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GRE阅读练习每日一篇(二十一)

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  Visual recognition involves storing and retrieving memories. Neural activity, triggered by the eye, forms an image in the brain s memory system that constitutes an internal representation of the viewed object. When an object is encountered again, it is matched with its internal representation and thereby recognized. Controversy surrounds the question of whether recognition is a parallel, one-step process or a serial, step-by-step one. Psychologists of the Gestalt school maintain that objects are recognized as wholes in a parallel procedure: the internal representation is matched with the retinal image in a single operation. Other psychologists have proposed that internal representation features are matched serially with an object s features. Although some experiments show that, as an object becomes familiar, its internal representation becomes more holistic and the recognition process correspondingly more parallel, the weight of evidence seems to support the serial hypothesis, at least for objects that are not notably simple and familiar.

  17. The author is primarily concerned with

  explaining how the brain receives images

  synthesizing hypotheses of visual recognition

  examining the evidence supporting the serial recognition hypothesis

  discussing visual recognition and some hypotheses proposed to explain it

  reporting on recent experiments dealing with memory systems and their relationship to neural activity

  18. According to the passage, Gestalt psychologists make which of the following suppositions about visual recognition?

  I. A retinal image is in exactly the same forms as its internal representation.

  II. An object is recognized as a whole without any need for analysis into component parts.

  III. The matching of an object with its internal representation occurs in only one step.

  II only

  III only

  I and III only

  II and III only

  I, II, and III

  19. It can be inferred from the passage that the matching process in visual recognition is

  not a neural activity

  not possible when an object is viewed for the very first time

  not possible if a feature of a familiar object is changed in some way

  only possible when a retinal image is received in the brain as a unitary whole

  now fully understood as a combination of the serial and parallel processes

  20. It terms of its tone and form, the passage can best be characterized as

  a biased exposition

  a speculative study

  a dispassionate presentation

  an indignant denial

  a dogmatic explanation

  In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. Although much has been accomplished for the modern period, premodern cultures have proved more difficult: sources are restricted in number, fragmentary, difficult to interpret, and often contradictory. Thus it is not particularly surprising that some earlier scholarship concerning such cultures has so far gone unchallenged. An example is Johann Bachofen s 1861 treatise on Amazons, women-ruled societies of questionable existence contemporary with ancient Greece.

  Starting from the premise that mythology and legend preserve at least a nucleus of historical fact, Bachofen argued that women were dominant in many ancient societies. His work was based on a comprehensive survey of references in the ancient sources to Amazonian and other societies with matrilineal customs societies in which descent and property rights are traced through the female line. Some support for his theory can be found in evidence such as that drawn from Herodotus, the Greek historian of the fifth century B. C., who speaks of an Amazonian society, the Sauromatae, where the women hunted and fought in wars. A woman in this society was not allowed to marry until she had killed a person in battle.

  Nonetheless, this assumption that the first recorders of ancient myths have preserved facts is problematic. If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons, it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact real Amazonian societies but rather to offer moral lessons on the supposed outcome of women s rule in their own society. The Amazons were often characterized, for example, as the equivalents of giants and centaurs, enemies to be slain by Greek heroes. Their customs were presented not as those of a respectable society, but as the very antitheses of ordinary Greek practices.

  Thus, I would argue, the purpose of accounts of the Amazons for their male Greek recorders was didactic, to teach both male and female Greeks that all-female groups, formed by withdrawal from traditional society, are destructive and dangerous. Myths about the Amazons were used as arguments for the male-dominated status quo, in which groups composed exclusively of either sex were not permitted to segregate themselves permanently from society. Bachofen was thus misled in his reliance on myths for information about the status of women. The sources that will probably tell contemporary historians most about women in the ancient world are such social documents as gravestones, wills, and marriage contracts. Studies of such documents have already begun to show how mistaken we are when we try to derive our picture of the ancient world exclusively from literary sources, especially myths.

  21. The primary purpose of the passage is to

  compare competing new approaches to understanding the role of women in ancient societies

  investigate the ramifications of Bachofen s theory about the dominance of women in ancient societies

  explain the burgeoning interest among historians in determining the actual status of women in various societies

  analyze the nature of Amazonian society and uncover similarities between it and the Greek world

  criticize the value of ancient myths in determining the status of women in ancient societies

  22. All of the following are stated by the author as problems connected with the sources for knowledge of premodern cultures EXCEPT:

  partial completeness

  restricted accessibility

  difficulty of interpretation

  limited quantity

  tendency toward contradiction

  23. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the myths recorded by the ancient Greeks?

  I. They sometimes included portrayals of women holding positions of power.

  II. They sometimes contained elaborate explanations of inheritance customs.

  III. They comprise almost all of the material available to historians about ancient Greece.

  I only

  III only

  I and III only

  II and III only

  I, II, and III

  24. Which of the following is presented in the passage as evidence supporting the author s view of the ancient Greeks descriptions of the Amazons?

  The requirement that Sauromatae women kill in battle before marrying

  The failure of historians to verify that women were ever governors of ancient societies

  The classing of Amazons with giants and centaurs

  The well-established unreliability of Herodotus as a source of information about ancient societies

  The recent discovery of ancient societies with matrilineal customs

  25. It can be inferred from the passage that the probable reactions of many males in ancient Greece to the idea of a society ruled by women could best characterized as

  confused and dismayed

  wary and hostile

  cynical and disinterested

  curious but fearful

  excited but anxious

  26. The author suggests that the main reason for the persisting influence of Bachofen s work is that

  feminists have shown little interest in ancient societies

  Bachofen s knowledge of Amazonian culture is unparalleled

  reliable information about the ancient world is difficult to acquire

  ancient societies show the best evidence of women in positions of power

  historians have been primarily interested in the modern period

  27. The author s attitude toward Bachofen s treatise is best described as one of

  qualified approval

  profound ambivalence

  studied neutrality

  pointed disagreement

  unmitigated hostility

  答案:17-27:DDBCEBACBCD

  

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