Some slaves were kept in a pen which was found in ______.A.KentuckyB.TennesseeC.CarolinaD.
Some slaves were kept in a pen which was found in ______.
A.Kentucky
B.Tennessee
C.Carolina
D.Virginia
Some slaves were kept in a pen which was found in ______.
A.Kentucky
B.Tennessee
C.Carolina
D.Virginia
第1题
It was said that some slaves were huffed ______ in the funeral.
A.live
B.alive
C.living
D.lively
第2题
Dutch traders brought 20 Africans to Jamestown, Virginia, as early as 1619, however, throughout the 17 th century the number of Africans in the English mainland colonies grew very slowly. At that time, colonists used two other sources of unfree labor: Native American slaves and European indentured servants.
During those years, every colony had some Native American slaves, but their number was limited. Indian men avoided performing agricultural labor, because they viewed it as women' s work, and colonists complained that they were too "haughty". The more important was that the settlers found it more convenient to sell Native Americans captured in war to planters in the Caribbean than to turn them into slaves, because they often resisted and it was not hard for the slaves to escape. Later, the policy of killing Indians or driving them away from white settlements was proposed and it contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves.
The other form. of labor was the white indentured servitude. Most indentured servants consisted of poor Europeans. Desiring to escape tough conditions in Europe and take advantage of fabled opportunities in America, they traded three to seven years of their labor in exchange for the transatlantic passage. At first, it was mainly English who were the white indentured servitude but later increasingly Irish, Welsh, and German joined. They were essentially temporary slaves and most of them served as agricultural workers although some, especially in the North, were taught skilled trades. During the 17th century, they performed most of heavy labor in the Southern colonies and also consisted of the bulk of immigrants to those colonies.
At the end of the 17 th century, in order to meet the labor need, landowners in America turned to African slaves. During the late 17th and 18th centuries, thanks to the dominant position of England in terms of naval superiority, English traders (some of whom lived in English America) transported millions of Africans across the Atlantic. And the transatlantic slave trade produced one of the largest forced migrations in history, blacks (the great majority of whom were slaves) increasing from about 7 percent of the American population in 1680 to more than 40 percent by the middle of the 18th century.
Which of the following was true of the slavery in America?
A.The colonists sold African Americans to planters in the Caribbean.
B.Native American slaves performed agricultural labor.
C.During the 17th century, the white indentured servitude was the main labor in the Southern colonies.
D.It was at the end of the 17th century that African people began to be brought to America.
第3题
Text 2
For centuries the most valuable of African resources for Europeans were the slaves ,but these could be obtained at coastal ports, without any need for going deep inland. Slavery had been an established institution in Africa. Prisoners of war had been enslaved, as were also debtors and individuals guilty of serious crimes. But these slaves usually were treated as part of the family. They had clearly defined rights, and their slave status was not necessarily inherited. Therefore it is commonly argued that Africa's traditional slavery was mild compared to the trans-Atlantic slave trade organized by the Europeans. This argument ,however ,can be carried too far .ln the most recent study of this subject, some scholars warned against the illusion that "cruel and dehumanizing enslavement was a monopoly of the West. Slavery in its extreme forms ,including the taking of life, was common to both Africa and the West. The fact that African slavery had different origins and consequences should not lead us to deny what it was - the exploitation and control of human beings. "Neither can it be denied that the wholesale shipment of Africans to the slave plantations of the Americas was made possible by the participation of African chiefs who rounded up their fellow Africans and sold them as a handsome profit to European ship captains waiting along the coasts.
Granting all this ,the fact remains that the trans-Atlantic slave trade conducted by the Europeans was entirely different in quantity and quality from the traditional type of slavery that had existed' within Africa. From the beginning the European variety was primarily an economic institution rather than social ,as it had been in Africa. Western slave traders and slave owners were acted on by purely economic considerations ,and were quite ready to work their slaves to death if it was more profitable to do so than to treat them more mercifully. This inhumanity was reinforced by racism when the Europeans became involved in the African slave trade on a large scale. Perhaps as a subconscious rationalization they gradually came to look down on Negroes as inherently inferior ,and therefore destined to serve their white masters. Rationalization also may have been involved in the Europeans' use of religion to justify the traffic in human beings. It was argued ,for instance ,that enslavement assured the conversion of the African evil-believing religions to the true faith as well as to civilization.
46.1n the first paragraph, the author argues that
[ A] the Europeans were innocent in the trade of African slaves.
[ B] slavery in Africa and in the West was the same in nature.
[ C] the view in the most recent studies of enslavement is baseless.
[D] slaves had been treated even more cruelly in the African tradition.
