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 founderｓ 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 constitution?

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 foundｅｄ the NAACP

C. She continued to serve the Ashleys

D. She went to live with her grandchildren

5.What is the test mainly about?

A. A story of a famous writer and spokesperson

B. The friendship between a lawyer and a slave

C. The life of a brave African American woman

D. A trial that shocked the whole world

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這是一片人物傳記。本文講述了一位勇敢的奴隸為了獲得自由和平等權(quán)而努力斗爭的故事。

1.小題1】A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第一句“Elizabeth Freeman was born about …who were slaves.”可知，Mumbet出生在一個奴隸家庭里，所以她也是一個奴隸。故選A。

2.小題2】C考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第二段的第三句“Mumbet protected her sister…”和第四句“Furious, she left the house and refused to come back.”可知，Mumbet在奴隸主暴打姐姐的時候因為保護姐姐而被打，她因為憤怒而離開了奴隸主家。故選C。

3.小題3】B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第三段的第二句“If the constitution said that all…she thought it should apply to her”可知，Mumbet在新憲法的討論中知道了所有人都是自由和平等的，故選B。

4.小題4】 A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。由第四段可知，Mumbet在審判之后拒絕了Ashleys家的聘用，去為律師Sedgewick工作，故選A。

5.小題5】C考查主旨要義。通過閱讀文章可知，本文講述的是一位勇敢的奴隸為了獲得自由而做出的努力。故選C。

考點：考查人物傳記類閱讀。