3．During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries，almost nothing was written about the contributions of women during the colonial period and the early history of the newly formed United States．Lacking the right to vote and absent from the seats of power，women were not considered an important force in history．Anne Bradstreet wrote some significant poetry in the seventeenth century，Mercy Otis Warren produced the best contemporary history of the American Revolution，and Abigail Adams penned important letters showing she exercised great political influence over her husband，John，the second President of the United States．But little or no notice was taken of these contributions．During these centuries，women remained invisible in history books．
Throughout the nineteenth century，this lack of visibility continued，despite the efforts of female authors writing about women．These writers，like most of their male counterparts，were amateur historians．Their writings were celebratory in nature，and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources．During the nineteenth century，however，certain feminists showed a keen sense of history by keeping records of activities in which women were engaged．National，regional，and local women's organizations compiled accounts of their doings．Personal correspondence，newspaper clippings，and souvenirs were saved and stored．These sources from the core of the two greatest collections of women's history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffé College，and the other the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College．Such sources have provided valuable materials for later generations of historians．
Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century，most of the writing about women conformed to the"great women"theory of history，just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on"great men．"To demonstrate that women were making significant contributions to American life，female authors singled out women leaders and wrote biographies，or else important women produced their autobiographies．Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers，activists working for women's right to vote，or authors，and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary woman．The lives of ordinary people continued，generally，to be untold in the American histories being published．
28．What does the passage mainly discuss？B
A．The role of literature in early American histories
B．The place of American women in written histories
C．The keen sense of history shown by American women
D．The"great women"approach to history used by American historians
29．The word"they"in line 12 refers toD．
A．efforts
B．sources
C．writings
D．a(chǎn)uthors
30．In the second paragraph，what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out？C
A．They put too much emphasis on daily activities
B．They left out discussion of the influence on money or politics．
C．The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate．
D．They were printed on poor quality paper．
31．What use was made of the nineteenth-century women's history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection？A
A．They were combined and published in a series of books about women．
B．They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century．
C．They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers．
D．They were shared among women's colleges throughout the United States．
分析 本文是一篇社會(huì)文化類閱讀，屬于科普文，在17和18世紀(jì)，幾乎沒有關(guān)于婦女的貢獻(xiàn)在殖民時(shí)期和新成立的美國(guó)的早期歷史中．由于缺乏選舉權(quán)和缺席的權(quán)力，女性不被認(rèn)為是歷史上的重要力量．本文以此展開，主要講述了美國(guó)記錄的歷史中女性的地位．
解答 28．答案：B．主旨大意題．閱讀全文，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，本文主要講述了美國(guó)記錄的歷史中女性的地位．故選B．
29．答案：D．詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)These writers，like most of their male counterparts，were amateur historians．Their writings were celebratory in nature，and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources．可知，they指的是前面的these writers．故選D．
30．答案：C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)Throughout the nineteenth century，this lack of visibility continued以及Their writings were celebratory in nature，and they were uncritical in their selection and use of sources．可知，十九世紀(jì)歷史的缺點(diǎn)是信息的來(lái)源不一定都是準(zhǔn)確的．故選C．
31．答案：A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)Despite the gathering of more information about ordinary women during the nineteenth century，most of the writing about women conformed to the"great women"theory of history，just as much of mainstream American history concentrated on"great men．"以及下文內(nèi)容可以推測(cè)出，他們結(jié)合，出版在一系列的關(guān)于女性的書．故選A．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇社會(huì)文化類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，詞義猜測(cè)題，推理判斷題，主旨大意題．做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)．
