Question

America's Beauty Is in Its Diversity

America is built on the idea of freedom，and there is no exception for Muslim women.I ____ the freedom of religion and speech.But mostly，I believe it's OK to be ____，and to stand up for who and what you are.So I believe in wearing the hijab.

The hijab is a religious head covering，like a scarf.I am Muslim，and keeping my head covered is a ____ of maturity and respect toward my ____ and to Allah's will.____，I also like to wear it to be different.I don't usually like to do what everyone else is doing.I want to be a(n) ____，not just part of the crowd.But when I first wore it，I was also afraid of the ____ that I'd get at school.

I ____ on my own that sixth grade was the ____ I should start wearing the hijab.I was ____ about what the kids would say or even do to me.I thought they might make fun of me，or ____ be scared of me and ____ my headscarf.Kids at that age usually like to be all the same，and there's little or no ____ of differences.

On the first day of school，I put all those ____ thoughts behind my back and walked in with my head held high.I was holding my breath a little，but ____ I was also proud to be a Muslim，proud to be wearing the hijab，proud to be different.

I was ____ about everything I thought the kids would say or even do to me.I actually met a lot of people because of wearing my head covering.Most of the kids would come and ask me questions—____—about the hijab and why I wore it.

I did hear some kid was making fun of me，___ there was one girl—she wasn't even in my class，and we never really talked much—and she spoke ____ me，and I wasn't even there！I made a lot of new friends that year，friends that I still have until this very day，five years later.

Yes，I'm different，but everyone is different here，in one way or another.This is the ____ of America.

1.A.believe in　B．stick to C．carry out　D．push for

2.A.independent　B．free C．sensitive　D．different

3.A.signal　 B．sign C．reminder　D．cause

4.A.religion　B．country C．parents　D．status

5.A.In a word　B．In general C．To be exact　D．To be honest

6.A.princess　B．heroine C．individual　D．adult

7.A.praise　B．punishment C．reaction　D．reflection

8.A.hoped　B．expected C．realized　D．decided

9.A.time　B．chance　 C．case　D．occasion

10.A.disappointed　B．scared C．enthusiastic　D．angry

11.A.still　B．already C．even　D．ever

12.A.show off　B．pull off C．pick up　D．put up

13.A.rejection　B．ignorance C．awareness　D．acceptance

14.A.negative　B．optimistic C．serious　D．strange

15.A.often　B．inside C．only　D．outside

16.A.concerned　B．particular C．wrong　D．convinced

17.A.respectfully　B．cautiously C．suspiciously　D．critically

18.A.and　B．so　 C．but　D．or

19.A.in terms of 　B．in front of C．in charge of　D．in favor of

20.A.significance　B．beauty C．value　D．power

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】　一位生活在美國的穆斯林女性用她的親身經歷闡釋了美國人對多元文化的包容。

1.

2.2】解析　根據下文可知，作者想要與眾不同，所以用different。20空后的“different”是提示。答案　D

3.3】解析　(用頭巾)把頭包起來是一種成熟的標志，也是對自己的宗教以及安拉的旨意敬仰的顯示。a sign of...一種……的跡象。signal信號；reminder提醒人的事物；cause原因。答案　B

4.4】解析　參見上題解析。答案　A

5.5】解析　根據上下文可知，作者戴頭巾除了表現出對宗教的敬仰之外，還想要顯得與眾不同。to be honest說實話，符合上下文語境。答案　D

6.6】解析　根據上下文可知，作者不希望和其他人一樣，希望成為一個與眾不同的人，所以用individual與眾不同的人，有個性的人。答案　C

7.7】解析　當作者第一次戴頭巾時，她擔心會在學校里得到的反應，所以用reaction。

答案　C

8.8】解析　根據上文，考慮到這一做法會引起的反應，作者自己決定六年級時再戴頭巾。答案　D

9.9】解析　根據“sixth grade”判斷這里表達的是時間概念。答案　A

10.0】解析　根據下文可知，對同學可能作出的反應作者感到擔心。disappointed失望的；scared害怕的，擔心的；enthusiastic熱心的；angry生氣的。答案　B

11.1】解析　作者擔心其他孩子會取笑她，甚至害怕她，把她的頭巾扯掉。答案　C

12.2】解析　參見上題解析。pull off扯下。答案　B

13.3】解析　那個年齡的孩子喜歡一樣，所以“另類”幾乎不能被接受。acceptance接受。答案　D

14.4】解析　“我把所有的消極思想拋在腦后。”這里指的是上文提到的作者對戴頭巾可能會引起的反應的種種負面猜想。答案　A

15.5】解析　“但內心深處我也為自己是穆斯林，戴頭巾，能與眾不同而感到自豪。”答案　B

16.6】解析　事實表明作者在此之前的種種猜想是錯誤的。答案　C

17.7】解析　大部分孩子恭敬地去問作者關于頭巾的問題以及她為什么戴頭巾。respectfully恭敬地；cautiously謹慎地；suspiciously懷疑地；critically挑剔地。答案　A

18.8】解析　根據上下文可知這里表示轉折。某個孩子在取笑作者，然而有一個女孩卻為作者說話。答案　C

19.9】解析　參見上題解析。in favor of支持。答案　D

20.20】解析　根據文章標題判斷，“這就是美國的美”。答案　B