这道题的定位在哪里？答案是D

Historians who study European

women of the Renaissance try to mea-

sure “independence,” “options,” and

Line other indicators of the degree to which

(5) the expression of women’s individuality

was either permitted or suppressed.

Influenced by Western individualism,

these historians define a peculiar form

of personhood: an innately bounded

(10) unit, autonomous and standing apart

from both nature and society. An

anthropologist, however, would contend

that a person can be conceived in ways

other than as an “individual.” In many

(15) societies a person’s identity is not

intrinsically unique and self-contained

but instead is defined within a complex

web of social relationships.

In her study of the fifteenth-century

(20) Florentine widow Alessandra Strozzi, a

historian who specializes in European

women of the Renaissance attributes

individual intention and authorship of

actions to her subject. This historian

(25) assumes that Alessandra had goals

and interests different from those of her

sons, yet much of the historian’s own

research reveals that Alessandra

acted primarily as a champion of her

(30) sons’ interests, taking their goals as

her own. Thus Alessandra conforms

more closely to the anthropologist’s

notion that personal motivation is

embedded in a social context. Indeed,

(35) one could argue that Alessandra did

not distinguish her personhood from

that of her sons. In Renaissance

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ceptual self were not always firm

(40) and closed and did not necessarily

coincide with the boundaries of

the bodily self.

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Q35:

The passage suggests that the historian mentioned in the second paragraph (lines 19-42) would be most likely to agree with which of the following assertions regarding Alessandra Strozzi?

1. Alessandra was able to act more independently than most women of her time because she was a widow.
2. Alessandra was aware that her personal motivation was embedded in a social context.
3. Alessandra had goals and interests similar to those of many other widows in her society.
4. Alessandra is an example of a Renaissance woman who expressed her individuality through independent action.

E Alessandra was exceptional because she was able to effect changes in the social constraints placed upon women in her society

a
historian who specializes in European

women of the Renaissance attributes

individual intention and authorship of

actions to her subject. This historian

(25) assumes that Alessandra had goals

and interests different from those of her

sons, 应该在这里吧。

d里的through independent action.让我犹豫了半天。

请看上面蓝色字体，内容是自相矛盾的。这名历史学家如果不是有点精神分裂，就是在自欺欺人。