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(成熟)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 kids were 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. dependent???? 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

 

Tess was a precocious(早熟) eight-year-old girl when she heard her Mom and Dad taling about her little brother,Andrew.____ __she knw was that he was very sick and they were completely _____money. They were moving to an apartment complex next month because Daddy didnt have the money for the doctors bills and their house .Only a(n) _____could save him now.

??? Tess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly(果冻) jar from its hiding place. She poured all the ??? out on the floor and counted carefully. Three times, even. The total had to be absolutely exact. No ??? here for mistakes. After carefully placing the coins back in the jar, she slipped out of the back door, and ??? her way six blocks to a chemist’s.

??? She waited patiently for the pharmacist (药剂师) to give her some ??? ,but he was too busy at this moment. Tess twisted her feet to make a noise. Nothing. She cleared her ????? with the most awful sound she could muster. No good.

??? Finally the pharmacist asked in an ???? tone of voice, “What do you want? I’m talking to my brother from Chicago ???? I haven’t seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.

??? “Well, I want to talk to you about my brother,” Tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “His name is Andrew and he has something bad ???? inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. So how much does a miracle cost?”

“We don’t sell miracles here, little girl. I’m sorry, ????? I can’t help you,” the pharmacist said, his voice ????? a little.

There was a man there whose clothes were admirable. He asked the little girl, “What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”

“I don’t know” Tess replied with tears in her eyes. “I just know he's ????? sick and Mommy says he needs an operation. But my Daddy can’t pay ????? it, so I want to use my money.”

“How much do you have?” asked the man. “One dollar and eleven cents,” Tess answered.

“A dollar and eleven cents ― the ????? price of a miracle for your little brother,” smiled the man, “Take me to ????? you live. Let’s see if I have the kind of miracle you need.”

That well-dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a surgeon, specializing in neurosurgery (神经外科). The operation was completely ????? charge and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again and did well.

Mom and Dad were happy but they wonder how much the operation would have ????? . Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus the ????? of a little child.?????

1.A. As????????????? ??? B. All????????????? ?????? C. All what????????????? D. That

2.A. in need????????????? B. in short????????????? ?? C. out of ????????????? ????? D. sort of

3.A. miracle????????????? B. doctor????????????? ?????? C. God????????????? ????? D. operation

4.A. change????????????? B. jellies????????????? ?????? C. candies????????????? ????? D. cookies

5.A. way ????????????? ??? B. doubt????????????? ?????? C. chance????????????? ????? D. wonder

6.A. drove????????????? ??? B. fought????????????? ?????? C. made????????????? ????? D. struggled

7.A. pills????????????? ??? B. attention????????????? ?? C. medicine????????????? ? D. tablets

8.A. mouth ????????????? B. eyes????????????? ???? ? C. ears????????????? ?????? D. throat

9.A. anxious????????????? B. exciting????????????? ?? C. annoyed????????????? ?? D. tired

10.A. who????????????? ??? B. where????????????? ?????? C . because????????????? ?? D. which

11.A. finding????????????? B. planting????????????? ?? C. showing????????????? ?? D. growing

12.A. and????????????? ???? B. or else????????????? ?? C. but?????? ????????????? D. or

13.A. soft ???? ????????????? B. soften????????????? ?? C. softened????????????? D. softening

14.A. really ????????????? ???? B. real ????????????? ?????? C. firm????????????? ??? D. firmly

15.A. back????????????? ???? B. for????????????? ?????? C. off????? ????????????? D. up

16.A. actual????????????? ???? B. exact????????????? ?????? C. average????????????? ??? D. true

17.A. the place????????????? B. the apartment????????????? C. the complex????????????? D. where

18.A. free????????????? ???? B. free of????????????? ??? C. not ????????????? ??? D. no

19.A. spent ????????????? ???? B. paid ????????????? ???????? C. cost ????????????? ??? D .took

20.A. thought ????????????? B. value????????????? ???????? C. patience????????????? D. faith

 

 

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends,and they to me. Without them,there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I want to tell you today:get a life. A real life,not a desire of the next promotion(提升),the bigger paycheck and the larger house.

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love,and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure(休闲) but work. Pick up the phone. Send an e­mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives,our days,our hours,and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of living. I learned to live many years ago. Something really,really bad happened to me,something that changed my life. If I had my choice,it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what,today,seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey,not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and tried to give some of it back because I believed in it,completely and totally. And I tried to do that,in part,by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this:read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness,because if you do,you will live with joy and passion(激情) as it ought to be lived.

1.The best title of this passage probably is “________”.

A.Love Your Friends                                             B.Live a Real Life

C.Don’t Waste Time                                              D.Be a Good Mother and Wife

2.How did the author form her view of life?

A.Through social experience.

B.By learning from her friends.

C.Through an unfortunate experience. 

D.From her children and husband.

3.By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of living.” in the fifth paragraph,the author really means that people tend to________.

A.make a living rather than live a real life

B.work rather than enjoy life

C.waste a lot in life

D.forget the most important lesson in life

4.It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A.the author is a success in personal life

B.the author doesn’t try her best to work well

C.the author spends all her time caring for her children

D.the author likes traveling very much

 

It was already dark when an old man came to a small town. He found an inn and wanted to stay there for the night. After he had gone to his room, the owner said to his wife, “Look at his bag, dear. I’m sure there are lots of valuable things in it. I want to steal it when he is asleep.”

“No, no,” said the woman. “He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. Then he’ll take you before the judge.” They thought and at last the woman had an idea. “We have forgetful grass,” said the woman, “Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away.” “How clever you are!” said the owner, “Don’t forget it when you prepare supper for him.”

The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door was open and the old man had left with his bag. He woke his wife up and said angrily, “What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn’t useful at all.” “No, no,” said the woman. “I don’t think so. He must forget something.” “Oh, I’ve remembered!” The owner cried out suddenly, “He forgot…”

1.The old man came to the inn _______.

A.in the morning                         B.in the afternoon

C.in the evening                          D.at night

2.The owner and his wife wanted to _______.

A.get the man’s bag                      B.steal the man’s money

C.make the man pay them more              D.hide the man’s bag

3.The owner and his wife put the forgetful grass into the food because _______.

A.the old man always forgot something

B.they wanted to make the food better

C.they hoped the old man would leave the bag in the inn

D.they wanted to know if the grass was useful

4.According to the passage the old man forgot _______.

A.to take his bag away

B.to tell the owner when he left

C.to close the door when he went to sleep

D.to pay them the inn money

5.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Both the owner and his wife were clever.

B.The owner of the inn got nothing from the old man.

C.The old man left the inn without his bag.

D.The woman forget to put the grass into the food.

 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网