Question

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 (混杂语言) 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(克里奥尔语) speech in the region. This Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations (种植园), and in the coastal towns and islands.

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

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

3.Creole speech comes from _____.

A．Spanish and English

B．English and an African language

C．a European language and an American language

D．an African language and an American language

4.What is the text mainly about?

A．The history of slave trade.                 B．“Atlantic triangle” of journeys.

C．Languages spoken in America              D．The birth of black English

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的就是黑人英语的发展历程，是由黑奴所讲的非洲语言和英语混合在一起而来的。

1.A 细节题。根据第一段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.说明A项的路线是正确的。

2.C 推断题。根据第二段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.说明这些人把来自不同地方的黑奴放在一起，以防他们沟通好进行暴动，故C正确。

3.B 细节题。根据第二段3,4行The result was the growth of several pidgin (混杂语言) forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors many of whom spoken English.可知这样的语言是由黑奴讲的非洲语言和水手讲的英语混合在一起的，故B正确。

4.D 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的就是黑人英语的发展历程，是由黑奴所讲的非洲语言和英语混合在一起而来的，故D正确。

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点评：本文主要讲述的就是黑人英语的发展历程，从题目设置的角度看，本题侧重对学生把握文章中心段落和各段落的中心句的能力的考查，所以遇到这类题后，要注意把握好文章结构，了解文章中心意思，找到各段落中心句。不要让文中的一些生词影响了注意力。