2011年GMAT考试阅读材料21(附答案)(3)

　　(D) They expected that the colonies would offer them increased opportunity.

　　(E) They were generally not as educated as the people who remained in England.

　　6. The author of the passage is primarily concerned with

　　(A) comparing several current interpretations of early American history

　　(B) suggesting that new social research on migration should lead to revisions in current interpretations of early American history

　　(C) providing the theoretical framework that is used by most historians in understanding early American history

　　(D) refuting an argument about early American history that has been proposed by social historians

　　(E) discussing a reinterpretation of early American history that is based on new social research on migration 　7. It can be inferred from the passage that American history textbooks used to assert that

　　(A) many migrants to colonial North America were not successful financially

　　(B) more migrants came to America out of religious or political conviction that came in the hope of acquiring land

　　(C) New England communities were much alike in terms of their economics and demographics

　　(D) many migrants to colonial North America failed to maintain ties with their European relations

　　(E) the level of literacy in New England communities was very high

　　8. The author of the passage would be most likely to a美国GREe with which of the following statements about Bailyn’s work?

　　(A) Bailyn underestimates the effects of Puritan thought on North American culture.

　　(B) Bailyn overemphasizes the economic dependence of the colonies on 美国GREat Britain.

　　(C) Bailyn’s description of the colonies as part of an Anglo-American empire is misleading and incorrect.

　　(D) Bailyn failed to test his propositions on a specific group of migrants to colonial North America.

　　(E) Bailyn overemphasizes the experiences of migrants to the New England colonies, and neglects the southern and the western parts of the New World.

　　参考答案：DDBA DECA

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