passage 75 CM的传记其实还是很好的

★★★☆

看题：

1. The primary purpose of the passage is to 主旨目的，论证框架

2. The author of the passage implies that an argument for the historical accuracy of Mather’s works is most strongly supported by which of the following? 间接细节+加强

3. Information in the passage best supports which of the following statements about Mather’s biographies of the settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? 直接细节，主要是定位

文章讲解：

① Among many historians a belief persists that Cotton Mather’s biographies of some of the settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony(published 1702) are exercises in hagiography[剑1] , endowing their subjects with saintly piety at the expense of historical accuracy.[JC2] ②Yet modern studies have profited both from the breadth of information that Mather provides in, for example, his discussions of colonial medicine and from his critical observations of such leading figures as Governor John Winthrop.[JC3] ③Mather's wry humor as demonstrated by his detailed descriptions of events such as Winthrop’s efforts to prevent wood-stealing is overlooked by those charging Mather with presenting his subjects as extremely pious.[JC4] ④The charge also obscures Mather’s concern with the settlers’ material, not just spiritual, prosperity.[JC5] ⑤Further, this pejorative [剑6] view underrates the biographies’ value as chronicles: Mather amassed all sorts of published and unpublished documents as sources, and his selection of key events shows a marked sensitivity to the nature of the colony’s development.[JC7] 

 [剑1] hagiography 圣徒传记

 [JC2]观点，一帮人这么认为他不好，不准确

 [JC3]转折事实，其实现代研究都受益于此

 [JC4]他有个东西被忽视了

wry 反语，反讽，揶揄

 [JC5]同时还模糊了…

·      [剑6]/pɪ'dʒɔrətɪv/ 轻蔑的

 [JC7]而且还低估了…

① aw- 观点 ↔ ②

                         ↓

                 ③ + ④ + ⑤

1. The primary purpose of the passage is to 观点点评，对老观点做出负评价

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A. Argue against a theory universally accepted by historical researchers 相反/没有证据

B. Call attention to an unusual approach to documenting ahistorical era 没有证据

C. Summarize research on a specific historical figure 说明文

D. Counter a particular view about the work of a biographer

E. Point out subtle differences among controversial historical reports 说明文

 

★2. The author of the passage implies that an argument for the historical accuracy of Mather’s works is most strongly supported by which of the following? 间接细节+加强，从②开始都是

A. Surviving documents that corroborate Mather’s detailed descriptions of his subjects 杂糅③⑤句信息，没有证据/IR

B. Mather’s firsthand personal acquaintance with those about whom he wrote NE

C. Mather’s frank and straightforward accounts of the lives and times of people about whom he had conducted extensive research 没有证据，干扰性较强

D. Mather’s ability to detail important historical events in the religious context of which they were a part NE

E. The quantity and nature of the sources from which Mather obtained his information. 来自⑤

 

3. Information in the passage best supports which of the following statements about Mather’s biographies of the settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? 全文定位

A. Annals [剑1] written by Mather and others were censored [剑2] by later historians, thus detracting from their value as full and accurate accounts of the period. 没有证据

B. Mather’s description of Governor Winthrop includes all of Winthrop’s shortcomings, such as a tendency toward levity [剑3] at inappropriate times. 没有证据

C. Mather’s descriptions of the Massachusetts Bay colonists were based primarily on firsthand experiences. NE

D. Many historians believe that Mather’s biographies are poor sources of historical information because biography is an inherently unreliable genre of historical writing. NE

E. Mather’s writings reflect an interest in the degree of economic success achieved by early Massachusetts Bay colonists. 对应④句material prosperity

 [剑1]年鉴

 [剑2]审查，删掉

 [剑3]多变，轻率