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  3. Hardship did not end with freedom. There were【C1】______regional variations i

Hardship did not end with freedom. There were【C1】______regional variations i

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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. [br] 【C5】
选项 A、decent
B、dependent
C、elegant
D、suitable
答案 A
解析 形容词辨析题。句意为：在北方找到一份体面的工作是很难的。由下文可知，北方的黑人主要从事家政和耕种工作，由此可以断定，对他们来说，“找到一份体面的工作是很难的”，因此，[A]decent“体面的，像样的”为答案。[B]dependent“依赖的”和[C]elegant“(举止)文雅的，优美的”均与文意不符，故排除；[D]suitable表示“合适的”，而文章并没有表明家政或农耕是不适合黑人的工作，因此排除此项。
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