Question

Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves. At the age of six months she was acquired, along with her sister, by John Ashley, a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholders. She became known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett.”

For nearly 30 years Mumbet served the Ashley family. One day, Ashley’s wife tried to strike Mumbet’s sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起訴) for her freedom.

While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her. Eventually, Mumbet won her freedom---- the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution.

Strangely enough, after the trial, the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee. She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants(后裔). One of her great-grandchildren was W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the founder of the NAACP, and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights.

Mumbet’s tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried. It reads, in part: “She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.”

1. What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?

A. She was born a slave

B. She was a slaveholder

C. She had a famous sister

D. She was born into a rich family

2. Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?

A. She found an employer B. She wanted to be a lawyer

C. She was hit and got angry D. She had to take care of her sister

3. What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution?

A. She should always obey her owners’ orders

B. She should be as free and equal as whites

C. How to be a good servant

D. How to apply for a job

4. What did Mumbet do after the trial?

A. She chose to work for a lawyer

B. She found the NAACP

C. She continued to serve the Ashleys

D. She went to live with her grandchildren

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析: 本文是一篇人物傳記類文章，主要介紹了美國歷史上一位勇于追求自由的女性黑奴Elizabeth Freeman為了獲得自由而進(jìn)行斗爭，最后獲得自由的故事，以及人們對她的評價(jià)。

1.判斷題。根據(jù)文章首段Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves.可知她是一對奴隸父母親生下的孩子，所以天生就是奴隸。選A。

2.判斷題。根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容One day, Ashley’s wife tried to strike Mumbet’s sister with a spade. Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back.可知Ashley的妻子要打她的妹妹，她為了保護(hù)妹妹而被打之后就離開了Ashley 的家。由此可知她的離開是因?yàn)楸淮蛄�，非常生氣，所以才離開。選C。

3.判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三段While serving the Ashleys, Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution. If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her.可知她一直在了解與憲法有關(guān)的內(nèi)容，目的是為了獲得和白人一樣的平等權(quán)利。故B正確。

4.理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段和第四段When the Ashleys tried to make her return, Mumbet consulted a lawyer, Theodore Sedgewick. With his help, Mumbet sued(起訴) for her freedom. 和She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick.可知在她獲得自由后，她選擇了為律師工作。故A正確。

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