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During all those summers as a kid when I worked at Indian Jan’s Taco Stand, I like working with an old Indian woman named Darlene. She would tell me about our       heritage. It is important that my white skin doesn’t overpower my native        , according to her.
I           the importance of my heritage. It’s one of the things I’ve learned from Darlene.   39   I’m a half Native American, you would never guess it by looking at me. On the            , I look like my mother—I have her light hair, German eyes, and pale skin. My father is the native one, and I grew up fully aware of the           between his skin and mine. People in the small Nebraska town where I grew up often seemed             of his dark skin and shiny black hair. He often wore it long and in ponytail（马尾辫）, something that men in our            just didn’t do.
I grew up feeling like I didn’t belong to either of my-parents’             and that I couldn’t ever be anything in-between. When I was at home in Nebraska, people would                say “Broken Rope? What kind of a name is that？”              , in the summer, when we visited the reservation（美洲印第安人居住地）where my father grew up, I would always be the whitest person around, sticking            like snow.
I              Darlene all of these when I was thirteen. She stopped kneading（揉）the bread and kept           for a minute, just looking at me.           she leaned closely to my ear and said, “We are all one people.”
I looked at her,       “It doesn’t matter what your skin color is,” she said. “It doesn’t matter who your parents are, or where you live, or what you        . You matter because you         .You’re the past. You’re the future. You         both heritages inside you, and you keep them alive forever. That’s what’s          . ”

A．preserved B．accepted C．shared D．proved

A．language B．blood C．ability D．charm

A．believe in B．take in C．burst in D．cut in

A．When B．If C．Since D．Although

A．outside B．screen C．way D．contrary

A．chaos B．balance C．connection D．difference

A．concerned B．tried C．frightened D．disappointed

A．hearts B．parts C．villages D．alleys

A．cases B．accents C．cultures D．dreams

A．hear B．change C．write D．give

A．Then B．Thus C．However D．Otherwise

A．around B．out C．together D．up

A．offered B．showed C．told D．reminded

A．calm B．awake C．quiet D．occupied

A．Wildly B．Luckily C．Typically D．Finally

A．confused B．amazed C．bored D．ashamed

A．miss B．like C．want D．have

A．care B．exist C．prepare D．insist

A．defend B．choose C．distinguish D．carry

A．innocent B．alternative C．important D．ambiguous

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