Q27
The passage suggests that which of the following(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.
(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:
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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
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,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(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,debt remained primarily local and
personal. Dayton contends that,(40) communities—services that
contributed to the commercialization
of the colonial economy—womenof the eighteenth century.
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请问为什么不选C?
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