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.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】 一位生活在美国的穆斯林女性用她的亲身经历阐释了美国人对多元文化的包容。

1.

2.2】解析 根据下文可知，作者想要与众不同，所以用different。20空后的“different”是提示。答案 D

3.3】解析 (用头巾)把头包起来是一种成熟的标志，也是对自己的宗教以及安拉的旨意敬仰的显示。a sign of...一种……的迹象。signal信号；reminder提醒人的事物；cause原因。答案 B

4.4】解析 参见上题解析。答案 A

5.5】解析 根据上下文可知，作者戴头巾除了表现出对宗教的敬仰之外，还想要显得与众不同。to be honest说实话，符合上下文语境。答案 D

6.6】解析 根据上下文可知，作者不希望和其他人一样，希望成为一个与众不同的人，所以用individual与众不同的人，有个性的人。答案 C

7.7】解析 当作者第一次戴头巾时，她担心会在学校里得到的反应，所以用reaction。

答案 C

8.8】解析 根据上文，考虑到这一做法会引起的反应，作者自己决定六年级时再戴头巾。答案 D

9.9】解析 根据“sixth grade”判断这里表达的是时间概念。答案 A

10.0】解析 根据下文可知，对同学可能作出的反应作者感到担心。disappointed失望的；scared害怕的，担心的；enthusiastic热心的；angry生气的。答案 B

11.1】解析 作者担心其他孩子会取笑她，甚至害怕她，把她的头巾扯掉。答案 C

12.2】解析 参见上题解析。pull off扯下。答案 B

13.3】解析 那个年龄的孩子喜欢一样，所以“另类”几乎不能被接受。acceptance接受。答案 D

14.4】解析 “我把所有的消极思想抛在脑后。”这里指的是上文提到的作者对戴头巾可能会引起的反应的种种负面猜想。答案 A

15.5】解析 “但内心深处我也为自己是穆斯林，戴头巾，能与众不同而感到自豪。”答案 B

16.6】解析 事实表明作者在此之前的种种猜想是错误的。答案 C

17.7】解析 大部分孩子恭敬地去问作者关于头巾的问题以及她为什么戴头巾。respectfully恭敬地；cautiously谨慎地；suspiciously怀疑地；critically挑剔地。答案 A

18.8】解析 根据上下文可知这里表示转折。某个孩子在取笑作者，然而有一个女孩却为作者说话。答案 C

19.9】解析 参见上题解析。in favor of支持。答案 D

20.20】解析 根据文章标题判断，“这就是美国的美”。答案 B