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【题目】On the day of college graduation, I told my friends and family the news:I was leaving the country I had lived in since childhood. “I just need a change,”I told them, but there was more. I was running from heartbreak. My relationship with the United States is the toughest one I have ever had, as a country I loved and believed in did not love me back.

Back in the 90’s, my mother brought me from our home in the Caribbean islands to the U.S.when I was 4 years old. She worked as a live-in nanny(保姆)for two years, playing mommy for white kids whose parents had better things to do. She didn’t believe that nanny meant maid, and did whatever was asked of her. She was thirsty to embrace her American dream, hoping that her children would be educated and she might have nannies of her own.

Those were our path to get a “good education.”When the neighborhoods with quality schools became too expensive for my mom to afford as a single parent, we went across the United States with Great Schools. net as our compass: New Jersey, elementary school; Texas, middle school; Florida, high school; New York City, private university

For a long time I survived by covering myself in all kinds of labels so that people would ignore the color of my skin, yet I existed on the edge of ugly, ignorant and uncultured. “Black people don’t really know how to swim, “a white lady told me when I worked as a swim instructor at my neighborhood’s pool. “The black children don’t like to read very much, “I overheard one librarian discussing with another while l sat down reading a book a couple feet away.

I was never able to make America my home. When I stripped myself of the labels painfully one by one, beneath them there is a wounded colored woman who refuses to be faceless anymore. My face may be disgusting to some since it bears proof that race continues to be a problem. My hope is that it will force Americans to re-examine their “post-racial” beliefs.

【1】What was the real reason that made the author leave the United States?

A. It couldn’t provide her with good education.

B. She just needed a challenge in her way of life.

C. The way she was treated there broke her heart.

D. She was tired of living in a strange country.

【2】What can we infer about the author’s mother from Paragraphs 2 and 3 ?

A. She sacrificed a lot to live a better life in America.

B. She was quite content to work as a live-in nanny.

C. She was particular about the schools her daughter attended.

D. She liked visiting all kinds of schools with the author.

【3】The author gives two examples in Paragraph 4 to show that_____ .

A. how ignorant and uncultured many people are in US

B. she needed to cover herself in all kinds of labels

C. the race problem is still serious in the United States

D. black children often have no interest in reading books

【4】The author’s attitude towards the United States on race problem is_____ .

A. supportive

B. positive

C. neutral

D. negative

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】文章是一位黑人女孩介绍自己在美国生活，受到种族歧视的经历。希望引起人们对美国种族问题的关注。

【1】推理判断题。结合文章第一段的句子I was running from heartbreak.(我是因为心碎了才要跑)，以及下文自己在美国受到种族歧视的生活，可推断作者离开美国的真正原因是她在美国被对待的方式让她心碎。故选C。

【2】推理判断题。根据文章第二和第三段的介绍，作者的母亲在美国做女仆，尽可能多的做事，希望以后自己拥有女仆，尽力的让孩子受到好的教育。可知作者的母亲为了在美国过上更好的生活付出了很多。故选A。

【3】推理判断题。第四段作者介绍自己的两次经历，引出白人的话“Black people don’t really know how to swim(黑人不知道怎么游泳)”“The black children don’t like to read very much（黑人孩子不是很喜欢读书）”，是为了显示美国的种族歧视非常严重，即种族问题严重。故选C。

【4】推理判断题。文章作者介绍自己作为黑人在美国的生活经历，她因为心碎想离开美国，结合最后一句My hope is that it will force Americans to re-examine their “post-racial” beliefs.（我希望这能迫使美国人重新检查他们的“种族信仰”），可知作者对美国种族问题持否定态度。故选D。