首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America’s first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa, about 1753 and brought to America a
Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America’s first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa, about 1753 and brought to America a
admin
2008-01-10
36
问题
Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America’s first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa, about 1753 and brought to America aboard a slave ship at about the age of seven. John and Susannah Wheatley bought her for three pounds at a slave auction in Boston in 1761 to be a personal servant of Mrs. Wheatley. The family had three other slaves, and all were treated with respect. Phyllis was soon accepted as one of the family, which included being raised and educated with the Wheatley’s twin 15-year-old children, Mary and Nathaniel. At that time, most females, even from better families, could not read and write, but Mary was probably one of the best educated young women in Boston. Mary wanted to become a teacher, and in fact, it was Mary who decided to take charge of Phyllis’s education. Phyllis soon displayed her remarkable talents. At the age of twelve she was reading the Greek and Latin classics and passages from the Bible. And eventually. Mrs. Wheatley decided Phyllis should become a Christian.
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.
According to the passage, how many slaves did the Wheatley’s have?
选项
A、One.
B、Two.
C、Three.
D、Four.
答案
D
解析
见第一段第四句:The family had three other slaves…她也是被头为奴隶的,……因此这家有4个奴隶;选项D为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PP5O777K
本试题收录于:
CATTI三级笔译综合能力题库翻译专业资格(CATTI)分类
0
CATTI三级笔译综合能力
翻译专业资格(CATTI)
相关试题推荐
CUSTOMERQUOTATIONFORMExampleCountryofdestination:SouthAfricaName:Roy【L1】___
Thecommonbarnowl,oneoftenspeciesofbarnowlsfoundinNorthAmerica,isalsocalledthemonkey-facedowlbecauseitshea
A、Bygreatlyincreasingtheocean’sdepthinsomeareas.B、Bycreatinglargewavesonthesurfaceoftheocean.C、Bycausingmud
Manyprehistoricpeoplesubsistedashuntersandgatherers.Undoubtedly,game animals,includingsomeverylargespe
BecausethelowlatitudesoftheEarth,theareasneartheequator,receivemoreheat Thanthelatitudesnearthepol
A、BywideningthestreetsB、ByusingcoachestoprovidefreepublictransportationC、BypreventingcartsfromenteringtownD、By
Matchtheappropriatestatementstothetypesofmachineswithwhichtheyareassociated.Thisquestionisworth3points.
HudsonRiverSchoolTheHudsonRiverSchoolencompassestwogenerationsofpaintersinspiredbyThomasCole’sawesomelyRoma
GadgetswithaSportingChanceConsumerelectronics:Newsportsequipment,fromtennisracketstorunningshoes,usesproces
GadgetswithaSportingChanceConsumerelectronics:Newsportsequipment,fromtennisracketstorunningshoes,usesproces
随机试题
Modernbiologyisbasedonseveralunifyingthemes,suchasthecelltheory,geneticsandinheritance,FrancisCrick’scentrald
细菌中最小者可用于检查滤菌器效果的是A.大肠埃希菌B.金黄色葡萄球菌C.蜡样芽胞杆菌D.草绿色链球菌E.黏质沙雷菌
人体防御能力与病原体处于相持状态,无临床症状而能排出病原体在大多数传染病中,最常见的表现是
营养物质吸收最主要的部位是
安全生产是是为了使生产过程在符合物质条件和工作程序下进行,防止发生人身伤亡、财产损失等事故,采取的()的一系列措施和活动。
关于无效合同的说法,错误的是()。
因动用而发出无须收回的政府储备物资的,按照发出物资的账面余额,计入()。
根据增值税法律制度的规定,下列情形中,增值税的一般纳税人不得开具增值税专用发票的有()。
FDI
1956年4月,毛泽东发表了《论十大关系》一文,文中,毛泽东指出:“提出这十个问题,都是围绕着一个基本方针”,毛泽东提出的这个“基本方针”是)。
最新回复
(
0
)