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问题     Hardship did not end with freedom. There were【C1】______regional variations in both the status and【C2】______ of free blacks during that period. Free blacks in the north were excluded from most public schools,【C3】______from interstate travel, barred from voting in many states, and often attacked by【C4】______whites. Finding a(n)【C5】______job in the North was extremely difficult. Jobs【C6】______to free blacks were limited mostly【C7】______domestic service and farming.【C8】______, the jobs that were available to free blacks were found【C9】______ in urban cities, such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York.【C10】______a time when less than 20 percent of all Americans【C11】______ 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【C12】______as Creoles(克里奥尔人)or mulattoes(黑白混血儿), a significant【C13】______of free blacks in the Deep South were wealthy, light-skinned aristocrats. Some Creoles【C14】______ dark-skinned free blacks, and many despised the negative stigma that was【C15】______with being black. The free black elite in cities such as Mobile, Alabama【C16】______ themselves on their fine clothing and "respectable" air. Whites in the Deep South【C17】______the few free blacks mainly as day laborers and domestic servants.【C18】______ free blacks worked as carpenters, mechanics, and tailors.
    The large personal【C19】______ of a few free blacks in the Deep South【C20】______them to own slaves. Many bought slaves in an effort to protect family members, but others sought to expand personal fortunes. [br] 【C14】

选项 A、looked down
B、looked down upon
C、looked up
D、looked for

答案 B

解析 动词短语辨析题。句意为:一些克里奥尔人瞧不起肤色较重的黑人。look down upon sb.表示“瞧不起某人”,因此[B]为答案。[A]looked down缺少介词,不能直接接宾语,故排除;[C]looked up“好转,改善”,与原文意思相悖,故排除;[D]looked for“寻找”,与原文文意不符,故排除。
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