gre考试阅读真题解析(B)
<p> <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="approximately">approximately</span> 1763 <span word="to">to</span> 1789 <span word="was">was</span> <span word="marked">marked</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="internal">internal</span> <span word="conflicts">conflicts</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="colonists">colonists</span>. <span word="Inheritors">Inheritors</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="viewpoints">viewpoints</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="twentieth">twentieth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="Progressive">Progressive</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Beard">Beard</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Becker">Becker</span>, <span word="these">these</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="forward">forward</span> <span word="arguments">arguments</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="deserve">deserve</span> <span word="evaluation">evaluation</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="emphasized">emphasized</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Revolutionary">Revolutionary</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="dominating">dominating</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="how">how</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="distinguish">distinguish</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span>? <span word="Certainly">Certainly</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="side">side</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="supported">supported</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="accepted">accepted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="assumption">assumption</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Loyalists">Loyalists</span> <span word="represented">represented</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="upper">upper</span> <span word="class">class</span>, <span word="new">new</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="indicates">indicates</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Loyalists">Loyalists</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="drawn">drawn</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="socioeconomic">socioeconomic</span> <span word="classes">classes</span>. <span word="Looking">Looking</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rebel">rebel</span> <span word="side">side</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="evidence">evidence</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="contention">contention</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lower">lower</span>-<span word="class">class</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="upper">upper</span>-<span word="class">class</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span>. <span word="Indeed">Indeed</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span> <span word="tended">tended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suppress">suppress</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="conflicts">conflicts</span>. <span word="Where">Where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disputing">disputing</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="Loyalists">Loyalists</span>. <span word="Loyalism">Loyalism</span> <span word="thus">thus</span> <span word="operated">operated</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="valve">valve</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remove">remove</span> <span word="socioeconomic">socioeconomic</span> <span word="discontent">discontent</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="existed">existed</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span>. <span word="Disputes">Disputes</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="course">course</span>, <span word="among">among</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="remained">remained</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rebel">rebel</span> <span word="side">side</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="extraordinary">extraordinary</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="mobility">mobility</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="eighteenth">eighteenth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="prevented">prevented</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="disputes">disputes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="hardening">hardening</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="lines">lines</span>. <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="structure">structure</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="fluidthough">fluidthough</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="statistics">statistics</span> <span word="suggest">suggest</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="narrowing">narrowing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="opportunity">opportunity</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latter">latter</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="progressedthat">progressedthat</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="talk">talk</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="classes">classes</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="requires">requires</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="loose">loose</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="categories">categories</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="rich">rich</span>, <span word="poor">poor</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="class">class</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="eighteenth">eighteenth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="designations">designations</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="better">better</span> <span word="sort">sort</span>. <span word="Despite">Despite</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="vague">vague</span> <span word="categories">categories</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="unequivocally">unequivocally</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="hostility">hostility</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="recognizable">recognizable</span> <span word="classes">classes</span> <span word="cannot">cannot</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="legitimately">legitimately</span> <span word="observed">observed</span>. <span word="Outside">Outside</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="instances">instances</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="openly">openly</span> <span word="expressed">expressed</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="antagonism">antagonism</span>.</p>
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