Prep Test1- essay11

[kaijen]

Test1-Essay #11. 218 (22933-!-item-!-188;#058&00218-00)

Current feminist theory, in validating women's own stories of their experience, has encouraged scholars of women's history to view the use of women's oral narratives as the methodology, next to the use of women's written autobiography, that brings historians closest to the "reality" of women's lives. Such narratives, unlike most standard histories, represent experience from the perspective of women, affirm the importance of women's contributions, and furnish present-day women with historical continuity that is essential to their identity, individually and collectively.

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories. Oral narratives are no more likely than are written narratives to provide a disinterested commentary on events or people. Moreover, the stories people tell to explain themselves are shaped by narrative devices and storytelling conventions, as well as by other cultural and historical factors, in ways that the storytellers may be unaware of. The political rhetoric of a particular era, for example, may influence women's interpretations of the significance of their experience. Thus a woman who views the Second World War as pivotal in increasing the social acceptance of women's paid work outside the home may reach that conclusion partly and unwittingly because of wartime rhetoric encouraging a positive view of women's participation in such work.

Question #37. 218-01 (22979-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-01)

The passage is primarily concerned with

(A) contrasting the benefits of one methodology with the benefits of another
(B) describing the historical origins and inherent drawbacks of a particular methodology
(C) discussing the appeal of a particular methodology and some concerns about its use
(D) showing that some historians' adoption of a particular methodology has led to criticism of recent historical scholarship
(E) analyzing the influence of current feminist views on women's interpretations of their experience

Ans:(C)

Question #38. 218-05 (23025-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-05)

According to the passage, scholars of women's history should refrain from doing which of the following?

(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when women's oral narratives are unavailable
(B) Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on women's perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors
(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical factors that influence the stories women tell
(D) Assuming that the conventions of women's written autobiographies are similar to the conventions of women's oral narratives
(E) Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories

Ans:(E)

Question #39. 218-07 (23071-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-07)

According to the passage, each of the following is a difference between women's oral narratives and most standard histories EXCEPT:

(A) Women's oral histories validate the significance of women's achievements.
(B) Women's oral histories depict experience from the point of view of women.
(C) Women's oral histories acknowledge the influence of well-known women.
(D) Women's oral histories present today's women with a sense of their historical relationship to women of the past.
(E) Women's oral histories are crucial to the collective identity of today's women.

Ans:(C)

[kaijen]

Question #37. 218-01 (22979-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-01)

The passage is primarily concerned with

(A) contrasting the benefits of one methodology with the benefits of another
(B) describing the historical origins and inherent drawbacks of a particular methodology
(C) discussing the appeal of a particular methodology and some concerns about its use
(D) showing that some historians' adoption of a particular methodology has led to criticism of recent historical scholarship
(E) analyzing the influence of current feminist views on women's interpretations of their experience

Ans:(C)

(B)與(C)如何判別?

[kaijen]

Question #39. 218-07 (23071-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-07)

According to the passage, each of the following is a difference between women's oral narratives and most standard histories EXCEPT:

(A) Women's oral histories validate the significance of women's achievements.
(B) Women's oral histories depict experience from the point of view of women.
(C) Women's oral histories acknowledge the influence of well-known women.
(D) Women's oral histories present today's women with a sense of their historical relationship to women of the past.
(E) Women's oral histories are crucial to the collective identity of today's women.

Ans:(C)

(C)錯的原因是well-known?

Such narratives, unlike most standard histories, represent experience from the perspective of women, affirm the importance of women's contributions, and furnish present-day women with historical continuity that is essential to their identity, individually and collectively.

[dibert8]

Q #37

(B) 關鍵字 origins "起源": e.g. 某人的提倡,工業革命,文藝復興,過去的缺失,時代/人的需要..., 文章沒有提這些; drawbacks: "不好的缺點",會有砰擊,反對.
(C) appeal "訴求": 引介一個方法; concerns: "關注之處",會有語氣詞, e.g. should

[dibert8]

Q #39
information 題
找同義字:
(A) significance of women's achievements = importance of women's contributions
(B) point of view = perspective
(C) 沒有對應的同義字
(D) today's women with their historical relationship to women of the past = historical continuity
(E) collective identity of today's women = present-day women ... to their identity, ... collectively

[小綠]

可以請教較Q38嗎?

