[单项选择]Black people were first brought to America from Africa as ______.
A. workers in factories
B. cotton pickers
C. migrants
D. slaves

[单项选择]Black people were first brought to America from Africa as______.
A. workers in factories
B. cotton pickers
C. migrants
D. slaves

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Black people were first taken to North America as slaves in the seventeenth century. Sold by Arab or Mrican slave-traders in West Mrica, they were on the tobacco, sugar and cotton plantations.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century, more and more people began to condemn (谴责) slavery, but it was not until after the bitter Civil war-between the Northern and Southern states of America that is was abolished there. In 1865 the 13th Amendment to the Constitution gave blacks the right to live and work where they liked. Then ,in 1867, came further legislation (立法)guaranteeing citizenship and other civil rights.
However, there were setbacks almost immediately. The Supreme Court declared the civil rights legislation of 1867 unconstitutional and a number of new segregation (种族隔离)laws were enacted. Consequently ,as more and more blacks deserted the rural areas in search of work in the cities, they found themselves forced to .live in areas with the worst housing and poores
A. come into being
B. stopped
C. begun
D. reduced

[单项选择]The people who were watching from the beach ______.
A. offered to help without knowing what to do
B. did not want to put themselves in any danger
C. realized the trouble but could do nothing about it
D. did not know there was something wrong with the ship

[单项选择]______ were the people who first used umbrellas.
A. Chinese
B. Romans
C. Greeks
D. Egyptians

[单项选择]With the piano the black musicians were able to
A. perform professionally for the white audience
B. join those white minstrels at the turn of the new century
C. play with joy and hope
D. create a new style by separating rhythm from melody

[单项选择]The first-year students were learning from the army in Miyun, a suburb of Beijing near ______ I lived.
A. what
B. where
C. that
D. which

[单项选择]They first-year students were learning from the army in Miyun, a suburb of Beijing near ______ I lived.
A. what
B. where
C. that
D. which

[单项选择]People from many countries were {{U}}drawn{{/U}} to the United States by the growing cities and industries.
A. drafted
B. transported
C. attracted
D. ordered