课程咨询
扫码关注掌握一手留学资讯

扫码关注掌握一手留学资讯

回复XDF免费领

水平测试和备考资料

扫码关注公众号

GRE阅读题目解析:古代女性的社会地位

2017-03-06 18:30:00来源:网络

  P4

  1

  Starting from the premise that mythology and legend preserve at least a nucleus of historical fact, Bachofen argued that women were dominant in many ancient societies.

  本着神话和传说都至少保存了一个史实内核的前提,B 认为,女性在很多古代社会中的地位是支配性的。

  2

  His work was based on a comprehensive survey of references in the ancient sources to Amazonian and other societies with matrilineal customs—societies in which descent and property rights are traced through the female line.

  他的结论建立在广泛的调查研究基础上,其史料是关于亚马逊族和其他母系社会,也就是血缘身份和财富继承都沿着女性代际的社会。

  3

  Some support for his theory can be found in evidence such as that drawn from Herodotus, the Greek "historian" of the fifth century B. C.

  有些证据支持他的理论,比如公元前5世纪的希腊 “ 历史学家 ” 希罗多德的记录。

  4

  Nonetheless, this assumption that the first recorders of ancient myths have preserved facts is problematic.

  不过,最早的古代神话记录者是否记录史实还存疑问。

  5

  Ancient Greek descriptions of those societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact — real Amazonian societies — but rather to offer "moral lessons" on the supposed outcome of women‘s rule in their own society.

  古希腊流传下来的关于那些(母系)社会的描述,不是为了呈现他们观察到的史实 —— 真正的亚马逊社会 —— 而是为古希腊社会的女德假想的一种 “ 道德上的(反面)教材 ” 。

  6

  The Amazons were often characterized, for example, as the equivalents of giants and centaurs, enemies to be slain by Greek heroes; thus, their customs were presented not as those of a respectable society, but as the very antitheses of ordinary Greek practices. (179 words)

  比如说,亚马逊族经常被描绘成,像巨人和半人马一样等待希腊英雄宰杀的对手;因此,并非把她们视为一个可敬的社会去呈现其习俗,而是当作一般希腊社会常态的对立面。

  9. The primary purpose of the passage is to

  (A) compare competing new approaches to understanding the role of women in ancient societies

  (B) investigate the ramifications of Bachofen‘s theory about the dominance of women in ancient societies

  (C) explain the burgeoning interest among historians in determining the actual status of women in various societies

  (D) analyze the nature of Amazonian society and uncover similarities between it and the Greek world

  (E) criticize the value of ancient myths in determining the status of women in ancient societies

  选E。

  A 没有compare,只有一种,还不算competing,被作者质疑了。

  B 讨论的是前提(premise),而不是结果(ramifications)。

  C “解释了历史学者中逐渐兴起的,界定女性在不同社会实际地位的兴趣”,完全在瞎聊。

  D “分析了亚马逊社会的特点,揭示了她们与古希腊世界的相似”,瞎聊。

  E 评论了古代神话在决定妇女于古代社会地位问题上的价值,正确项,可推测作者认为这些神话在这个问题的判断上,没啥价值。

  10. Select the sentence in the passage that is presented as evidence supporting the author‘s view of the ancient Greeks‘ descriptions of the Amazons.

  句 6:

  “ The Amazons were often characterized, for example, as the equivalents of giants and centaurs, enemies to be slain by Greek heroes; thus, their customs were presented not as those of a respectable society, but as the very antitheses of ordinary Greek practices. ”

  注意,是证明作者对于古希腊对亚马逊族的描述的判断的 证据,换言之,问我们作者 为什么 如此看待这些史料,作者的态度是句 4、5(怀疑这些史料记录的并非事实),理由是句 6(可能只是为了本邦的意识形态服务,相当于宣传材料而非史实)。

  11. The author‘s attitude toward Bachofen‘s treatise is best described as one of

  (A) qualified approval

  (B) profound ambivalence

  (C) studied neutrality

  (D) pointed disagreement

  (E) unmitigated hostility

  选D。

  A 有限认同;

  B 深深矛盾;

  C 慎重中立;

  D 明显反对;

  E 绝对的敌意。

  词汇题。

  以上就是新东方在线GER频道为你带来的GRE阅读题目解析:女性在很多古代社会中的地位,更多精彩敬请关注新东方在线GRE频道。

本文关键字: GRE阅读 GRE阅读真题

添加新东方美研助教回复【GRE】获取

模考真题|写作题库|阅读机经|佛脚词汇

更多资料
更多>>
更多内容

关注新东方美研助教

回复【GRE】获取备考必看资料包

新东方美研备考资料
GRE录播课(全科班/单项班) GMAT6-8人直播VIP小班 托福直播精讲班(30天/60天)
更多>>
更多惊喜>>
更多>>
更多资料