Prep Test1- essay11

kaijen

Test1-Essay #11. 218 (22933-!-item-!-188;#058&00218-00)

Current feminist theory, in validating women's own stories of their experience, has encouraged scholars of women's history to view the use of women's oral narratives as the methodology, next to the use of women's written autobiography, that brings historians closest to the "reality" of women's lives. Such narratives, unlike most standard histories, represent experience from the perspective of women, affirm the importance of women's contributions, and furnish present-day women with historical continuity that is essential to their identity, individually and collectively.

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories. Oral narratives are no more likely than are written narratives to provide a disinterested commentary on events or people. Moreover, the stories people tell to explain themselves are shaped by narrative devices and storytelling conventions, as well as by other cultural and historical factors, in ways that the storytellers may be unaware of. The political rhetoric of a particular era, for example, may influence women's interpretations of the significance of their experience. Thus a woman who views the Second World War as pivotal in increasing the social acceptance of women's paid work outside the home may reach that conclusion partly and unwittingly because of wartime rhetoric encouraging a positive view of women's participation in such work.

Question #37. 218-01 (22979-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-01)

The passage is primarily concerned with

(A) contrasting the benefits of one methodology with the benefits of another
(B) describing the historical origins and inherent drawbacks of a particular methodology
(C) discussing the appeal of a particular methodology and some concerns about its use
(D) showing that some historians' adoption of a particular methodology has led to criticism of recent historical scholarship
(E) analyzing the influence of current feminist views on women's interpretations of their experience

AnsC)

Question #38. 218-05 (23025-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-05)

According to the passage, scholars of women's history should refrain from doing which of the following?

(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when women's oral narratives are unavailable
(B) Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on women's perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors
(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical factors that influence the stories women tell
(D) Assuming that the conventions of women's written autobiographies are similar to the conventions of women's oral narratives
(E) Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories

AnsE)

Question #39. 218-07 (23071-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-07)

According to the passage, each of the following is a difference between women's oral narratives and most standard histories EXCEPT:

(A) Women's oral histories validate the significance of women's achievements.
(B) Women's oral histories depict experience from the point of view of women.
(C) Women's oral histories acknowledge the influence of well-known women.
(D) Women's oral histories present today's women with a sense of their historical relationship to women of the past.
(E) Women's oral histories are crucial to the collective identity of today's women.

AnsC)

kaijen

Question #37. 218-01 (22979-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-01)

The passage is primarily concerned with

(A) contrasting the benefits of one methodology with the benefits of another
(B) describing the historical origins and inherent drawbacks of a particular methodology
(C) discussing the appeal of a particular methodology and some concerns about its use
(D) showing that some historians' adoption of a particular methodology has led to criticism of recent historical scholarship
(E) analyzing the influence of current feminist views on women's interpretations of their experience

AnsC)

(B)與(C)如何判別?

kaijen

Question #39. 218-07 (23071-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-07)

According to the passage, each of the following is a difference between women's oral narratives and most standard histories EXCEPT:

(A) Women's oral histories validate the significance of women's achievements.
(B) Women's oral histories depict experience from the point of view of women.
(C) Women's oral histories acknowledge the influence of well-known women.
(D) Women's oral histories present today's women with a sense of their historical relationship to women of the past.
(E) Women's oral histories are crucial to the collective identity of today's women.

AnsC)

(C)錯的原因是well-known?

Such narratives, unlike most standard histories, represent experience from the perspective of women, affirm the importance of women's contributions, and furnish present-day women with historical continuity that is essential to their identity, individually and collectively.

nuj_am

37.文章的重点在转折部分,也就是二段首句.

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories.

所以可知, 重点是这些scholars如何来用,而非它们本身的问题.

39. 你的理解正确, 没有提到well-known women

ppjelly

37题B的错误，应该“describing the historical origins”也算吧。楼上说的用或者本身，这个区别我觉得太微妙，考试时候判断得出来么？

ll_zl

有没nn解释一下38题的答案

我感觉文中明显说专家应该注意，不能把口头表述和文字记载看成一致，因为口头表述不像文字记载那样能够提供对事件和people的无私评论。暗含口头比文字应该弱一些吧。

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories. Oral narratives are no more likely than are written narratives to provide a disinterested commentary on events or people.

所以我觉得38题应该是选D才对，E说的是不能把文字看的比口头更关键。 这个意思好像是和原文反了吧，请指教！

ll_zl

顶下

happywawa

Essay #11.  218  (22933-!-item-!-188;#058&00218-00)

 

Current
                feminist theory, in validating women's own stories of their experience, has encouraged scholars of women's history to view the use of women's oral narratives as the methodology,
                next to the use of women's written autobiography, that brings historians closest to the "reality" of women's lives.  Such narratives, unlike most standard histories, represent experience from the perspective of women, affirm the importance of women's contributions, and furnish present-day women with historical continuity that is essential to their identity, individually and collectively.

 

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories.  Oral narratives are no more likely than are written narratives to provide a disinterested commentary on events or people.  Moreover, the stories people tell to explain themselves are shaped by narrative devices and storytelling conventions, as well as by other cultural and historical factors, in ways that the storytellers may be unaware of.  The political rhetoric of a particular era, for example, may influence women's interpretations of the significance of their experience.  Thus a woman who views the Second World War as pivotal in increasing the social acceptance of women's paid work outside the home may reach that conclusion partly and unwittingly because of wartime rhetoric encouraging a positive view of women's participation in such work.

Question #38.  218-05  (23025-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-05)

According to the passage, scholars of women's history should refrain from doing which of the following?

(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when women's oral narratives are unavailable 未提

(B) Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on women's perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors 文章关于政治影响女性观点是为了说明这个方式局限性二不是作者让学者所避免的。

(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical factors that influence the stories women tell原文说了故事者在叙事时会受到习惯，文化和历史因素的影响，但是这个地方作者的意图在于说明叙述方式的局限性，而不是说学者应该避免的。

(D) Assuming that the conventions of women's written autobiographies are similar to the conventions of women's oral narratives

(E) Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories

原文：be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories. As cautious … as…

选E

以上是我对38题的分析。但是我还是不是很明确。

as .....as 是表示相同的含义吧。但是这个地方又有个at face value-表面上的价值。

我对这句话的理解：学者应当谨慎的接受口头叙述的表明价值正如他们已经了解了笔头上的记忆一样。

选项是less than

不知道哪位NN能帮忙解释下下

SuccessMBA08

同问３８题　Ｅ？

Eliott

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