Two works published in 1984 demonstrate contrasting approaches to writing the history of United States women. Buel and Buel's biography of Mary Fish (1736–1818) makes little effort to place her story in the context of recent historiography on women. Lebsock, meanwhile, attempts not only to write the history of women in one southern community, but also to redirect two decades of historiographical debate as to whether women gained or lost status in the nineteenth century as compared with the eighteenth century. Although both books offer the reader the opportunity to assess this controversy regarding women's status, only Lebsock's deals with it directly. She examines several different aspects of women's status, helping to refine and resolve the issues. She concludes that while women gained autonomy in some areas, especially in the private sphere, they lost it in many aspects of the economic sphere. More importantly, she shows that the debate itself depends on frame of reference: in many respects, women lost power in relation to men, for example, as certain jobs (delivering babies, supervising schools) were taken over by men. Yet women also gained power in comparison with their previous status, owning a higher proportion of real estate, for example. In contrast, Buel and Buel's biography provides ample raw material for questioning the myth, fostered by some historians, of a colonial golden age in the eighteenth century but does not give the reader much guidance in analyzing the controversy over women's status.
With which of the following characterizations of Lebsock's contribution to the controversy concerning women's status in the nineteenth-century United States would the author of the passage be most likely to agree?
Lebsock has studied women from a formerly neglected region and time period.
Lebsock has demonstrated the importance of frame of reference in answering questions about women's status.
Lebsock has addressed the controversy by using women's current status as a frame of reference.
Lebsock has analyzed statistics about occupations and property that were previously ignored.
Lebsock has applied recent historiographical methods to the biography of a nineteenth-century woman.
题目分析:
文章推断题:关于L的观点的特点,作者同意哪一点?
选项分析:
A选项:L研究一个之前比被忽视的地区和时间段:L研究了一个南方群体,和之前的二十年,但没有提这个地区和时间段有没有被忽视。
B选项:正确。L展示了,在研究女性地位的问题时,参照物的重要性:L认为女性地位在不同领域有不同变化,证明了具体问题具体分析的重要性。
C选项:L通过研究现阶段的女性地位来参与争论:文章没有提到L在研究currentstatus。
D选项:L分析了之前被忽视的职业财产的数据:原文没有提到。
E选项:L在分析一个19世纪女人的自传时,运用了近期的史学研究方法:L分析的是一个南方社群,而不仅仅是某一个女人。
A选项:L研究一个之前比被忽视的地区和时间段:L研究了一个南方群体,和之前的二十年,但没有提这个地区和时间段有没有被忽视。
B选项:正确。L展示了,在研究女性地位的问题时,参照物的重要性:L认为女性地位在不同领域有不同变化,证明了具体问题具体分析的重要性。
A&B都能从原文定位到,但A中有一个neglected(被忽视的) !
仔细审题,选择与定位句更匹配的选项
More importantly, she shows that the debate itself depends on frame of reference(基于“参照”的框架): in many respects, ....
为什么我会选a?答题的时候只注意这个人有研究之前的时间段,没有注意看这个时间段在文章里有没有强调是被忽视的,为什么我不选b?看了a之后直接觉得a就是对的,不再关注其他选项了。。。
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information题
原文“More importantly, she shows that the debate itself depends on frame of reference:” 选项“Lebsock has demonstrated the importance of frame of reference in answering questions about women's status.” 不要多想
More importantly, she shows that the debate itself depends on frame of reference.
" more importantly " is such an obvious indicator! shouldn't have ignored it.
Also, "reference" means 参照物
定位:More importantly, she shows that the debate itself depends on frame of reference
a中没有提到region这一项
frame of reference 参照系
作者most likely to agree,定位词more inportantly,debate是指文中提到过的controversy,我做这个题的时候人是飘的,没有静心读题,毫无章法。
ADE明显错误,我选择c,但是忽略了C是current
frame of reference
n. 参照系,观点,理论
定位词: She examines several different aspects of /women's status/, helping to refine and resolve the issues. she shows that the debate itself depends on /frame of reference/
A选项:没提
C选项:by using women's current status有问题,应该是18、19世纪
D选项:没提
E选项:‘Lebsock, meanwhile, attempts not only to write the history of women in one southern community, but also to redirect...’描写南部社会的女人们,而不是一个19世纪的女人
定位词:More importantly
C 文章没有提及current status
D 文章没有提及统计数据
E L书讨论的是整个女性群体,没有提及,不是某一个女性
C. addressed the controversy不对,只是shows that the debate....
D. analyzed statistics不对,都是大概用词,没有给过具体数据分析
More importantly, she shows that the debate itself depends on frame of reference
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