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Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America’ s first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa, about 1753 and brought to America
Phyllis Wheatley is regarded as America’ s first black poet. She was born in Senegal, Africa, about 1753 and brought to America
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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 Wheat-ley’ 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.
Which of the following conclusions about Phyllis is supported by the passage?
选项
A、She would have been more recognized as a poet if she had not been black.
B、She would have written poetry if she had stayed in Africa.
C、She went unrecognized as a poet during her lifetime.
D、She only wrote religious poetry.
答案
A
解析
本题考查主旨大意。通读全文可知,Phyllis才华横溢,十二岁就能读希腊、罗马名著和《圣经》,十三岁时就写出了第一首诗。但当出版商得知她是黑人就对她不感兴趣了。因此我们可以得出:如果她不是黑人,她会得到更多的认可。所以,答案是A。
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