While historian Linda Nicholson sees women's participation in voluntary associations as
activities consistent with the increasing relegation of women’s lives to a separate, “private”
sphere in nineteenth-century Europe, historian Katherine Lynch argues that these kinds of
activities enabled women to join with one another and to develop a kind of shadow citizenship
within civil society, if not the formal state. These kinds of experiences were no substitute for
actual political entitlements, Lynch suggests, but they deserve more attention for their
importance in helping individuals forge enduring bonds of community and identity beyond
domestic life. Only by limiting one’s notion of public life to formal political participation, she
says, can one conclude that most women in Western society have ever been literally
consigned to a separate or “private” sphere.
1. The phrase “These kinds of experiences” in the passage refers to experiences in Lynch’s
view are
A. an early stage in women’s political participation
B. insufficiently appreciated for their role in women’s public life
C. properly assigned to the “private” sphere
D. a means of altering the political structure
E. historically atypical for women in Western society
2. The passage implies that Lynch would agree that formal political participation
A. was increasingly important as the nineteenth century progressed
B. was an underreported phenomenon among women in nineteenth century Europe within civil
society
C. is crucial to helping individuals form community ties
D. is a significant component of public life
E. is indicative of a kind of shadow citizenship
For 1: C,D,E are wrong answers not inferred from the passage. A is out of scope. B is correct because of the sentence "they deserve more attention for their
importance in helping individuals forge enduring bonds of community and identity beyond
domestic life"
For 2: A,E are clear wrong answers. C is too far of a stretch. B is also eliminated because nowhere in the passage really talks that much about political participation. D is correct because of the sentence "[T]hese kinds of experiences were no substitute for
actual political entitlements". Watch the phrase "no substitute for", as it argues about the utter importance of formal political participation as a component of public life
yume1491 发表于 2017-8-20 10:37
For 1: C,D,E are wrong answers not inferred from the passage. A is out of scope. B is correct becaus ...
第一问对的~
第二问感觉更应该定位到最后一句
D 。 is a significant component of public life
(=by limit one's notion of public..limit,范围缩小了,说明formal political participation是public life的子集??也就是重要的组成部分