四六级考试

【单选题】The United States government’s support of slavery was based on an overpowering practicality.BeforeAmerica even had a history it was busy creating a (67) ethnic class for it to look down (68) . The history of black people in the United States begins with the birth of (69) .AfricanAmericans were (70) not just as a lower class of people, but simply as property, creating an (71) for equality that may never (72) Slaves were subjected to the poorest of living (73) , whippings not uncommon, and often having tight knit families, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons split when sold (74) from each other.Early slave resistance was often to the effect of (75) property, running away or just working (76) but sometimes went as far as killing masters and burning (77) buildings. In some instances masters were fast to (78) themselves from this by making lower class whites overseers, hoping they would (79) the brunt of the slave’s (80) . The United States would eventually (81) in the great pressure placed on it to (82) slavery. With slavery ended black and white people were able to live together as (83) . Some would say that this is still not the fact, since oppression (压迫) of (84) people did not end until today and widespread discrimination against them was constant. (85) slavery remained in the memories ofAfricanAmericans, they still lived in fear from race related (86) . In the 1930s someAfricanAmericans began to align themselves.

A、stealing
B．buying
C．owning
D．protecting

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
语义衔接题。resistance的意思是“反抗”，这句讲的是奴隶早期的反抗形式，如偷窃财产，所以应该选 stealing。buying，owning“拥有”和protecting“保护”这几个词与本句的意思不相符，应该排除。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>