1822 Further.c N10
1822 Further.c N10
1822 Further.c N10
NGÀY 17-12-2021 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút (không kể thời gian giao đề)
LƯU Ý: - Thí sinh làm bài vào phiếu trả lời. Đề thi không thu lại.
- Đề thi gồm 6 trang. Tổng điểm: 100. NAME: …………………………………………
- Thí sinh không được sử dụng bất cứ tài liệu gì. CLASS: ………………………………………..
Page | 5
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 form the core of the
two greatest collections of women’s history in the United States one at the Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe
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 writings 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 women. The lives of ordinary people continued, generally, to be untold in the American histories being
published.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
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
2. The word “contemporary” in the 1st paragraph means that the history was
A. informative B. thoughtful C. written at that time D. faultfinding
3. In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that ___.
A. a woman’s status was changed by marriage
B. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored
C. only three women were able to get their writing published
D. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women
4. The word “celebratory” in the 2nd paragraph means that the writings referred to ___.
A. related to parties B. religious C. serious D. full of praise
5. The word “they” in the 2nd paragraph refers to ___.
A. efforts B. authors C. counterparts D. sources
6. In the 2nd paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?
A. They put too much emphasis on daily activities
B. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.
C. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.
D. They were printed on poor-quality paper.
7. On the basis of information in the third paragraph, which of the following would most likely have been
collected by nineteenth-century feminist organizations?
A. Newspaper accounts of presidential election results
B. Biographies of John Adams
C. Letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem
D. Books about famous graduates of the country’s first college
8. What use was made of the nineteenth-century women’s history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the
Sophia Smith Collection?
A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia
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.
9. In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth- century “great
women” EXCEPT ___.
A. authors B. reformers
C. activists for women’s rights D. politicians
10. The word “representative” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ___.
A. typical B. satisfied C. supportive D. distinctive
Page | 6