1.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 30years 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."
51.What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?A
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
52.Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?C
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
53.What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution?B
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
54.What did Mumbet do after the trial?A
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
55.What is the test mainly about?C
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.
分析 這是一篇人物傳記.本文講述了生來就是奴隸的伊麗莎白•弗里曼為了獲得自由和平等的權(quán)力而進(jìn)行勇敢的斗爭,最后終于獲得自由的故事,以及人們對她的評價.
解答 51.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段第一句"Elizabeth Freeman was born about …who were slaves."可知,Mumbet的父母都是奴隸,她出生在一個奴隸家庭里,所以她生來是一個奴隸.故選A.
52.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第二段的"One day,Ashley's wife tried to strike Mumbet's sister with a spade.Mumbet protected her sister…Furious,she left the house and refused to come back."可知,Ashley的妻子要打她的妹妹,Mumbet為了保護(hù)妹妹而被Ashley的妻子打了,之后她就離開了Ashley 的家.可知她的離開是因為她被打了,她非常生氣.所以才離開,故選C.
53.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段的"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,她應(yīng)該擁有和白人一樣的平等權(quán)利,故選B.
54.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)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.
55.C主旨大意題.本文屬于人物傳記類短文,介紹了生來就是奴隸的伊麗莎白•弗里曼為了獲得自由而進(jìn)行斗爭的故事,以及人們對她的評價.故C項說法和文章主要內(nèi)容相符,故選C.
點評 本文是人物傳記,考查學(xué)生對細(xì)節(jié)的理解把握和推理判斷能力,做題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.