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 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】

试题分析：这是一片人物传记。本文讲述了一位勇敢的奴隶为了获得自由和平等权而努力斗争的故事。

1.小题1】A考查细节理解。由第一句“Elizabeth Freeman was born about …who were slaves.”可知，Mumbet出生在一个奴隶家庭里，所以她也是一个奴隶。故选A。

2.小题2】C考查细节理解。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在奴隶主暴打姐姐的时候因为保护姐姐而被打，她因为愤怒而离开了奴隶主家。故选C。

3.小题3】B考查细节理解。由第三段的第二句“If the constitution said that all…she thought it should apply to her”可知，Mumbet在新宪法的讨论中知道了所有人都是自由和平等的，故选B。

4.小题4】 A考查细节理解。由第四段可知，Mumbet在审判之后拒绝了Ashleys家的聘用，去为律师Sedgewick工作，故选A。

5.小题5】C考查主旨要义。通过阅读文章可知，本文讲述的是一位勇敢的奴隶为了获得自由而做出的努力。故选C。

考点：考查人物传记类阅读。