No. 4-1SECTION A【18】By the time theAmerican colonists took up arms against Great Britain in order to secure theirindependence, the institution of Black slavery was deeply entrenched.【17-1】 But the contradiction inherent in this situation was, for many,a source of constant embarrassment. 【19-I】“It always appeared a most iniquitous scheme tome,” Abigail Adams wrote her husband in 1774, “to fight ourselves for what we aredaily robbing and plundering from those who have as good a right to freedomas we have.”(引用AA的话用于说明embarrassment的原因之所在——白人们在为自己的自由奋战，那些被白人所奴役的黑人们的自由呢?)
Many Americans besides Abigail Adams were struckby the inconsistency of their stand during the War of Independence, 【17-2】and they were not averse to making moves to emancipate the slaves. Quakers and other religious groups organizedantislavery societies, while numerous individuals manumitted their slaves. 【20】In fact, withinseveral years of the end of the War of Independence, most of the Eastern stateshad made provisions for the gradual emancipation of slaves.
结构类型：
单纯的现象描述，不涉及到正反观点，作者的视角客观。
TS：
“But the contradiction inherent in this situationwas, for many, a source of constant embarrassment.”
Vocabulary：
iniquitous
极邪恶的; 极不公正的
struck
Emotionally aroused
stand
(对某事物的)立场﹑
意见等;态度
renew
to do again
disillusion
使(某人)醒悟, 理想或幻想破灭
出题点：首尾句、人物、embarrassment
17.
Whichof the following best states the central idea of the passage?
(A) The War ofIndependence produced among many Black Americans a heightenedconsciousness of the inequities in American society.
错。本文主要描述的是独立战争对美国白人关于美国黑人奴隶境遇的矛盾心理。美国黑人并非文中着意描述的意识到不平等的主体。
(B) The War ofIndependence strengthened the bonds of slavery of many Black Americanswhile intensifying their desire to be free.
错。同上。
(C) The War ofIndependence exposed to many Americans the contradiction of slavery in acountry seeking its freedom and resulted in efforts to resolve thatcontradiction.
对。此处的contradiction是定位关键词，对应文中的constant embarrassment。读文章时对这类表示矛盾、冲突、对立的单词都应该非常敏感。
① The War of Independenceexposed to many Americans the contradiction of slavery in a country seeking itsfreedom——But thecontradiction inherent in this situation was, for many, a source of constantembarrassment
② and resultedin efforts to resolve that contradiction.——andthey were not averse to making moves to emancipate the slaves
(D) The War ofIndependence provoked strong criticisms by many Americans of theinstitution of slavery, but produced little substantive action againstit.
错。(C)
(E) The War ofIndependence renewed the efforts of many American groups towardachieving Black emancipation.
错。没有renew的概念。此外对文章的概括也不完整。
主旨题。
18.
Thepassage contains information that would support which of the followingstatements about the colonies beforethe War of Independence?
(A) Theycontained organized antislavery societies.
错。没有提到。
(B) Theyallowed individuals to own slaves.
对。They allowed individuals to own slaves.——the institution of Black slaverywas deeply entrenched
(C) They prohibitedreligious groups from political action.
错。没有提到。
(D) They wereinconsistent in their legal definitions of slave status.
错。没有提到。(B)
(E) Theyencouraged abolitionist societies to expand their influence.
错。没有提到。
细节题。正确答案：B。题干有定位提示信息，“before”提示时间对比，对应“by the time”。找到与原文精确对应的选项后应该果断的做出选择并做下一道题。
19.
Accordingto the passage, the War of Independence was embarrassing to some Americans for which of the following reasons?
I.
Itinvolved a struggle for many of the same liberties that Americans were denyingto others.
II.
Itinvolved a struggle for independence from the very nation that had founded thecolonies.
错。没有涉及到奴隶。
III.
Itinvolved a struggle based on inconsistencies in the participants’ conceptionsof freedom.
错。inconsistencies是个迷惑干扰词。
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and IIonly
(D) I and IIIonly(A)
(E) I, II, andIII
罗马数字题。正确答案：A。误选D，原因在与误选了干扰项III。embarrassing很重要，再次出题，定位回到AA的话，因其是对embarrassment的一个例证性的解释。
20.
Whichof the following statements regarding Americansociety in the years immediately following the War of Independence is bestsupported by the passage?
(A) Theunexpected successes of the antislavery societies led to their gradual demisein the Eastern states.
错。无法推断出antislavery societies是否在战后消亡。Eastern states是个强干扰。
(B) Some of thenewly independent American states had begun to make progress toward abolishingslavery.
对。
(C) Americanslike Abigail Adams became disillusioned with the slow progress ofemancipation and gradually abandoned the cause.
错。容易判断。
(D) Emancipatedslaves gradually were accepted in the Eastern states as equal members ofAmerican society.
错。此项的推理过大，从文中给出的信息难以做出此判断。(B)
(E) Theabolition of slavery in many Eastern states was the result of close cooperationbetween religious groups and free Blacks.
错。没有提到已经解放的黑奴在此过程中的影响。
看似是细节题，实则是推断题。因题干中所说的 “American society in the years immediately following the War ofIndependence” 在文中并没有提到。只能根据文中的信息作出推断。虽然选对了选项B，但是并无太大的把握，临场只是通过排除法作出答案。
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