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资料题:Prejudice and discrimination( )。

发布时间:2021-01-06

A.were gone

B.have been existing in the American society

C.don't exclude new immigrants from participation in the society

D.are mainly caused by the slavery

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Many poor people made good money by selling their own living, healthy teeth.Young people's teeth were in special demand.Dentists with rich, gap-toothed patients often had severallive- tooth sellers at hand ready to have their teeth pulled.The idea was to get the best match and fit for the patient.Miss Smith's second-from-the-middle tooth might be no good.But maybe Master Brown's third-left would fit Her Ladyship's socket.Some of the double extractions took place right on the spot.The bad tooth would be hauled out.Then the newly drawn live one would be popped into the socket.Strange though it may seem these transplants sometimes worked.At least they would last for a year or two.But they, like ivory teeth, had to be tied firmly to the real teeth next to them.In some cases, neither carved teeth nor transplants worked - no matter how rich or famousthe patient.Next time you see a picture of George Washington, take a good look at it.There's something strange about the president's mouth.It has a puffed look, especially under the lowerlip.Washington suffered from poor teeth.He lost most of them when he was quite young.Dentist after dentist tried to ft him with suitable dentures.But none of them were really satisfactory.One set had dog' s teeth in the top: in the bottom were human teeth.The set was held together by strong, coiled, steel springs.ht weighed nearly a quarter of a pound.That's quite a lot of bone, lead, wax, and iron to carry round in your mouth.Yet Washington never took out his false teeth in public, even to eat.He was too proud.The artist Gilbert Stuart was asked to paint Washington's portrait.But he was troubled at the way the president' s lower lip jutted out.He told Washington to stuff wads of cotton betweenhis chin and teeth.The result was the puffed - out look we see today in Washington’s portrait onsome American bills, coins, and stamps.One set of Washington's ill-fitting false teeth is still shown in the Dental Museum in Baltimore.It is a far cry from the light, strong, well-fitted, plastic and mental dentures of today.

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  • 1Established and succeeding immigrants( )。

    A.were reluctant to help newcomers to adapt to the new surrounding

    B.were willing to supportnewcomers financially

    C.were great helpers of slaves and Indians

    D.were treated unequally by American Indians

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  • 2One of the reasons why black Americans could not easily mix in American society is( )。

    A.that most Americans are immigrants

    B.due to their skin color

    C.that they speak their language different from Americans

    D.that they were free to keep their heritage

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  • 3The author specifically mentions that( )。

    A.black Americans are most prejudicially treated in the U.S.

    B.discrimination in the South was not more obvious than in the North

    C.the situation of blacks is almost the same today as it was in the 1930s

    D.after blacks became free people they didn’t experience discrimination in employmentand public facilities

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  • 4The attitude of the author is( )。

    A.favorable

    B.praising

    C.indifferent

    D.sarcastic

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