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　　An 80-year-old couple were having problem remembering things, so they decided to go to their doctor to get checked out to make sure nothing was wrong with them.

　　When they arrived at the doctor's they explained to the doctor about the problems they were having with their memory. After checking the couple out, the doctor told them that they were physically okay but might want to start writing things down and make notes to help them remember things. The couple thanked the doctor and left.

　　Later that night while watching TV, the man got up from his chair and his wife asked, “Where are you going? ”

　　He replied, “To the kitchen. ”

　　She asked, “Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?”

　　He replied, “Sure. ”

　　She then asked him, “Don't you think you should write it down or you can remember it ?”

　　He said, “No, I can remember that. ”

　　She then said, “Well I would also like some strawberries on top. You had better write that down because I know you' 11 forget that.”

　　He said, “I can remember that, you want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries. ”

　　She replied, “Well I also would like whipped cream on top. I know you will forget that so you'd better write that down. ”

　　With irritation in his voice, he said, “I don't need to write that down! I can remember that. ”He then fumed into the kitchen.

　　After about 20 minutes he returned from the kitchen and handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She stared at the plate of bacon and eggs. She stared at the plate for a moment and said angrily;“I TOLD you to write it down! You forgot my toast!”

1．Which of the following statements is true to the fact?

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A．The doctor realized that something serious went wrong with the couple, but he didn't tell them.

B．The doctor thought that the couple was physically okay and gave no further advice .

C．The couple believed the doctor that they were all right.

D．The old man thought that he was all right but not his wife.

2．When the old man fumed into the kitchen, he felt ________.

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3．We learned from the passage that ________.

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A．the couple went to see a well-known doctor

B．the doctor didn't give the couple much advice because they were too old

C．forgetting things easily is a sign of aging

D．the couple could no longer take care of themselves

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)