1、2013年高考英语阅读理解与完型填空：美国内战中的奴隶The American civil war had a deep eFibet on the livbs of slaves. It finallyresulted in the abolition of slavery. Slaves first arrived.in Amerjca in Virginiain 1619. The Underground Railway was a method for northemers to helpescaped slaves to find a place to live in free st
2、ates or Canada. Free blackAfflericatjs were usually the ones to plan and helped with the UndergroundRamt,ad.孵 -is believed about 50,000 t0 100,000 people used theUnclerground Railroad to escape to their freedom. . Slavery was not the single cause of the Civil war. The many differencesarising from th
3、e slavery issue caused the Southern States to secede(分离). Abraham Lincoln was elected as president of the United States in 1860. Lincoln and his Republican ptuty had the goal of only stopping the expansion of slavery not abolishing it. White Southemers didrtt believe Lincolns promise to protect slav
4、ery where it ex:isted. South Carolina had declared it would secede from the Union if Abraham Lincoln was elected, and -it did so in December 1861. It was followed shortly by thb other lower South states- of Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Florida. In February 1861, a month before
5、 Lincoln took office, these states formed a.new nation, the Confederate States of America. After Lincolns call for volunteers to hold back the rebellion and the firing on Fort Sumter, the other slave states of V,irginia, North Carol.ina, Tennessee, and Arkansais joined the Confederacy. The border sl
6、ave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri remained in the Union. . . The North went to war to preserve the American Union, and the White South.went,to war for independence so that it might protect slavery. Initially the Northem .fpal in the war was.e speedy restoration of the Union un
7、der the Constitution and the laws of 1861, all of which recogniz6d silavery as lawfiil. Opposing skvery wouldmakereunion more difficult.根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。1. We can infer from Paragraj)Itl;&cat:the Underground Railway _. A. was a safe transport means irr theiearly America . B. was a method to transpott s
8、laves to the North C. was an underground railway built by slaves I). was a way by which slaves could fmd freedom . 2. Why didnt the Southern states vote for Lincoln? A. Bec4use Lincoln was against the spread of slavery. B. Because Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery in America. C. Because Lincoln didn
9、t protect slavery where it existed. D. Because Lincoln belonged to the Republican Party. 3. Which state was the first to declare independence? A. Lou18iana B. South Carolina. C. Alabama. D. Mississippi. 4. Ihe original goal of the North in Civil War was _ -. A. to give slaves complete freedom B. to force slaves back to Africa C. to reunite the nation . D. to recognize slavery.as legal 版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()
