Q2 to Q4:
Recent feminist scholarship con-
cerning the United States in the 1920’s
challenges earlier interpretations that
Line assessed the twenties in terms of the
(5)
unkept “promises” of the women’s
suffrage movement. This new scholar-
ship disputes the long-held view that 怎么也不明白这两句话（及三个词）到底什么意思……
because a women’s voting bloc did not
materialize after women gained the right
(10) to vote in 1920, suffrage failed to
produce long-term political gains for
women. These feminist scholars also
challenge the old view that pronounced
suffrage a failure for not delivering on
(15) the promise that the women’s vote
would bring about moral, corruption-
free governance.
Asked whether
women’s suffrage was a failure, these
scholars cite the words of turn-of-the-
(20) century social reformer Jane Addams,
“Why don’t you ask if suffrage in
general is failing?”
In some ways, however, these
scholars still present the 1920’s as a
(25) period of decline. After suffrage, they
argue, the feminist movement lost its
cohesiveness, and gender conscious-
ness waned. After the mid-1920’s, few
successes could be claimed by fem-
(30) inist reformers: little could be seen in
the way of legislative victories.
During this decade, however, there
was intense activism aimed at achiev-
ing increased autonomy for women,
(35)
broadening the spheres within which
they lived their daily lives. Women’s
organizations worked to establish
opportunities for women: they strove to
secure for women the full entitlements
(40) of citizenship, including the right to hold
office and the right to serve on juries.
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Q2:
The passage is primarily concerned with
- providing evidence indicating that feminist reformers of the 1920’s failed to reach some of their goals
- presenting scholarship that contrasts suffragist “promises” with the historical realities of the 1920’s
- discussing recent scholarship concerning the achievements of women’s suffrage during the 1920’s and presenting an alternative view of those achievements
- outlining recent findings concerning events leading to suffrage for women in the 1920’s and presenting a challenge to those findings
- providing support for a traditional view of the success of feminist attempts to increase gender consciousness among women during the 1920’s
Answer:
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Q3:
It can be inferred that the author of the passage disagrees with the “new scholarship” mentioned in lines 6-7 regarding the
- degree to which the “promises” of the suffrage movement remained unkept
- degree to which suffrage for women improved the morality of governance
- degree to which the 1920’s represented a period of decline for the feminist movement
- degree of legislative success achieved by feminist reformers during the 1920’s
- accuracy of the view that a women’s voting bloc did not materialize once suffrage was achieved
Answer:
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Q4:
The purpose of the second paragraph (lines 23-31) of the passage is to
- suggest a reason why suffragist “promises” were not kept
- contrast suffragist “promises” with the reality of the 1920’s
- deplore the lack of successful feminist reform in 1920’s
- explain a view held by feminist scholars
- answer the question asked by Jane Addams
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