2013年GMAT考试阅读理解模拟试题(6)
<p> <span word="Colonial">Colonial</span> <span word="historian">historian</span> <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Allen">Allen</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="intensive">intensive</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="communities">communities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="seventeenth">seventeenth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="model">model</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="meticulous">meticulous</span> <span word="scholarship">scholarship</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="detailed">detailed</span> <span word="microcosmic">microcosmic</span> <span word="level">level</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="convincing">convincing</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="point">point</span>. <span word="Allen">Allen</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="coherence">coherence</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="continuity">continuity</span> <span word="existed">existed</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="colonial">colonial</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="practices">practices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="administrative">administrative</span> <span word="organization">organization</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="historians">historians</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="overstates">overstates</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="case">case</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="declaration">declaration</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="proved">proved</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="remarkable">remarkable</span> <span word="extent">extent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="diversity">diversity</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="imitative">imitative</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="regional">regional</span> <span word="differences">differences</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mother">mother</span> <span word="country">country</span>."</p><p> <span word="Such">Such</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="assertion">assertion</span> <span word="ignores">ignores</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="differences">differences</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="seventeenth">seventeenth</span>-<span word="century">century</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span>. <span word="First">First</span>, <span word="England">England</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="overcrowded">overcrowded</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="land">land</span>-<span word="hungry">hungry</span>; <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sparsely">sparsely</span> <span word="populated">populated</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="labor">labor</span>-<span word="hungry">hungry</span>. <span word="Second">Second</span>, <span word="England">England</span> <span word="suffered">suffered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="normal">normal</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mortality">mortality</span>; <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="generation">generation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="colonists">colonists</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="virtually">virtually</span> <span word="free">free</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="infectious">infectious</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>. <span word="Third">Third</span>, <span word="England">England</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="all">all</span>-<span word="embracing">embracing</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="church">church</span>; <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span> <span word="membership">membership</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="church">church</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="restricted">restricted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elect">elect</span>. <span word="Fourth">Fourth</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="villagers">villagers</span> <span word="lived">lived</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="paternalistic">paternalistic</span> <span word="resident">resident</span> <span word="squires">squires</span>; <span word="no">no</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="existed">existed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="England">England</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="narrowing">narrowing</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="village">village</span> <span word="institutions">institutions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ignoring">ignoring</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="differences">differences</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="studies">studies</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Greven">Greven</span>, <span word="Demos">Demos</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Lockridge">Lockridge</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="shown">shown</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="important">important</span>, <span word="Allen">Allen</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="somewhat">somewhat</span> <span word="distorted">distorted</span> <span word="picture">picture</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reality">reality</span>.</p>
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