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Elizabeth Freeman was born about 1,744 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 slave holder. She became known as “Mumbet” or “Mum Bett”．
For nearly 30 years 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 Sedgwick. 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 Sedgwick. Mumbet died in 1829, but her legacy lived on in her many descendants (后裔). One of her greatgrandchildren was W．E.B.Du Bois, one of the founders 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 for nearly thirty years. She could neither read nor write, yet in her own sphere she had no superior or equal.”
本文介绍了美国历史上一位勇于追求自由的女性Elizabeth Freeman。
1．What do we know about Mumbet according to Paragraph 1?
A．She was born a slave.
B．She was a slave holder.
C．She had a famous sister.
D．She was born into a rich family.
答案：A
解析：细节理解题。由文中第一句可知，她出生于奴隶家庭，生来就是奴隶。
2．Why did Mumbet run away from the Ashleys?
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.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“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.”可知，为了保护妹妹，她替妹妹挨了打。这一惩罚让她愤怒，所以她离开了Ashley家。
3．What did Mumbet learn from discussions about the new constitution?
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.
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“If the constitution said that all people were free and equal, then she thought it should apply to her.”可知，她了解到新宪法中提到所有人都是自由且平等的，那么她也应该和白人一样拥有自由和平等。
4．What is the text mainly about?
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.
答案：C
解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章主要讲了Elizabeth Freeman勇于追求自由的事迹。故选C项。
