大学英语四六级考试精读荟萃100篇(5)
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="Five">Five</span></p><p> <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Early">Early</span> <span word="Modern">Modern</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="repress">repress</span> <span word="womens">womens</span> <span word="voices">voices</span>. <span word="Patriarchal">Patriarchal</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span> <span word="constructed">constructed</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="chaste">chaste</span>, <span word="silent">silent</span>, <span word="obedient">obedient</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="subordinate">subordinate</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 17<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ideology">ideology</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="patriarchy">patriarchy</span>, <span word="political">political</span> <span word="absolutism">absolutism</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gender">gender</span> <span word="hierarchy">hierarchy</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="reaffirmed">reaffirmed</span> <span word="powerfully">powerfully</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="King">King</span> <span word="James">James</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Trew">Trew</span> <span word="Law">Law</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Free">Free</span> <span word="Monarchie">Monarchie</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Basilikon">Basilikon</span> <span word="Doron">Doron</span>; <span word="by">by</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="ideology">ideology</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="absolute">absolute</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="God">God</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="supreme">supreme</span> <span word="patriarch">patriarch</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="seen">seen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="imaged">imaged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="absolute">absolute</span> <span word="monarch">monarch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="family">family</span>. <span word="Accordingly">Accordingly</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="womans">womans</span> <span word="subjection">subjection</span>, <span word="first">first</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span>, <span word="imaged">imaged</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="subjection">subjection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="monarch">monarch</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="Christians">Christians</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="God">God</span>. <span word="Also">Also</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="period">period</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="outpouring">outpouring</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="repressive">repressive</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="overtly">overtly</span> <span word="misogynist">misogynist</span> <span word="sermons">sermons</span>, <span word="tracts">tracts</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="plays">plays</span>, <span word="detailing">detailing</span> <span word="womens">womens</span> <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="mental">mental</span> <span word="defects">defects</span>, <span word="spiritual">spiritual</span> <span word="evils">evils</span>, <span word="rebelliousness">rebelliousness</span>, <span word="shrewish">shrewish</span> <span word="ness">ness</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="inferiority">inferiority</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="men">men</span>.</p><p> <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="empower">empower</span> <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="During">During</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Elizabethan">Elizabethan</span> <span word="era">era</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="dominated">dominated</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="Queen">Queen</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="impressive">impressive</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="example">example</span> <span word="though">though</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="scant">scant</span> <span word="cultural">cultural</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="Elizabethan">Elizabethan</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="writers">writers</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="texts">texts</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="occupied">occupied</span> <span word="chiefly">chiefly</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="translation">translation</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> 17<span word="th">th</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="various">various</span> <span word="circumstances">circumstances</span> <span word="enabled">enabled</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="write">write</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="texts">texts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="thing">thing</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="counterweight">counterweight</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="patriarchy">patriarchy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="communitiesmothers">communitiesmothers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="daughters">daughters</span>, <span word="extended">extended</span> <span word="kinship">kinship</span> <span word="networks">networks</span>, <span word="close">close</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="friends">friends</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="separate">separate</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Queen">Queen</span> <span word="Anne">Anne</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="oppositional">oppositional</span> <span word="masques">masques</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="activities">activities</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="another">another</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reasonably">reasonably</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="apparently">apparently</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="romances">romances</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="histories">histories</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="expansive">expansive</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="imagining">imagining</span> <span word="womens">womens</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>. <span word="Also">Also</span>, <span word="representation">representation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="vigorous">vigorous</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rebellious">rebellious</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="characters">characters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="literature">literature</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="doubt">doubt</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="undermine">undermine</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="monolithic">monolithic</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="construct">construct</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="womens">womens</span> <span word="mature">mature</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="role">role</span>.</p>
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