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1、浙江瑞安县2016高考英语(二轮)阅读理解精练(5)及答案2016高考模拟题（由2014•山东卷C改编）ElizabethFreemanwasbornabout1742toAfricanAmericanparentswhowereslaves.Attheageofsixmonthsshewasacquired,alongwithhersister,byJohnAshley,awealthyMassachusettsslaveholders.Shebecameknownas"Mumbet"or"MumBet
2、t/Fornearly30yearsMumbetservedtheAshleyfamily.Oneday,Ashley'swifetriedtostrikeMumbet'ssisterwithaspade.Mumbetprotectedhersisterandtooktheblowinstead.Furious,sheleftthehouseandrefusedtocomeback.WhentheAshleystriedtomakeherreturn,Mumbetconsuitedalawyer,Theo
3、doreSedgewick.Withhishelp,Mumbetsued（起诉）forherfreedom.WhileservingtheAshleys,MumbethadlistenedtomanydiscussionsofthenewMassachusettsconstitution.Iftheconstitutionsaidthatallpeoplewerefreeandequal,thenshethoughtitshouldapplytoher.Eventually,Mumbetwonherfre
4、edom・—thefirstslaveinMassachusettstodosounderthenewconstitution.Strangelyenough,afterthetrial,theAshleysaskedMumbettocomebackandworkforthemasapaidemployee.ShedeclinedandinsteadwenttoworkforSegdewick.Mumbetdiedin1829,butherlegacylivedoninhermanydescendants
5、（后裔）.Oneofhergreat-grandchildrenwasW.E.B.DuBois,oneofthefounderoftheNAACP,andanimportantwriterandspokespersonforAfricanAmericancivilrights.Mumbet'stombstonestillstandsintheMassachusettscemeterywhereshewasburied.Itreads,inpart:zzShewasbornaslaveandremained
6、aslaveandremainedaslavefornearlythirtyyears.Shecouldneitherreadnorwrite,yetinherownsphereshehadnosuperiororequal/'1.WhatdoweknowaboutMumbetaccordingtoParagraph1?A.ShewasbornaslaveB.ShewasaslaveholderC.ShehadafamoussisterD.Shewasbornintoarichfamily2.Whydid
7、MumbetrunawayfromtheAshleys?A.ShefoundanemployerB.ShewantedtobealawyerC.ShewashitandgotangryD.Shehadtotakecareofhersister3・WhatdidMumbetlearnfromdiscussionsaboutthenewconsititution?A.SheshouldalwaysobeyherownerszordersB.SheshouldbeasfreeandequalaswhitesC.
8、HowtobeagoodservantD.Howtoapplyforajob4.WhatdidMumbetdoafterthetrial?A.ShechosetoworkforalawyerB.ShefoundtheNAACPC.ShecontinuedtoservetheAshleysD・Shewenttolivewithhergrandchildren4.Whatisthetestmainlyabout?A.Astoryo