第4题
Granting all this, the fact remains that the trans-Atlantic slave trade conducted by the Europeans was entirely different in quantity and quality from the traditional type of slavery that had existed within Africa. From the beginning the European variety was primarily an economic institution rather than social, as it had been in Africa. Western slave traders and slave owners were acted on by purely economic considerations, and were quite ready to work their slaves to death if it was more profitable to do so than to treat them more mercifully. This inhumanity was reinforced by racism when the Europeans became involved in the African slave trade on a large scale. Perhaps as a subconscious rationalization they gradually came to look down on Negroes as inherently inferior, and therefore destined to serve their white masters. Rationalization also may have been involved in the Europeans' use of religion to justify the traffic in human beings. It was argued, for instance, that enslavement assured the conversion of the African evil-believing religions to the true faith as well as to civilization.
In the first paragraph, the author argues that
A.the Europeans were innocent in the trade of African slaves.
B.slavery in Africa and in the West was the same in nature.
C.the view in the most recent studies of enslavement is baseless.
D.slaves had been treated even more cruelly in the African tradition.
第5题
A.The Native American slaves were very haughty.
B.The Native American slaves were very lazy.
C.The Native American slaves were hard to control.
D.The Native American slaves always found ways to escape.
第6题
Slaves were imported from Africa for the ______ reason.
A.political
B.economic
C.cultural
D.religious
第7题
【C1】
A.apparent
B.distinct
C.distinguished
D.evident
第8题
Human migrations (迁移) within recorded history have transformed the entire character of lands and continents and the composition of their racial, ethnic and language groups. The map of Europe, for example, is the product of several major early migrations involving the Germanic peoples, the Slaves, and the Turks. The overseas migration of Europeans during this period totaled about 60 million people.
The largest migration in history has been called the Great Atlantic Migration from Europe to North America, the first major wave of which began in the 1840's with mass movements from Ireland and Germany. In the 1880's, a second and larger wave developed from eastern and southern Europe; between 1880 and 1910 some 17 million Europeans entered the United States. The total number of Europeans reaching tile United States amounted to 37 million between 1820 and 1980. From 1801 to 1914 about 7.5 million people moved from Europe to Asiatic Russia, and between World War I and II about 6 million more chose to move there, not counting the vast number of deportees (被遗返回国者) who were forced to go to Siberia's labor camps. Since World War Ⅱ the largest migrations have involved groups from developing countries moving to the industrialized nations. Some 13 million people moved across borders to become permanent residents of Western Europe from the 1960's through the 1980's, and more than 10 million permanent immigrants were admitted Legally to the United States in that same period, with illegal immigration adding several millions more.
Slave migrations and mass expulsions (排斥) also have been part of human history for thousands of years. The largest slave migrations were probably those compelled by European slave traders operating in Africa from the 16th to the 19th century; perhaps 20 million slaves were taken to the America, though a large number died in terrible conditions of the trip across the Atlantic Ocean. The largest mass expulsions have probably been those imposed by Nazi Germany, which deported 7 to 8 million persons during World War Ⅱ. The major trend in internal migration during the 20th century has been the movement from rural to urban areas. As a consequence, urban growth since World War II has been very rapid in much of the world, particularly in developing countries.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The map of Europe is the product of several major early migrations.
B.Human migrations within recorded history have changed the world.
C.The overseas migration of Europeans totaled about 60 million people.
D.The first major wave of migration began in the 1840's.
第9题
A.the slaves were really planning to fight back and flee out of the ship
B.the slaves might be sharing their past living pleasure in different villages and discussing what to do in the rest of the horrible voyage
C.the slaves were probably plotting to revenge against the Toubob
D.the slaves were likely to look forward to their future life after they arrived at the new continent
第10题
Hardship did not end with freedom. There were(1)______ regional variation in both the status and(2)______of free blacks during that period. Free blacks in the north were excluded from most public schools,(3)______ from interstate travel, barred from voting in many states, and often attacked by (4)______whites. Finding a(n) (5)______job in the North was extremely difficult. Jobs (6)______to free blacks were limited(7)______ domestic service and farming.(8)______ ,the jobs that were available to free blacks were found(9)______ in urban cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.(10)______ a time when less than 20 percent of all Americans(11)______ in urban areas, 60 percent of Northern free blacks lived in major urban cities. In the Deep South less than 2 percent of the black population was classified as free in 1860. Often(12)______as Creoles(克里奥尔人)or mulattoes(黑白混血儿), a significant(13)______of free blacks in the Deep South were wealthy, light-skinned aristocrats. Some Creoles(14)______dark-skinned free black, and many despised the negative stigma that was(15)______ with being black. The free black elite in cities such as Mobile, Alabama(16)______ themselves on their fine clothing and " respectable " air. Whites in the Deep South(17)______the few free blacks mainly as day laborers and domestic servants.(18)______ free blacks worked as carpenters, mechanics, and tailors. The large personal(19)______ of a few free blacks in the Deep South(20)______them to own slaves. Many bought slaves in an effort to protect family members, but others sought to expand personal fortunes.
(1)
A.apparent
B.distinct
C.distinguished
D.evident