During the early years of American settlement, a new form of English was beginning to develop in the islands of the West Indies and the southern part of the mainland, spoken by the black population. The beginning of the seventeenth century saw the happening of the slave trade. Ships from Europe travelled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slaves. The slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molasses(糖蜜). The ships then returned to England, completing an “Atlantic triangle”of journeys, and the process began again. Britain and the United States had outlawed the slave trade by 1865, but by that time, nearly 200 years of trading had taken place. By the middle of the nineteenth century, there were over four million black slaves in America.
The policy of the slave-traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellion. The result was the growth of several pidgin (混雜語言) forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors many of whom spoken English. Once arriving in the Caribbean, this pidgin English continued to act as a major means of communication between teh black population and the new landowners, and among the blacks themselves. Then, when children came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black Creole(克里奧爾語) speech in the region. This Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations (種植園), and in the coastal towns and islands.
小題1:Which of the following shows the route of slave trade correctly?
A．EuropeWest African coastthe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope
B．EuropeWest African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coast
C．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastEurope
D．West African coastEuropethe Caribbean islands and the American coastWest African coast
小題2:It can be inferred that the slaves in the same ship ____.
A．didn’t communicate with each other
B．could understand several languages
C．spoke different languages
D．came from the same place
小題3:Creole speech comes from _____.
A．Spanish and English
B．English and an African language
C．a(chǎn) European language and an American language
D．a(chǎn)n African language and an American language
小題4:What is the text mainly about?
A．The history of slave trade.B．“Atlantic triangle” of journeys.
C．Languages spoken in AmericaD．The birth of black English

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：本文主要講述的就是黑人英語的發(fā)展歷程，是由黑奴所講的非洲語言和英語混合在一起而來的。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段4-8行Ships from Europe travelled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slaves. The slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molasses(糖蜜). The ships then returned to England, completing an “Atlantic triangle”of journeys, and the process began again.說明A項的路線是正確的。
小題2:C 推斷題。根據(jù)第二段1,2行The policy of the slave-traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellion.說明這些人把來自不同地方的黑奴放在一起，以防他們溝通好進(jìn)行暴動，故C正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段3,4行The result was the growth of several pidgin (混雜語言) forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors many of whom spoken English.可知這樣的語言是由黑奴講的非洲語言和水手講的英語混合在一起的，故B正確。
小題4:D 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的就是黑人英語的發(fā)展歷程，是由黑奴所講的非洲語言和英語混合在一起而來的，故D正確。
點評：本文主要講述的就是黑人英語的發(fā)展歷程，從題目設(shè)置的角度看，本題側(cè)重對學(xué)生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到這類題后，要注意把握好文章結(jié)構(gòu)，了解文章中心意思，找到各段落中心句。不要讓文中的一些生詞影響了注意力。
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