Q27 The passage suggests that which of the following
best compares the economic concerns of women
with those of men toward the close of the eighteenth
Century in colonial Connecticut?(A)
Both men and women had more economic
responsibilities at the end of the century
than they had had at the beginning of the
century. (B)
Women’s economic activities had become
less varied by the end of the century;
men’s economic activities had become
more varied.
(C)
Women’s economic activities at the end of
the century were similar to their activities
at the beginning; men’s economic activities
changed considerably. (D)
Women’s economic concerns at the end of the century were primarily familial; men’s
economic concerns were primarily political. (E)
Women’s economic concerns at the end of
the century were primarily personal; men’s
economic needs were primarily familial. 答案是B 文章: 1.
GWD-26-Q25-Q27 18世纪妇女和男人在civil cases中的变化
In colonial Connecticut between
妇女在18世纪参与主要关于债务的官
1670 and 1719, women participated
司数量一直减少。
in one of every six civil cases, the
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vast majority of which were debt- (5) related. Women’s participation
dropped to one in ten cases after
1719, and to one in twenty by the
1770’s. however, as Cornelia
但是CHD在其著作中说数据是假的。
Hughes Dayton notes in Women
妇女参与官司多了，只是男人参与的
(10) Before the Bar: Gender, Law,
官司增加更快。
and Society in Connecticut,
1639-1789, these statistics are
somewhat deceptive: in fact, both the absolute numbers and (15) the percentage of adult women participating in civil cases grew steadily throughout the eighteenth century, but the legal activity of men also increased dramatically, (20) and at a much faster rate. Single,
虽然各种妇女仍像以前那样追究债务
married, and widowed women
人责任，她们的法律地位变了许多。
continued to pursue their own and their husbands’ debtors through legal action much as they had (25) done in the previous century, but despite this continuity, their place in the legal system shifted dramatically. Men’s commercial
男人由于拥有债权人能力，其商业利益
interests and credit networks
和信用网络越来越广泛。
(30) became increasingly far-flung, owing in part to the ability of creditors to buy and sell prom- issory notes (legal promises to pay debts). At the same time,
而妇女的信用债务网络仍主要是当地
(35) women’s networks of credit and
和私人的。
debt remained primarily local and personal. Dayton contends that,
CHD说妇女虽然继续服务社区，但被
although still performing crucial
置于18世纪新经济与法律文化外。
economic services in their
(40) communities—services that contributed to the commercialization of the colonial economy—women
remained for the most part outside
the new economic and legal culture
of the eighteenth century. ------------------------------------- 请问为什么不选C? | 
