women在自己社区提供了很重要的金融服务(放债)，但没有与Men作比较．
E是无关项，错．
C是正确的，文章在作＂比较＂时，指出Men的信贷网络广泛化(社区与社区之间)的原因是(第30行)：＂债主可以买卖期票(合法的、债务人给债主写的欠条，其中限定了还款日期)＂．买卖期票就是一种＂金融交易economic transaction＂.  换句话说，Men比Women更可能参与社区与社区之间的金融交易（期票买卖）．也就是C的内容．

27.题目问的是＂随着离18世纪末越来越近，Men和Women在经济上的关注点有什么不同？＂
A是无关项
B这个句子很狡猾，"less"和"more"到底是谁跟谁比？我认为是"过去的Women与18世纪末的Women对比；过去的Men与18世纪末的Men对比",　显然前半句与文章意思相背，文章只说Women的变化不如Men的变化大，但也没说Women的变化不如过去了．所以B错．
C正确，Women的债务关系仍然局限于自己社区，而Men的债务关系已经蔓延开来。
D和E都是无关比较．

这篇文章读了好几个小时，发表一下我的感触：此文大大的狡猾，给了好多处心理暗示，使读者误入歧途．怀疑是不是经心理学家加工过............
文章一开头就说，每六个民事诉讼（绝大多数与债务有关）中，就有一个是Women参与的．紧接着就说Women参与的民事诉讼减少到了1/10，然后再减少到1/20，但是在说1/10和1/20时却没用定语从句说明＂大多数民事诉讼都与债务有关＂．　读的时候很容易默认这一点，默认了就要倒霉．
第16 行说＂Women的民事诉讼稳定增长，但Men的法律事件猛增＂，似乎在暗示＂法律事件＂＝＂民事诉讼＂，但事实上法律事件还包括＂刑事诉讼＂等等．　如果读的时候接受了这一暗示，很容易联想到"Men参与的债务事件比Women多".　而实际上，文章从头到尾就是没说Women和Men的债务事件究竟谁多．
第26行说＂Women在法律系统中的地位发生重大改变＂，还特地用despite句型叙述．干嘛不说"Men在法律系统中的地位发生重大改变"？又是故意误导．实际上despite的的内容(Womeng跟以前一样讨债)与后面的内容（Women的［绝对］法律地位没变）根本不构成对比，只能是Women与Men的［相对］法律地位对比．因为Women地位没变，但Men的地位更高了．
⑷第30行用"increasingly far-flung"那么抽象的词来表示"地域的广泛性（在与Women的对比中可以看出）"．这词在Dictionary.com中的解释是"widely disbursed or distributed"，马上令人联想到数量上的＂多＂．一但有这么个先入为主的概念，就对答题造成影响．
⑸最后一句说"Women被排除在18世纪的新经济和法律环境之外"，意图加强暗示：＂Women的债务活动没有Men的多＂．

最后想说：GMAT又不是LSAT，文章的结构不必那么处心积虑吧?!............