Text 4 The most thoroughly studied intel

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问题 Text 4 The most thoroughly studied intellectuals in the history of the New World are the ministers and political leaders of seventeenth-century New England.According to the standard history of American philosophy,nowhere else in colonial America was"So much importance attached to intellectual pursuits."According to many books and articles,New England's leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding,dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.To take this approach to the New Englanders normally means to start with the Puritans'theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church-important subjects that we may not neglect.But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life,we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture,adjusting to New World circumstances.The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England.Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629,There were political leaders like John Winthrop,an educated gentleman,lawyer,and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston.There men wrote and published extensively,reaching both New World and Old World audiences,and giving New England an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.We should not forget,however,that most New Englanders were less well educated.While few craftsmen or farmers,let alone dependents and servants,left literary compositions to be analyzed,it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized.Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality.A tailor named John Dane,who emigrated in the late 1630s,left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs.Sexual confusion,economic frustrations,and religious hope—all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible,told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate,and read the magical words:"come out from among them,touch no unclean thing,and I will be your God and you shall be my people."One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in puritan churches.Meanwhile,many settles had slighter religious commitments than Dane's,as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion."Our main end was to catch fish."37.It is suggested in paragraph 2 that New Englanders__________.A.experienced a comparatively peaceful early history.B.brought with them the culture of the Old WorldC.paid little attention to southern intellectual lifeD.were obsessed with religious innovations

选项 A.experienced a comparatively peaceful early history.
B.brought with them the culture of the Old World
C.paid little attention to southern intellectual life
D.were obsessed with religious innovations

答案 B

解析文章第二段内容谈到“把这种方式正常地带给新英格兰人意味着从清教徒的神学创新和新英格兰人对教堂持有的独特思想（这是我们不能忽视的一个重要话题）开始。但与我们检视南方知识分子一致的是，我们可以把最初的清教徒作为适应新世界氛围早期文化的携带者。新英格兰殖民地是这个片段中最重要一幕，在追求普遍理解和赞誉文明的理想”。从这段内容可知，既然清教徒是适应新世界文化的携带者，那么新英格兰人必然是带有旧文化，由此本题答案为B。

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