My heart sank when the man at the immigration counter gestured to the back room. I was born and raised in America, and this was Miami, where I live, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in yet.

　 “Please wait in here, Ms. Abujaber,” the immigration officer said. My husband, with his very American last name, accompanied me. He was getting used to this. The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I’d flown to Montreal to speak at a book event. That time they held me for 45 minutes. Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica, and I was shocked that I was being sent “in back” once again.

　　The officer behind the counter called me up and said, “Miss, your name looks like the name of someone who’s on our wanted list. We’re going to have to check you out with Washington.”

　　“How long will it take?”

　　“Hard to say…a few minutes,” he said, “We’ll call you when we’re ready for you.” After an hour, Washington still hadn’t decided anything about me.

“Isn’t this computerized?” I asked at the counter, “Can’t you just look me up?”

“Just a few more minutes,” they assured me.

　　After an hour and a half, I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening. An officer rushed over. “No phones!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information.”

　　“I’m just a university professor,” I said. My voice came out in a squeak.

　　“Of course you are. And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day.”

　　I put my phone away.

　　My husband and I were getting hungry and tired. Whole families had been brought into the waiting room, and the place was packed with excitable children, exhausted parents, and even a flight attendant.

　　I wanted to scream, to jump on a chair and shout: “I’m an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children.”

After two hours in detention (扣押), I was approached by one of the officers. “You’re free to go,” he said. No explanation or apologies. For a moment, neither of us moved. We were still in shock. Then we leaped to our feet.

　　“Oh, one more thing,” he handed me a tattered photocopy with an address on it, “If you aren’t happy with your treatment, you can write to this agency.”

　　“Will they respond?” I asked.

　　“I don’t know—I don’t know of anyone who’s ever written to them before.” Then he added,” By the way, this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally.”

　　“What can I do to keep it from happening again?”

　　He smiled the empty smile we’d seen all day, “Absolutely nothing.”

　　After telling several friends about our ordeal, probably the most frequent advice I’ve heard in response is to change my name. Twenty years ago, my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn’t stick me in what he called “the ethnic ghetto”—a separate, secondary shelf in the bookstore. But a name is an integral part of anyone’s personal and professional identity—just like the town you’re born in and the place where you’re raised.

　　Like my father, I’ll keep the name, but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean. I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.

1.The author was held at the airport because ______.

A. she and her husband returned from Jamaica

B. her name was similar to a terrorist’s

C. she had been held in Montreal

D. she had spoken at a book event

2.She was not allowed to call her friends because ______.

A. her identity hadn’t been confirmed yet

B. she had been held for only one hour and a half

C. there were other families in the waiting room

D. she couldn’t use her own cell phone

3.We learn from the passage that the author would ______ to prevent similar experience from happening again.

A. write to the agency?????????? B. change her name??

C. avoid traveling abroad??????? D. do nothing

4.Her experiences indicate that there still exists ______ in the US.

A. hatred???????????????????? B. discrimination?????

C. tolerance?????????????????? D. diversity

5.The author sounds ______ in the last paragraph.

A. impatient?? B. bitter???????? C. worried??????????? D. ironic (具有讽刺意味的)

　　——How long will it take us to get there?

　　——That ________.

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A．speaks　　　　B．makes

C．expects　　　　D．depends

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题中所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　How long can you expect to live? That is to say. 1 is the average life expectancy (寿命) for us?

　　The average life expectancy 2 from country to country, but for many countries nowadays, the average life expectancy is over 70 years. That 3 that the average 4 will live to be at least 70 years old．

　　Actually, in the United States in 1980, the average life expectancy was 73.8 5 . This age is a little 6 than the average life expectancy in 1970 -- 70.8 years.

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　　 9 does the average life expectancy 10 getting higher and higher? The main 11 are related to 12 care. First, health care, 13 general health care for 14 children has 15 steadily. Second, a large number of 16 have been 17 in the past 40 or 50 years. These 18 drug can prevent and cure many 19 that used to be fatal (致命的) in the 20 .

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Some people cannot learn in ordinary schools. Physical or    1   handicap(残疾) prevents a child from learning. Today new    2   are being used in special schools to help the disabled learn

　　  A school is being    3   in New Jersey, U.S.A. It is called Bancroft. Here the disabled will be trained to　　 4   themselves and to get along in the outside world.

　　  Bancroft is not surrounded by　　 5   of any kind. Its director insists that it be　　 6   so that students may gradually develop normal relations with the rest of the world. Bancroft students will    7   in apartment, cooking their own meals, and learning to perform other    8   .As they become    9   , they will buy their own furniture, paying for it out of their own earnings. They will pay for their food, too. They will learn to expect　　 10   bills for the calls they make every month.

　　   As a step toward the goal of becoming    11   , each disabled person will decide what kind of work he wants to be    12   to do. While some of the training will be carried on within Bancroft itself, most of the students will receive    13   training in nearby towns. They will be trained by town people.

　　  After the training has been    14    completed, the student will work as an assistant and will begin to earn money. After that he will leave Bancroft, 　　15   the school will continue to give him help if he    16    it.

　　  How long will it take a student to    17   his training under this new system? The director says. “For some a year will be    18   . For others it might take ten years.” For all, however, this method offers new　　 19   .Many will learn to be   20    and independent, supporting themselves in the world.

1．A. spirit　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. mental

C. thought　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. body

2．A. plans　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. decisions

C. tools　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. methods

3．A. turned up　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. set up

C. searched for　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. longed for

4．A. enjoy　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. teach

C. help　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. support

5．A. trainers　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. students

C. tress　　　　　　　　　　  　　　　　　   D. walls

6．A. free　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. open

C. quiet　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. different

7．A. live　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. study

C. plays　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. acts

8．A. operations　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. tasks

C. plays　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. acts

9．A. strong　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    B. health

C. able　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. happy

10．A. telephone　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B. education

C. housing　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. food

11．A. brave　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. clever

C. learned　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. independent

12．A. asked　　　　　　　　    　　　　　　　　　　  B. sent

C. trained　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. made

13．A. life　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. job

C. body　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. mind

14．A. successfully　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　　　  B. gradually

C. quickly　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  D. hardly

15．A. and　　　　 B. but　　　　 C. so　　　　 D. or

16．A. needs　　   B. asks　　　　 C. gets　　    D. offers

17．A. receive　　   B. get　　　　   C. complete　　   D. stop

18．A. short　　    B. enough　　　　  C. good　　　　   D. long

19．A. ideas　　　　 B. abilities　　    C. time　　　　   D. work

20．A. helpful　　   B. careful　　　　  C. useful　　　　  D. cheerful

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题中所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　How long can you expect to live? That is to say. 1 is the average life expectancy (寿命) for us?

　　The average life expectancy 2 from country to country, but for many countries nowadays, the average life expectancy is over 70 years. That 3 that the average 4 will live to be at least 70 years old．

　　Actually, in the United States in 1980, the average life expectancy was 73.8 5 . This age is a little 6 than the average life expectancy in 1970 -- 70.8 years.

　　In fact, if you look at the average life expectancy 7 for this century, you'll see that the 8 gets higher every year. For instance, in 1900 it was 47.3, in 1910 it was 50, in 1920 it was 54.1, 1930 was 59.7, 1940 was 62.9, 1950 was68.2, and in 1960 the average lifetime was 69.7 years.

　　 9 does the average life expectancy 10 getting higher and higher? The main 11 are related to 12 care. First, health care, 13 general health care for 14 children has 15 steadily. Second, a large number of 16 have been 17 in the past 40 or 50 years. These 18 drug can prevent and cure many 19 that used to be fatal (致命的) in the 20 .

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