At the age of thirteen Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation after she wrote a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It became common practice i
At the age of thirteen Phyllis wrote her first poem. She became a Boston sensation after she wrote a poem on the death of the evangelical preacher George Whitfield in 1770. It became common practice in Boston to have "Mrs. Wheatley's Phyllis" read poetry in polite society. Mary married in 1771, and Phyllis later moved to the country because of poor health, as a teacher and caretaker to a farmer's three children. Mary had tried to interest publishers in Phyllis's poems but once they heard she was a Negro they weren't interested.
Then in 1773 Phyllis went with Nathaniel, who was now a businessman, to London. It was thought that a sea voyage might improve her health. Thirty-nine of her poems were published in London as Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. It was the first book published by a black American. In 1775 Phyllis wrote a poem extolling the accomplishments of George Washington and sent it to him. He responded by praising her talents and inviting her to visit his headquarters. After both of her benefactors died in 1777, and Mary died in 1778, Phyllis was freed as a slave. She married in 1778, moved away from Boston, and had three children. But after the unhappy marriage, she moved back to Boston, and died in poverty at the age of thirty.
51. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Slavery and the treatment of the black people in America.
B. The Wheatley family, including their slaves.
C. The life of America's first black poet.
D. The achievements of Phyllis Wheatley.
52. The underlined word "respect" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. consideration B. disregard
C. punishment D. behavior
53. According to the passage, how many slaves did the Wheatley's have?
A. One. B. Two.
C. Three. D. Four.
54. According to the passage, an unusual feature of Mary was that she ______.
A. was not much older than Phyllis
B. wanted to become a teacher
C. was comparatively well educated
D. decided to take charge of Phyllis's education
55. The underlined word "eventually" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. ultimately B. slowly
C. reluctantly D. gradually
56. Which of the following is NOT true about Phyllis in the early 1770s?
A. She wrote her first poem when in her teens.
B. She married in 1771.
C. She became a teacher.
D. She was able to get her poems published.
57. The underlined word "they" in Paragraph 2 refers to ______
A. publishers B. poems
C. children D. black people
58. It can be inferred that Phyllis's trip to England with Nathaniel in 1773 ______
A. did not improve her health
B. was for business reasons
C. led to books of her poems being available in America
D. led to the publication of her poems because the English were more interested in religious and moral subjects
59. The word "extolling" is closest in meaning to ______
A. welcoming B. stating
C. bemoaning D. praising
60. Which of the following conclusions about Phyllis is supported by the passage?
A. She would have been more recognized as a poet if she had not been black.
B. She would have written poetry if she had stayed in Africa.
C. She went unrecognized as a poet during her lifetime.
D. She only wrote religious poetry.
KEYS：
36.A[分析] 习惯搭配。
根据句意：知道苹果已种植了3,000多年的人不多。people是复数名词，用 not much形容不对;而not many意为“不多”;如：Not many high school students can study abroad.高中生能去留学的不多。因此选项A为答案。
37.D[分析] 习惯搭配。
native表示“(某地)固有的，原产的，(动植物)特有的”之意时，后面一般加to+名词，如：animals native to Africa非洲原产的动物，因此选项D是答案。
38.B[分析] 代词搭配。
根据句意：所有的生物都是一代一代地向下传递其遗传特性。another另一个，泛指同类事物中的另一个：本句是指从一代向另一代传递，因此from one to another是正确选项。
39.D[分析] 代词应用。
所填之词应指代前面提到的joints，是名词复数，所以应用代词them来代替。因此选项D为答案。
40.C[分析] 形容词应用。
outside和outer均有“外部的”意思。但outside一般指物体的外表或表面，而outer指一种相对性，即相对于内部而言的外部或外表， appearance外貌，外观，hiding隐匿：在此指牙齿的外表面，是相对于内部而言的，因此选项 C为答案。
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