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【題目】In 1996 John Jones made an unusual discovery. He had just enlarged (擴(kuò)大) a piece of paper money for a friend—a Confederate bank note, money issued (發(fā)行) by banks in Southern States of America during the Civil War. When he was face to face with the picture, he couldn’t believe his eyes: slaves (奴隸) happily picking cotton in their master’s fields.

Jones grew up in South Carolina. He had heard painful stories of slavery from his greatgrandmother. The picture on the money did not match (匹配) the history of African American slaves that he’d heard all his life. “I had never seen that type of picture on money before,” he said.

Jones wondered why slaves looked so happy. He started doing research.

Searching for and finding the answers to his questions changed his life. During two years’ search, Jones found more than 120 different bills. He discovered that the bills had several things in common. They showed slaves working in jobs related to farming. Many of them showed healthy and smiling slaves at work. None of the bills showed the hardships of slavery.

Jones wanted to share what he had learned. “I wanted other people to see what I had seen,” he said. He decided to make large paintings of the pictures on the money. After three years of work, Jones had painted more than 80 slavery scenes (場景).He paired each painting with the money on which the picture appeared. “The Color of Money”—an exhibit (展覽) of his work—has toured the country.

Jones' paintings tell an important story about the South 150 years ago. He likes to repeat the saying. “The story is on the money.” In this case, the saying happens to be true.

【1】How did Jones feel when he saw the picture on the money?

A. Angry. B. Painful.

C. Excited. D. Surprised.

【2】Why did Jones do research on the money?

A. He had never heard of Confederate money.

B. He wanted to learn about American history through it.

C. It showed slaves quite different from those in his mind.

D. His great-grandmother told him some unusual stories about it.

【3】What did Jones find?

A. About 120 different bills were issued during the Civil War.

B. The difficulty of slaves was never shown on the bills.

C. Slaves lived a harder life than he thought.

D. Slaves worked long hours on farms.

【4】What’s the best title for the text?

A. Confederate Money. B. Money Tells a Story.

C. African American Slaves. D. John Jones Changes America.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】本文是記敘文，主要介紹了一名美國藝術(shù)家展出80余幅繪畫作品讓人們了解美國南部奴隸的真實生活狀況。

【1】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的When he was face to face with the picture, he couldn’t believe his eyes和第二段中的I had never seen that type of picture on money before可知，當(dāng)Jones看到南部聯(lián)盟紙幣上的圖片時，覺得很不可思議。故選D。

【2】C

推理判斷題。根據(jù)前三段內(nèi)容可知，南部聯(lián)盟紙幣上的圖片顯示奴隸快樂地在田間采摘棉花，這與Jones聽到的有關(guān)奴隸的痛苦生活不相符，因此他決定一探究竟。故選C。

【3】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的Many of them showed healthy and smiling slaves at work. None of the bills showed the hardships of slavery.可知，Jones最后發(fā)現(xiàn)南部聯(lián)盟紙幣上的圖片都將奴隸刻畫成歡快勞作的樣子，而從未描述他們生活的艱辛。故選B。

【4】B

標(biāo)題歸納題。Jones發(fā)現(xiàn)一張紙幣上的圖片展示的奴隸生活和他聽說的有很大出入開始研究，經(jīng)過深入調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)紙幣上的圖片都不能反映當(dāng)時奴隸的真實狀況。他花費(fèi)三年的時間畫了80余幅作品告知人們關(guān)于奴隸的真實故事。最后一段中的The story is on the money點出文章的主旨。故B項做標(biāo)題貼切。