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

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] (5)
选项 A、decent
B、dependent
C、elegant
D、suitable
答案 A
解析 形容词辨析题。由下文可知，北部的黑人主要从事家政和耕种工作；由此可以断定，对他们来说，“找到一份体面的工作是很难的”。因此，[A]decent“体面的，大方的”为正确答案。[B]dependent“依赖的”和[C]elegant“(举止)文雅的，优美的”与文章讨论的内容无关，故排除；[D]suitable表示“合适的”，而文章并没有表明家政或农耕是不适合黑人的工作，因此排除此项。
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