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  3. Hardship did not end with freedom. There were【C1】______regional variations in both the status and【C2】______ of free blacks durin

Hardship did not end with freedom. There were【C1】______regional variations in both the status and【C2】______ of free blacks durin

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问题     Hardship did not end with freedom. There were【C1】______regional variations in both the status and【C2】______ of free blacks during that period. Free blacks in the north were excluded from most public schools,【C3】______from interstate travel, barred from voting in many states, and often attacked by【C4】______whites. Finding a(n)【C5】______job in the North was extremely difficult. Jobs【C6】______to free blacks were limited mostly【C7】______domestic service and farming.【C8】______, the jobs that were available to free blacks were found【C9】______ in urban cities, such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.【C10】______a time when less than 20 percent of all Americans【C11】______ in urban areas, 60 percent of Northern free blacks lived in major urban cities.
    In the Deep South less than 2 percent of the black population was classified as free in 1860. Often【C12】______as Creoles(克里奥尔人)or mulattoes(黑白混血儿), a significant【C13】______of free blacks in the Deep South were wealthy, light-skinned aristocrats. Some Creoles【C14】______ dark-skinned free blacks, and many despised the negative stigma that was【C15】______with being black. The free black elite in cities such as Mobile, Alabama【C16】______ themselves on their fine clothing and "respectable" air. Whites in the Deep South【C17】______the few free blacks mainly as day laborers and domestic servants.【C18】______ free blacks worked as carpenters, mechanics, and tailors.
    The large personal【C19】______ of a few free blacks in the Deep South【C20】______them to own slaves. Many bought slaves in an effort to protect family members, but others sought to expand personal fortunes.
【C16】
选项 A、dignified
B、satisfied
C、prided
D、distinguished
答案C
解析 动词辨析题。句意为：住在莫比尔及阿拉巴马等城市中的自由黑人精英对他们华美的服装和高贵的气质感到自豪。[C]prided为动词，用于pride on结构，表示“对……感到自豪”，符合文意，故为答案。[A]dignified“使尊荣，使高贵”，一般与介词with连用，故排除；[B]satisfied“使满意”与句意不符，故排除；distinguish oneself as表示“作为……而杰出”，与原文文意不符，因此排除[D]。
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