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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.
What does the passage mainly discuss？
A．Slavery and the treatment of the black people in America.
B．The Wheatley family, including their slaves.
C．The life of America's first black poet.
D．The achievements of Phyllis Wheatley.
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第1题
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.
What does the passage mainly discuss？
A．Slavery and the treatment of the black people in America.
B．The Wheatley family, including their slaves.
C．The life of America's first black poet.
D．The achievements of Phyllis Wheatley.
第2题
It can be inferred that Phyllis's trip to England with Nathaniel in 1773 ______.
A．did not improve her health
B．was for business reasons
C．led to books of her poems being available in America
D．led to the publication of her poems because the English were more interested in religious and moral subjects
第3题
It can be inferred that Phyllis's trip to England with Nathaniel in 1773 ______
A．did not improve her health
B．was for business reasons
C．led to books of her poems being available in America
D．led to the publication of her poems because the English were more interested in religious and moral subjects
第4题
______is unquestioningly regarded as America's greatest playwright.
A．R.B.Sheridan
B．Eugene O’Neill
C．T. S. Eliot
D．Ezra Pound
第5题
Tipping in America now is regarded as all the following EXCEPT ______.
A．the index of one's status in a sense
B．part of the accepted cost of a service
C．a reflection of their character
D．a kind of personal attitude
第6题
Tipping in America now is regarded as all the following EXCEPT ______.
A．the index of one's status in a sense
B．part of the accepted cost of a service
C．a reflection of their character
D．a kind of personal attitude
第7题
According to the passage, how many slaves did the Wheatley's have？
A．One.
B．Two.
C．Three.
D．Four.
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