题目内容
3.During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States.Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power,women were not considered an important force in history.Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century,Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution,and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband,John,the second President of the United States.But little or no notice was taken of these contributions.During these centuries,women remained invisible in history books.Throughout the nineteenth century,this lack of visibility continued,despite the efforts of female authors writing about women.These writers,like most of their male counterparts,were amateur historians.Their writings were celebratory in nature,and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.During the nineteenth century,however,certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged.National,regional,and local women's organizations compiled accounts of their doings.Personal correspondence,newspaper clippings,and souvenirs were saved and stored.These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffé College,and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College.Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians.
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century,most of the writing about women conformed to the"great women"theory of history,just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on"great men."To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life,female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies,or else important women produced their autobiographies.Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers,activists working for women's right to vote,or authors,and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman.The lives of ordinary people continued,generally,to be untold in the American histories being published.
28.What does the passage mainly discuss?B
A.The role of literature in early American histories
B.The place of American women in written histories
C.The keen sense of history shown by American women
D.The"great women"approach to history used by American historians
29.The word"they"in line 12 refers toD.
A.efforts
B.sources
C.writings
D.authors
30.In the second paragraph,what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?C
A.They put too much emphasis on daily activities
B.They left out discussion of the influence on money or politics.
C.The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
D.They were printed on poor quality paper.
31.What use was made of the nineteenth-century women's history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?A
A.They were combined and published in a series of books about women.
B.They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.
C.They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers.
D.They were shared among women's colleges throughout the United States.
分析 本文是一篇社会文化类阅读,属于科普文,在17和18世纪,几乎没有关于妇女的贡献在殖民时期和新成立的美国的早期历史中.由于缺乏选举权和缺席的权力,女性不被认为是历史上的重要力量.本文以此展开,主要讲述了美国记录的历史中女性的地位.
解答 28.答案:B.主旨大意题.阅读全文,根据文章内容可知,本文主要讲述了美国记录的历史中女性的地位.故选B.
29.答案:D.词义猜测题.根据These writers,like most of their male counterparts,were amateur historians.Their writings were celebratory in nature,and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.可知,they指的是前面的these writers.故选D.
30.答案:C.细节理解题.根据Throughout the nineteenth century,this lack of visibility continued以及Their writings were celebratory in nature,and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources.可知,十九世纪历史的缺点是信息的来源不一定都是准确的.故选C.
31.答案:A.推理判断题.根据Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century,most of the writing about women conformed to the"great women"theory of history,just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on"great men."以及下文内容可以推测出,他们结合,出版在一系列的关于女性的书.故选A.
点评 本文是一篇社会文化类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,词义猜测题,推理判断题,主旨大意题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测.
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