When Jamaican-born social activist Marcus Garvey came to the United States in 1916, he arrived at precisely the right historical moment. What made the moment right was the return of African American soldiers from the First World War in 1918, which created an ideal constituency for someone with Garvey's message of unity, pride, and improved conditions for African American communities.

Hoping to participate in the traditional American ethos of individual success, many African American people entered the armed forces with enthusiasm, only to find themselves segregated from white troops and subjected to numerous indignities. They returned to a United States that was as segregated as it had been before the war. Considering similar experiences, anthropologist Anthony F. C. Wallace has argued that when a perceptible gap arises between a culture's expectations and the reality of that culture, the resulting tension can inspire a revitalization movement: an organized, conscious effort to construct a culture that fulfills long-standing expectations.

Some scholars have argued that Garvey created the consciousness from which he built, in the 1920s, the largest revitalization movement in African American history. But such an argument only tends to obscure the consciousness of identity, strength, and sense of history that already existed in the African American community. Garvey did not create this consciousness; rather, he gave this consciousness its political expression.


The passage suggests that many African American people responded to their experiences in the armed forces in which of the following ways?


They maintained as civilians their enthusiastic allegiance to the armed forces.

They questioned United States involvement in the First World War.

They joined political organizations to protest the segregation of African American troops and the indignities they suffered in the military.

They became aware of the gap between their expectations and the realities of American culture.

They repudiated Garvey's message of pride and unity.

考题讲解

题目分析:

文章细节题:非裔美籍是如何针对他们在军队里的经历做出回应的?

原文里提到他们归来后发现现状没有发生改变,而现实与理想的差距往往会催生运动。


选项分析:

A选项:他们保持着参军的热情:与原文相反。

B选项:他们质疑美军对一战的参与度:从原文可以看出他们是想通过参军得到认可的,所以不存在质疑一说。

C选项:他们参加政治组织来反抗:原文没有提到他们有没有参加政治组织。

D选项:正确。
他们意识到了现实和预期的差异:与原文一致。

E选项:
他们拒绝了G的思想:从原文推断他们是接受了G的思想。

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