【题目】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(起诉) 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.”

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

【题目】Here is some information for you if you want to make a visit to Xi’an.

Admission Fee:

CNY150 (March 1 - end of November) CNY120 (December 1 - end of February)

The fare is for the Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum Site Park Through Ticket including the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, Lishan Garden and shuttle buses inside the scenic area.

Guide Services:

The exhibits are so well explained in both Chinese and English. However, visitors can also enjoy the guide services. It costs around CNY 100 to hire a guide.

Ticket Selling Hours:

Sell tickets from 08:30 to 17:00 (March 16-Nov.15), stop check-in at 18:35;

Sell tickets from 08:30 to 16:30 (Nov.16-March 15), stop check-in at 18:05

Transportation:

From Xi’an Xianyang International Airport:

Visitors can take Airport Shuttle Line 2 to Xi’an Railway Station. The bus departs every hour from 10:15 to 19:15 at 1F of T2 and the ticket costs CNY 25. Visitors can also hire a taxi from the airport and the fare is about CNY 200.

From downtown Xi’an:

Take tourism bus No.306 from the east square of Xi’an Railway Station or 307 from te south gate of Tang Paradise. The whole journey takes about one hour. The bus fare is CNY7 per person.

Getting Around:

Battery-powered motor vehicles and ancient-style carriages are available for visitors to tour around the mausoleum.

30 free shuttle buses are traveling between the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum and the Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses for tourists’ convenience. One can take them by showing the entrance ticket.

Recommended

Time for a Visit:

The museum is crowded in the morning because there are too many group visitors. Therefore, independent visitors may visit the museum in the early afternoon to avoid the crowds. However, they should not miss the last bus that returns from the museum to Xi’an at 19:00.

1A couple who want to visit the Museum in January should pay at least _______.

A. CNY 120 B. CNY 150 C. CNY 240 D. CNY 300

2It can be learned from the passage that _______.

A. guide services are free of charge

B. there are more visitors in the morning

C. most guides speak in more than two languages

D. visitors can get around by free motor cars

3Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. Visitors with through tickets can take free shuttle buses.

B. The last bus returns from the Museum at 18:30.

C. Visitors can enter the Museum with a ticket at any time.

D. Bus No. 307 starts from the east of Xi’an Railway Station.

4The passage is written to_______.

A. introduce the history of Xi’an

B. give some detailed information to visitors to Xi’an

C. recommend transportation to tour around Xi’an

D. offer the guide services in Xi’an

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