Question

【题目】I was born in Tuckahoe，Talbot Country，Maryland. I have no accurate(准确的)knowledge of my age，never having seen any record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs，and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant(不知情的)．I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than plantingtime，harvesting，springtime，or falltime. A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages，but I could not tell. Why the same right ought to be taken away from me！I was not allowed to ask my master about it. He considered all such questions on the part of a slave improper and impolite. The nearest estimate(估计)I can live makes me now between twentyseven and twentyeight years of age. I come to this，from hearing my master say，some time during 1835，I was about seventeen years old. My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey，both colored，and quite dark.

My father was a white man. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father；but of the correctness of this opinion，I know nothing and I have no means to know. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant—before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom，in the part of Maryland from which I ran away，to part children from their mothers/span> at a very early age. Frequently，before the child has reached its twelfth month，its mother is taken from it，and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off，and the child is placed under the care of an older woman，too old for field labor.

【1】It can be learned from the text that________.

A．the slaves forgot the exact time when they were born

B．the writer didn't know whether his master was his father

C．the writer was about twentyseven years old in 1835

D．the writer's mother left him as soon as he was born

【2】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to________.

A．their birthday B．my age

C．a record D．Maryland

【3】The author was most probably raised________.

A．by his grandparents

B．by an old woman slave

C．with his master's support

D．together with other children

【4】How does the writer feel about not knowing his age?

A．Curious. B．Unhappy.

C．Astonished. D．Ashamed.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

试题分析: 这是一部黑人奴隶的自传。

【1】B 细节理解题。根据第二段提到The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father；but of the correctness of this opinion，I know nothing and I have no means to know.在我听过的所有人时，都这么谈起他，也有人说我的主人正是父亲，但我对这个传言的准确性一无所知，因为我没有途径知道，故选B项。

【2】A 词意代指。根据第一段提到I do not remember having ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than plantingtime，harvesting，springtime，or falltime.我不记得遇到一个知道自己生日的奴隶，他们对耕种，收割，春天，秋天的概念比自己的生日要清楚，故选A项。

【3】B 细节理解题。根据最后一段提到Frequently，before the child has reached its twelfth month，its mother is taken from it，and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off，and the child is placed under the care of an older woman，too old for field labor通常在孩子满12个月前，母亲被近离家，去很远的农场干活，孩子由一位干不动活的老婆婆来抚养，故选B项。

【4】B推断题。根据第一段提到A lack of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood.我渴望了解自己的背景，这件事在我小时候让我感到不愉快，故选B项。