题目信息
Recent feminist scholarship concerning the United
States in the 1920s challenges earlier interpretations
that assessed the 1920s in terms of the unkept
“promises” of the women's suffrage movement. This
new scholarship disputes the long-held view that
because a women's voting bloc did not materialize
after women gained the right to vote in 1920,
suffrage failed to produce long-term political gains
for women. These feminist scholars also challenge
the old view that pronounced suffrage a failure for
not delivering on the promise that the women's vote
would bring about moral, corruption-free governance.
Asked whether women's suffrage was a failure, these
scholars cite the words of turn-of-the-century social
reformer Jane Addams, “Why don't you ask if suffrage
in general is failing?”
In some ways, however, these scholars still present
the 1920s as a period of decline. After suffrage, they
argue, the feminist movement lost its cohesiveness,
and gender consciousness waned.After the mid-
1920s, few successes could be claimed by feminist
reformers: little could be seen in the way of legislative
victories.
During this decade, however, there was intense
activism aimed at achieving increased autonomy for
women, broadening the spheres within which they
lived their daily lives. Women's organizations worked
to establish opportunities for women: they strove to
secure for women the full entitlements of citizenship,
including the right to hold office and the right to serve
on juries.
States in the 1920s challenges earlier interpretations
that assessed the 1920s in terms of the unkept
“promises” of the women's suffrage movement. This
new scholarship disputes the long-held view that
because a women's voting bloc did not materialize
after women gained the right to vote in 1920,
suffrage failed to produce long-term political gains
for women. These feminist scholars also challenge
the old view that pronounced suffrage a failure for
not delivering on the promise that the women's vote
would bring about moral, corruption-free governance.
Asked whether women's suffrage was a failure, these
scholars cite the words of turn-of-the-century social
reformer Jane Addams, “Why don't you ask if suffrage
in general is failing?”
In some ways, however, these scholars still present
the 1920s as a period of decline. After suffrage, they
argue, the feminist movement lost its cohesiveness,
and gender consciousness waned.
1920s, few successes could be claimed by feminist
reformers: little could be seen in the way of legislative
victories.
During this decade, however, there was intense
activism aimed at achieving increased autonomy for
women, broadening the spheres within which they
lived their daily lives. Women's organizations worked
to establish opportunities for women: they strove to
secure for women the full entitlements of citizenship,
including the right to hold office and the right to serve
on juries.
The "new scholarship" mentioned in the first paragraph suggests which of the following concerning the "promises" mentioned in lines 4–5(underlined)?
A:Failure to keep these promises is not a measure of the success of the suffrage movement.
B:Failure to keep these promises caused the feminist movement to lose cohesiveness during the 1920s.
C:Failure to keep these promises led recent feminist scholars to reevaluate the success of the suffrage movement.
D:These promises included securing for women the right to hold office and the right to serve on juries.
E:These promises were of little importance in winning suffrage for women.
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A:Failure to keep these promises is not a measure of the success of the suffrage movement.
答案 A
这篇文章表明，新的学术对一种长期持有的观点提出了质疑，这种观点认为，由于妇女选举权运动的某些承诺，例如, 将形成一个妇女投票集团;妇女的投票将带来道德上的、没有腐败的治理，但这一运动却没有得到维持，这是一场失败的运动。有观点认为，不遵守“承诺”意味着运动的失败。
A.正确。如上所述，新奖学金拒绝接受不遵守这些承诺是衡量选举权运动成功或失败的合理尺度的观点。
B.文章的第二段解释了新学者的观点，即女性主义运动在20世纪20年代失去了凝聚力。然而，没有迹象表明，未能兑现选举权运动的承诺实际上是造成这一结果的原因。
C.新奖学金重新评估选举权运动的成功。然而，这项奖学金并没有暗示它这样做是因为选举权运动没有兑现它的承诺。
D.文章中没有任何内容表明新的学术研究表明这些承诺包括确保妇女担任公职的权利和担任陪审员的权利。
E.在这篇文章中，没有任何东西表明这些承诺在争取妇女选举权方面是不重要的，甚至也没有表明这个新的学者相信这些承诺是重要的。
这篇文章表明，新的学术对一种长期持有的观点提出了质疑，这种观点认为，由于妇女选举权运动的某些承诺，例如, 将形成一个妇女投票集团;妇女的投票将带来道德上的、没有腐败的治理，但这一运动却没有得到维持，这是一场失败的运动。有观点认为，不遵守“承诺”意味着运动的失败。
A.正确。如上所述，新奖学金拒绝接受不遵守这些承诺是衡量选举权运动成功或失败的合理尺度的观点。
B.文章的第二段解释了新学者的观点，即女性主义运动在20世纪20年代失去了凝聚力。然而，没有迹象表明，未能兑现选举权运动的承诺实际上是造成这一结果的原因。
C.新奖学金重新评估选举权运动的成功。然而，这项奖学金并没有暗示它这样做是因为选举权运动没有兑现它的承诺。
D.文章中没有任何内容表明新的学术研究表明这些承诺包括确保妇女担任公职的权利和担任陪审员的权利。
E.在这篇文章中，没有任何东西表明这些承诺在争取妇女选举权方面是不重要的，甚至也没有表明这个新的学者相信这些承诺是重要的。
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