单选题 At the end of the U. S. Civil War, about 4 million slaves were freed. Now, people around the world can hear some of the former slaves" stories for the first time ever, as told in their own voices.
"That was in slavery time," says Charlie Smith in one interview. "They sold the colored people. And they were bringing them from Africa. They brought me from Africa. I was a child."
The Library of Congress released the collection of recordings, Voices from the Days of Slavery, in January. The recordings were made between 1932 and 1975. Speaking at least 60 years after their emancipation (解放), the storytellers discuss their experiences as slaves. They also tell about their lives as free men and women.
Isom Moseley was just a boy at the time of emancipation, but he recalls that things were slow to change. "It was a year before the folks knowed they was free," he says.
Michael Taft, the head of the library"s archive of folk culture, says the recordings reveal something that written stories cannot. "The power of hearing someone speak is so much greater than reading something from the page," Taft says. "It"s how something is said—the dialect, the low pitches, the pauses—that helps tell the story."
单选题 What is new about the slaves" stories?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是文章开头“Now, people around the world can hear some of the former slaves" stories for the first time ever, as told in their own voices”。可以确认,A项“They are told in the slaves" own voices”属于正确答案。其他选项内容在文中没有出现,属于无关信息。
单选题 What is the title of the collection of recordings?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题题干上的“collection of the recordings”可以作为关键词在文章中找到。其依据句为“The Library of Congress released the collection of recordings, Voices from the Days of Slavery, in January”。C项的用词与依据句完全一致。其他选项内容在文中没有出现,属于无关信息。
单选题 How many years did it take to complete the collection of recordings?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句为“The recordings were made between 1932 and 1975”。1975—1932=44 years。所以可以确定C为正确答案。其他选项为错误或无关信息。
单选题 What do the storytellers tell us about?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 找出主语题干上的关键词“storytellers”在文中出现的位置。其依据句为“the storytellers discuss their experiences as slaves. They also tell about their lives as free men and women”与D项“Their experiences as slaves and their lives as free men and women”的用词完全一致,可以确定其为正确答案。
单选题 The recordings differ from written stories in that
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句为最后一句话“It"s how something is said—the dialect, the low pitches,the pauses—that helps tell the story”,与B项“the dialect, the low pitches, and the pauses are more revealing”在用词和意思上相对应,因而可以确定其为正确答案。其他选项内容在文章中找不到。