英语专业四级考试模拟试题（阅读篇16）
<p> <span word="Both">Both</span> <span word="Mercy">Mercy</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Abigail">Abigail</span> <span word="Adams">Adams</span> <span word="admired">admired</span> <span word="Catharine">Catharine</span> <span word="Macaulay">Macaulay</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="radical">radical</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="England">England</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="supported">supported</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="n">n</span> <span word="patriots">patriots</span>. <span word="Under">Under</span> <span word="Macaulays">Macaulays</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="conceived">conceived</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="plan">plan</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hist">hist</span> <span word="ory">ory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Revolution">Revolution</span>. <span word="Living">Living</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1805. <span word="Abigail">Abigail</span> <span word="Adams">Adams</span> <span word="rej">rej</span> <span word="ected">ected</span> <span word="literary">literary</span> <span word="ambitions">ambitions</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="herself">herself</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="sense">sense</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inferiority">inferiority</span> <span word="abo">abo</span> <span word="ut">ut</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="spelling">spelling</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ignorance">ignorance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Latin">Latin</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="letters">letters</span>, <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="plays">plays</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="verse">verse</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="documenting">documenting</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dawn">dawn</span> <span word="ing">ing</span> <span word="feminist">feminist</span> <span word="consciousness">consciousness</span>.</p><p> <span word="Abigail">Abigail</span> <span word="Adams">Adams</span> <span word="welcomed">welcomed</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="advance">advance</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="foresaw">foresaw</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="re">re</span> <span word="alized">alized</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="lifetime">lifetime</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="urged">urged</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Unite">Unite</span> <span word="d">d</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="remember">remember</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ladies">ladies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="code">code</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="laws">laws</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="married">married</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="protection">protection</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="tyrannical">tyrannical</span> <span word="husbands">husbands</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="pointed">pointed</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="terrible">terrible</span> <span word="defi">defi</span> <span word="ciencies">ciencies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="levels">levels</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="request">request</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>, <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="constitution">constitution</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="distinguished">distinguished</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Learnin">Learnin</span> <span word="g">g</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Virtue">Virtue</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="Heroes">Heroes</span>, <span word="Statesmen">Statesmen</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Phi">Phi</span> <span word="losophers">losophers</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="learned">learned</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="awareness">awareness</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="educations">educations</span> <span word="value">value</span>, <span word="rooted">rooted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Enlightenment">Enlightenment</span> <span word="faith">faith</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="potentiality">potentiality</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="feminist">feminist</span> <span word="implicatio">implicatio</span> <span word="n">n</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="feminist">feminist</span> <span word="ideology">ideology</span>.</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="contemporary">contemporary</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="background">background</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="explicit">explicit</span> <span word="feminist">feminist</span> <span word="argument">argument</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="views">views</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Judith">Judith</span> <span word="Sargent">Sargent</span> <span word="M">M</span> <span word="urray">urray</span> <span word="reflected">reflected</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="experience">experience</span>. <span word="Murrays">Murrays</span> <span word="Cleane">Cleane</span> <span word="r">r</span> <span word="essays">essays</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1790<span word="s">s</span> <span word="transcended">transcended</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="boundaries">boundaries</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="reco">reco</span> <span word="gnizing">gnizing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="training">training</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="earn">earn</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="living">living</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span>, <span word="like">like</span> <span word="Mer">Mer</span> <span word="cy">cy</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Abigail">Abigail</span> <span word="Adams">Adams</span>, <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="values">values</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gentility">gentility</span>, <span word="sh">sh</span> <span word="e">e</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="hardship">hardship</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="selfsupporting">selfsupporting</span>; <span word="education">education</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="independence">independence</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="whe">whe</span> <span word="ther">ther</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="unmarried">unmarried</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="widows">widows</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="wives">wives</span>.</p>
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