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根据以下材料，回答题fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Life as a woman in the colonial (殖民地) America seems quite different from it is today.
Women were considered inferior to men, a fact56_________ in tradition, law, and religion. Their place was in the home, 57_________ they were to serve as devoted wives and mothers. They were therefore considered unfit to operate58_________ political beings and unable to59_________the benefits of citizenship given to men. Very few women60_________a college education, secured a well-paid job, or pursued a fruitful career. Other than marrying well, they could do61_________to improve their economic status.
62_________their secondary status, women63_________ play a central role in developing, civilizing,and advancing the nation long before the United States gained its independence64_________Great Britain. During the colonial period, they made great contributions to family and community. They worked alongside their husbands65_________family survival demanded that chores(杂事) be shared by all. Women helped to sow, plant, and harvest crops. They66_________pigs and chickens, planted gardens and milked cows. This need for shared male and female labor67_________a constant theme(主题)as families moved to the frontier, where all family members' having to work68_________essential.69_________scholars still debate the nature of white women' s standing during the colonial period,many of them admit that colonial women70_________some standing in their families and communities 71_________their contributions were so essential. A woman might72_________chores in the home but also assist her husband in73_________a newspaper or a store. But this cooperative(合作的) approach did not translate into74_________rights for women; instead, it75_________the realities and uncertainties of colonial life.
第56题答案是_________ A．rooted
B．Rooting
C．caused
D．causing
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