Hardship did not end with freedom. There were(1)______ regional variation in

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问题     Hardship did not end with freedom. There were(1)______ regional variation in both the status and(2)______of free blacks during that period. Free blacks in the north were excluded from most public schools,(3)______ from interstate travel, barred from voting in many states, and often attacked by (4)______whites. Finding a(n) (5)______job in the North was extremely difficult. Jobs (6)______to free blacks were limited(7)______ domestic service and farming.(8)______ ,the jobs that were available to free blacks were found(9)______ in urban cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.(10)______ a time when less than 20 percent of all Americans(11)______ 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(12)______as Creoles(克里奥尔人)or mulattoes(黑白混血儿), a significant(13)______of free blacks in the Deep South were wealthy, light-skinned aristocrats. Some Creoles(14)______dark-skinned free black, and many despised the negative stigma that was(15)______ with being black. The free black elite in cities such as Mobile, Alabama(16)______ themselves on their fine clothing and " respectable " air. Whites in the Deep South(17)______the few free blacks mainly as day laborers and domestic servants.(18)______ free blacks worked as carpenters, mechanics, and tailors. The large personal(19)______ of a few free blacks in the Deep South(20)______them to own slaves. Many bought slaves in an effort to protect family members, but others sought to expand personal fortunes. [br] (10)

选项 A、On
B、Upon
C、At
D、For

答案 C

解析 语法题。分析句子结构可知,when引导的定语从句是修饰time的,而此处的time是可数名词,表示“时期,一段时间”,空格处要求填入一个介词,表示“在一个……的时期”。[C]At表示“在某一个时间点上”,符合原文,为正确答案。由于on和upon一般不能和a time连用,所以可以直接排除[A]和[B]。For a time表示动作持续了一段时间,要求谓语是完成时态,而原句的谓语并不是完成时态,故排除[D]For。
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