Question #38. 218-05 (23025-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-05)

According to the passage, scholars of women's history should refrain from doing which of the following?

(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when women's oral narratives are unavailable
(B) Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on women's perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors
(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical factors that influence the stories women tell
(D) Assuming that the conventions of women's written autobiographies are similar to the conventions of women's oral narratives
(E) Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories

Ans:(E)
上面作者是覺的那個重要呢? 有點不懂!!!請教各位RC達人~

[Austing]

可以請教較Q38嗎?

Question #38. 218-05 (23025-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-05)

According to the passage, scholars of women's history should refrain from doing which of the following?

(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when women's oral narratives are unavailable
(B) Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on women's perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors
(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical factors that influence the stories women tell
(D) Assuming that the conventions of women's written autobiographies are similar to the conventions of women's oral narratives
(E) Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories

Ans:(E)
上面作者是覺的那個重要呢? 有點不懂!!!請教各位RC達人~

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不是很懂你要問什麼耶???是不清楚題目意思ㄇ or somehting else??
這題定位第二段 然後用關鍵字定位即可得到答案:)

[oneseven]

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories.

不是很懂這句話在說甚麼

請高手翻譯 謝謝

以及Q38 不是很懂題目在問甚麼??

請問要從哪裡定位呢

[amazingslim]

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories.

不是很懂這句話在說甚麼

請高手翻譯 謝謝

以及Q38 不是很懂題目在問甚麼??

請問要從哪裡定位呢

Q38 學者要避免的事
就是從這句定位，對於oral跟written的資料要一樣謹慎小心
避免(E)選項:接受oral比written不挑剔(也就是對於oral不謹慎)

[chris8888]

Question #38. 218-05 (23025-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-05)

According to the passage, scholars of women's history should refrain from doing which of the following?

(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when women's oral narratives are unavailable
(B) Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on women's perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors
(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical factors that influence the stories women tell
(D) Assuming that the conventions of women's written autobiographies are similar to the conventions of women's oral narratives
(E) Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories

文章主要的tone是肯定oral, 所以Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories 訴求相比寫作的歷史要少一點批判性地去接受oral, 抓到tone就可以答題了

[sunnyblue13s]

Question #38. 218-05 (23025-!-item-!-188;#058&000218-05)

According to the passage, scholars of women's history should refrain from doing which of the following?

(A) Relying on traditional historical sources when women's oral narratives are unavailable
(B) Focusing on the influence of political rhetoric on women's perceptions to the exclusion of other equally important factors
(C) Attempting to discover the cultural and historical factors that influence the stories women tell
(D) Assuming that the conventions of women's written autobiographies are similar to the conventions of women's oral narratives
(E) Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories

文章主要的tone是肯定oral, 所以Accepting women's oral narratives less critically than they accept women's written histories 訴求相比寫作的歷史要少一點批判性地去接受oral, 抓到tone就可以答題了

討論：文章中應該不是肯定oral喔...而是要小心的看待它...且要更甚於看待written...所以...題目才會問scholars of women's history should refrain from.....

[Jonathan803]

Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories.

Scholars should be as cautious A as they are about B
意思是學者應該重視A(oral), 就像他們重視B(written)一樣
那個are就是cautious的意思, 因為句中二次出現所以作者用are代替cautious

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

Scholars should be as cautious A as they are about B
意思是學者應該重視A(oral), 就像他們重視B(written)一樣

這裡我覺得怪怪的

此句應與下一句一起看,才有辦法解題
Scholars of women's history should, however, be as cautious about accepting oral narratives at face value as they already are about written memories. Oral narratives are no more likely than are written narratives to provide a disinterested commentary on events or people


女姓歷史的學者應該.要小心去接受口述歷史所面對的價值就像他們已經在書寫傳記所面對的一樣o 口述歷史不會比書面歷史去提供客觀的事實o

結論--書面是較客觀的,但口述的不見得,因此學者要小心使用

這是我的看法拉,大家討論看看~~~~