1．Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1742 to African American parents who were slaves．At the age of six months she was acquired，along with her sister，by John Ashley，a wealthy Massachusetts slaveholders．She became known as"Mumbet"or"Mum Bett．"
For nearly 30years Mumbet served the Ashley family．One day，Ashley's wife tried to strike Mumbet's sister with a spade．Mumbet protected her sister and took the blow instead．Furious，she left the house and refused to come back．When the Ashleys tried to make her return，Mumbet consulted a lawyer，Theodore Sedgewick．With his help，Mumbet sued（起诉） for her freedom．
While serving the Ashleys，Mumbet had listened to many discussions of the new Massachusetts constitution．If the constitution said that all people were free and equal，then she thought it should apply to her．Eventually，Mumbet won her freedom----the first slave in Massachusetts to do so under the new constitution．
Strangely enough，after the trial，the Ashleys asked Mumbet to come back and work for them as a paid employee．She declined and instead went to work for Segdewick．Mumbet died in 1829，but her legacy lived on in her many descendants（后裔）．One of her great-grandchildren was W．E．B．Du Bois，one of the founder of the NAACP，and an important writer and spokesperson for African American civil rights．
Mumbet's tombstone still stands in the Massachusetts cemetery where she was buried．It reads，in part："She was born a slave and remained a slave and remained a slave for nearly thirty years．She could neither read nor write，yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal．"
51．What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1？A
A．She was born a slave B．She was a slaveholder
C．She had a famous sister D．She was born into a rich family
52．Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys？C
A．She found an employer B．She wanted to be a lawyer
C．She was hit and got angry D．She had to take care of her sister
53．What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new consititution？B
A．She should always obey her owners'orders
B．She should be as free and equal as whites
C．How to be a good servant
D．How to apply for a job
54．What did Mumbet do after the trial？A
A．She chose to work for a lawyer
B．She found the NAACP
C．She continued to serve the Ashleys
D．She went to live with her grandchildren
55．What is the test mainly about？C
A．A story of a famous writer and spokesperson
B．The friendship between a lawyer and a slave
C．The life of a brave African American woman
D．A trial that shocked the whole world．
分析 这是一篇人物传记．本文讲述了生来就是奴隶的伊丽莎白•弗里曼为了获得自由和平等的权力而进行勇敢的斗争，最后终于获得自由的故事，以及人们对她的评价．
解答 51．A 细节理解题．根据第一段第一句"Elizabeth Freeman was born about …who were slaves．"可知，Mumbet的父母都是奴隶，她出生在一个奴隶家庭里，所以她生来是一个奴隶．故选A．
52．C 推理判断题．根据第二段的"One day，Ashley's wife tried to strike Mumbet's sister with a spade．Mumbet protected her sister…Furious，she left the house and refused to come back．"可知，Ashley的妻子要打她的妹妹，Mumbet为了保护妹妹而被Ashley的妻子打了，之后她就离开了Ashley 的家．可知她的离开是因为她被打了，她非常生气．所以才离开，故选C．
53．B 细节理解题．根据第三段的"If the constitution said that all…she thought it should apply to her"可知，Mumbet在新宪法的讨论中知道了所有人都是自由和平等的，她应该拥有和白人一样的平等权利，故选B．
54．A 细节理解题．根据第四段可知，Mumbet在审判之后拒绝了Ashleys家的聘用，去为律师Sedgewick工作，故选A．
55．C主旨大意题．本文属于人物传记类短文，介绍了生来就是奴隶的伊丽莎白•弗里曼为了获得自由而进行斗争的故事，以及人们对她的评价．故C项说法和文章主要内容相符，故选C．
点评 本文是人物传记，考查学生对细节的理解把握和推理判断能力，做题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
