___________, her poor health was due to the fact that she smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day. （Obviously, Generally)

For a week she worked with us in the village，_______ her poor health。

A. as a result of

B. on account of

C. in spite of

D. despite of

A．Because the speaker lived in the basement room and there was no other room for her to live in

B．Because she did not have a good relationship with her soninlaw

C．Because she was in rather poor health and could not come

D．Because she did not want to leave her own house

A.Despite her health in a terrible condition; the Monument to the People’s Heroes###SXB###B.In view of her health; the Monument to the People’s Heroes###SXB###C.Though she’s in poor health; the Monument of the People’s Heroes###SXB###D.N/A

is now a memor, it is also a real dream that never ends. ----While his love is now amemory, it is also a real dream that never ends. Although the car is old, it still runs well. Although we are a small company, we produce over 10,000 machines a year. Although I quite understand why he refused to help her, I cannot agree that he was right not to do so. Although no more than twenty-two, she was already a highly successful business-woman. Although in poor health, she continued to carry out her duties.

A. scarcities

B. stains

C. restraints

D. barriers

A、poor as his sister’s if not poor

B、as poor, if not poorer than, his sister

C、as poor, if not poorer than sister’s

D、as poor as, if not poorer than, his sister’s

My health is __________.

A. as poor, if not poorer than, my brother

B. poor as my brother’s if not poorer

C. as poor as, if not poorer than, my brother’s

D. as poor, if not poorer than my brother’s

A、compelled

B、treasured

C、transplanted

D、trimmed

A. As he was poor

B. Poor was he

C. Poor as he was

D. Poor he was though

a, 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 Wheatley'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.

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.