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Slavery in the United States

In most parts of the United States in the early 1800s,blacks had no rights at all.They did not have the right to vote.It was against the 31___ for them to go to school with whites.In some states,it was even 32___ for them to learn to read and write.Free people had the right to come and go as they 33___, but slaves had to have a pass,or paper:from their 34___ in order to leave the master's land.Slaves were often 35___ from their families when they were sold. They had to work very 36___ hours,but were not paid.If they did not do as they were told,they could be beaten.If they tried to escape,they were hunted down with dogs,and could be tortured or even 37___ when caught.

Until about 1800,there were slaves in 38___ every state in the United States. But slaves were not a big part of the Northern way of 39___ .Northern factories hired workers and did not use slaves.By 1850,all Northern states had made slavery illegal.

In the Southern states,however,most of the field workers were slaves;one out of every four families 40___ slaves.These people were often rich and had large farms.

A.seldom
B.master
C.separated
D.illegal
E.killed
F.life
G.owned
H.law
I.long
J.almost
K.liked
L.played
【正确答案】：31-35: HDKBC
36-40: IEJFG
【题目解析】：31、【H】“It was against the _____ for them to go to school with whites.（对他们来说，和白人一起去上学是违背_____。）”，“the”是冠词，后面接名词，根据意思判断选择“law（法律）”。
32、【D】“In some states, it was even _____ for them to learn to read and write.（在一些州，对他们来说，学习读写甚至是_____。）”该空应填形容词，根据上文提到的“law（法律）”判断选择“illegal（违法的）”。
33、【K】“Free people had the right to come and go as they _____, but slaves had to have a pass, or paper.（当自由人_____，他们就可以进出，但奴隶必须有一张通行证，或纸。）”，根据句子意思判断选择“liked（喜欢）”。
34、【B】“...from their _____ in order to leave the master's land.（...从他们的_____，以便离开主人的土地。）”，“their”后面缺少名词，根据后面的“master’s land”判断选择“master（主人，雇主）”。
35、【C】“Slaves were often _____ from their families when they were sold.（奴隶在被卖的时候通常会 _____他们的家庭。）”，“be separated from”的意思是“与……分离”，根据句子意思判断选择“separated（（使）分开）”。
36、【I】“They had to work very _____ hours, but were not paid.（他们必须工作非常_____小时，但没有工资。）”，“work very long hours”意思是“工作很长时间”，根据句子意思判断选择“long（长久的）”。
37、【E】“If they tried to escape, they were hunted down with dogs, and could be tortured or even _____ when caught. （如果他们试图逃跑，他们会被狗追捕，被抓住的时候可能会被折磨，甚至被_____。）”，该空的词性应与“tortured”相同，根据句子意思判断选择“killed（杀）”。
38、【J】“Until about 1800, there were slaves in _____ every state in the United States. （直到大约1800年，美国_____每个州都有奴隶。）”，根据句子意思判断选择“almost（几乎）”。
39、【F】“But slaves were not a big part of the Northern way of _____.（但是奴隶并不是北方_____方式的主要组成部分。）”，根据句子意思判断选择“life（生活）”。
40、【G】“In the Southern states, however, most of the field workers were slaves; one out of every four families _____ slaves.（然而，在南方各州，大多数田间工人都是奴隶；每四个家庭中就有一个家庭_____奴隶。）”，两个名词之间填入动词，根据句子意思判断选择“owned（拥有）”。