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The United States has a major problem on its hands. The only way to solve it
The United States has a major problem on its hands. The only way to solve it
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2024-04-04
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The United States has a major problem on its hands. The only way to solve it is through education. Negroes(黑人)should know about the contributions that black individuals and groups have made towards building America. This is of vital importance for their self-respect: and it is perhaps even more important for white people to know. For if you believe that a man has no history worth mentioning, it is easy to assume that he has no value as a man.
Many people believe that, since the Negro’ s achievements do not appear in the history books, he did not have any. Most people are taken aback when they learn that Negroes sailed with Columbus, marched with the Spanish conquerors of South America and fought side by side with white Americans in all their wars. People are astonished when you tell them about Phillis Wheatley, who learned English as a salve in Boston and wrote first-class poetry. They have never heard of Benjamin Banneker, a mathematician and a surveyor, who helped to plan the city of Washington. There has been a tendency all along to treat the black man as if he were invisible. Little has been written about the 5 ,000 American Negroes who fought in the Revolution against the British, but they were in every important battle.
How, then, did the image of the Negro as a valiant fighting man disappear? To justify the hideous institution of slavery, slave-holders had to create the myth of the docile, slow-witted Negro, incapable of self-improvement, and even contented with his lot. Nothing could be further from the truth. The slave fought for his freedom at every chance he got, and there were numerous uprisings. Yet the myth of docility persisted.
There are several other areas where the truth has been twisted or concealed. Most people have heard of the Negro, Carver, who invented scores of new uses for the lowly peanut. But whoever heard of Norbert Rillieux, who in 1846 invented a vacuum pan that revolutionized the sugar-refining industry? Or of Elijah McCoy, who in 1872 invented the drip cup that feeds oil to the moving parts of heavy machinery?
As for the winning of the West, the black cowboy and the black frontiersman have been almost ignored, though film producers are becoming more aware of their importance. Yet in the typical trail crew of eight men that drove cattle from Texas to Kansas, at least two would have been Negroes. The black troops of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry formed one-fifth of all the mounted troops assigned to protect the frontier after the Civil War. "What difference does it make?" you may ask. A lot. The cowboy is the American folk-hero. Youngsters identify with him instantly. The average cowboy film is really a kind of morality play, with good guys and bad guys and right finally triumphing over wrong. You should see the amazement and happiness on black youngsters’ faces when they learn that their ancestors really had a part in all that. [br] Black youngsters are happy to see Negroes on the screen because______.
选项
A、they are proud of their ancestors’ participation in building up the image of heroic Americans
B、they are thrilled to see their ancestors riding side by side with American whites
C、they are excited to know blacks have the right to shoot a role in films
D、they are amazed to find their ancestors were as strong and charming as white people
答案
A
解析
根据题干中的关键词black youngsters,happy,screen,将本题定位到最后一段。从最后一段可知,黑人牛仔及黑人拓荒者的贡献都被忽视了。黑人青年乐于在屏幕上看到他们的祖先也同样是极具传奇英雄色彩的美国牛仔,原因是他们对其祖先曾做过的贡献感到自豪,故答案为A(他们为自己的祖先参与塑造美国英雄形象而感到自豪)。B项(他们因看到自己的祖先与美国白种人并肩骑行而激动),文中用的是amazement和happiness,而非thrill(激动),而且黑人青年看到荧幕上的黑人时,心情主要是自豪,而非激动,故排除;C项(他们为黑人有权参演电影而兴奋),黑人青年的关注点并非是参演电影的权利,而是电影的内容,故排除;D项(他们因发现自己的祖先和白种人一样强壮和迷人而惊讶),文中没有提到黑人韵体格,而且这也并非黑人青年关注的焦点,故排除。
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