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Unit 1 Slaves for Plantations
Comprehension Check Up
The sentences below are from the passage you just read. Which answer choice
expresses the same basic idea?
1. Highly profitable for the plantation owners, sugar cane was the backbone of the
slave economy, but it took a terrible toll on the African slaves who actually did
the work.
(A) Although they were highly profitable and formed the basis of the slave economy, sugar
cane plantations killed many slaves.
(B) In order to make sugar cane plantations profitable, plantation owners took heavy tolls
from their slaves.
(C) Although it formed the backbone of the slave economy, sugar cane was only profitable
when it took a high toll on African slaves.
(D) Working on Sugar plantations took a high toll on the backbones of slaves because it was
highly profitable for slave owners.
2. Not only did it allow slave traders to keep their costs down, the near starvation of
the slaves also kept them so weak that they had little chance of resisting during
the Middle Passage.
(A) Not only did slave traders try to keep their costs down, they also starved any slaves who
tried to resist during the Middle Passage.
(B) By starving the slaves during the Middle Passage, slave owners were able to reduce their
expenses and prevent rebellion on the ship.
(C) To keep their costs down, slave traders only took slaves who were near starvation and
had little chance of resisting during the Middle Passage.
(D) Weaker slaves had little chance to rest the near-starvation that the slave traders used to
keep their costs down.
* Find the right word from the passage!
① Almost, but not completely or exactly : practically
② To take something from one place to another in a vehicle : transport
③ To make an approximate judgment or calculation of a quantity : estimate
④ The time during which something happens or exists : duration
⑤ Extreme hunger caused by lack of food : starvation
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Comprehension Check Up
The sentences below are from the passage you just read. Which answer choice
expresses the same basic idea?
1. Highly profitable for the plantation owners, sugar cane was the backbone of the
slave economy, but it took a terrible toll on the African slaves who actually did
the work.
(A) Although they were highly profitable and formed the basis of the slave economy, sugar
cane plantations killed many slaves.
(B) In order to make sugar cane plantations profitable, plantation owners took heavy tolls
from their slaves.
(C) Although it formed the backbone of the slave economy, sugar cane was only profitable
when it took a high toll on African slaves.
(D) Working on Sugar plantations took a high toll on the backbones of slaves because it was
highly profitable for slave owners.
2. Not only did it allow slave traders to keep their costs down, the near starvation of
the slaves also kept them so weak that they had little chance of resisting during
the Middle Passage.
(A) Not only did slave traders try to keep their costs down, they also starved any slaves who
tried to resist during the Middle Passage.
(B) By starving the slaves during the Middle Passage, slave owners were able to reduce their
expenses and prevent rebellion on the ship.
(C) To keep their costs down, slave traders only took slaves who were near starvation and
had little chance of resisting during the Middle Passage.
(D) Weaker slaves had little chance to rest the near-starvation that the slave traders used to
keep their costs down.
* Find the right word from the passage!
① Almost, but not completely or exactly : practically
② To take something from one place to another in a vehicle : transport
③ To make an approximate judgment or calculation of a quantity : estimate
④ The time during which something happens or exists : duration
⑤ Extreme hunger caused by lack of food : starvation
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