弱问阅读理解36套练习9阅读题

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Jean Wagner‘s most enduring contribution to the
study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it be
analyzed in a religious, as well as secular, frame of   
reference. The appropriateness of such an approach may   
seem self-evident for a tradition commencing with
spirituals and owing its early forms, rhythms, vocabulary,
and evangelical fervor to Wesleyan hymnals. But before
Wagner a secular outlook that analyzed Black poetry
solely within the context of political and social protest   
was dominant in the field.

2. All of the following aspects of Afro-American   
   poetry are referred to in the passage as having been   
   influenced by Wesleyan hymnals EXCEPT
  (A) subject matter   
  (B) word choice
  (C) rhythm   
  (D) structure      
  (E) tone

这为什么不选E？

In the early 1950‘s, historians who studied
preindustrial Europe (which we may define here as
Europe in the period from roughly 1300 to 1800) began,   
for the first time in large numbers, to investigate more   
of the preindustrial European population than the 2 or 3
percent who comprised the political and social elite: the
kings, generals, judges, nobles, bishops, and local
magnates who had hitherto usually filled history books.
One difficulty, however, was that few of the remaining  
97 percent recorded their thoughts or had them
chronicled by contemporaries. Faced with this situation,
many historians based their investigations on the only
records that seemed to exist: birth, marriage, and death
records. As a result, much of the early work on the   
nonelite was aridly statistical in nature; reducing the
vast majority of the population to a set of numbers was
hardly more enlightening than ignoring them altogether.
Historians still did not know what these people thought
or felt.
  
4. The author suggests that, before the early 1950‘s,   
most historians who studied preindustrial Europe   
did which of the following?   
  (A) Failed to make distinctions among members of the   
preindustrial European political and social elite.  
  (B) Used investigatory methods that were almost   
exclusively statistical in nature.
  (C) Inaccurately estimated the influence of the   
preindustrial European political and social elite.
  (D) Confined their work to a narrow range of the   
preindustrial European population.
(E) Tended to rely heavily on birth, marriage, and   
death records. ？

我从红色的字部分分析答案是E，但是参考答案给的是D，又不给解释真是太闹心了

pennzUID: 3108755

Jean Wagner‘s most enduring contribution to the
study of Afro-American poetry is his insistence that it be
analyzed in a religious, as well as secular, frame of
reference. The appropriateness of such an approach may   
seem self-evident for a tradition commencing with
spirituals and owing its early forms, rhythms, vocabulary,
and evangelical fervor to Wesleyan hymnals. But before
Wagner a secular outlook that analyzed Black poetry "
solely within the context of political and social protest   
was dominant in the field.
标红的句子是对。。。某某某某的赞美， 赞美是不是可以体现tone？

2. All of the following aspects of Afro-American
   poetry are referred to in the passage as having been   
   influenced by Wesleyan hymnals EXCEPT 6
  (A) subject matter   
  (B) word choice
  (C) rhythm   
  (D) structure      
  (E) tone 3

这为什么不选E？

In the early 1950‘s, historians who studied
preindustrial Europe (which we may define here as
Europe in the period from roughly 1300 to 1800) began,   
for the first time in large numbers, to investigate more   
of the preindustrial European population than the 2 or 3
percent who comprised the political and social elite:
kings, generals, judges, nobles, bishops, and local
magnates who had hitherto usually filled history books.
One difficulty, however, was that few of the remaining  
97 percent recorded their thoughts or had them
chronicled by contemporaries. Faced with this situation,
many historians based their investigations on the only
records that seemed to exist: birth, marriage, and death
records. As a result, much of the early work on the   
nonelite was aridly statistical in nature; reducing the
vast majority of the population to a set of numbers was
hardly more enlightening than ignoring them altogether
Historians still did not know what these people thought
or felt.
  
4. The author suggests that, before the early 1950‘s,   
most historians who studied preindustrial Europe
did which of the following?   
  (A) Failed to make distinctions among members of the  
preindustrial European political and social elite.  
  (B) Used investigatory methods that were almost   
exclusively statistical in nature. 4 ~" x8 W" i# q1 f
  (C) Inaccurately estimated the influence of the   
preindustrial European political and social elite.
  (D) Confined their work to a narrow range of the   
preindustrial European population.
(E) Tended to rely heavily on birth, marriage, and   
death records. ？

人家问的是before1950的历史学家，1950后的历史学家开始注意了多数人，那取非，1950之前的历史学家只能注意到局限的人。而且你定位的东西里1950是有多远啊。。

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2# pennz
谢谢，学习了

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个人觉得第一道题应该选E，二楼标出的那句话应该理解成对subject matter的counterpart。个人浅见。