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 kid was 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.
A.believe in B.stick to C.carry out D.push for
A.independent B.free C.sensitive D.different
A.signal B.sign C.reminder D.cause
A.religion B.country C.parents D.status
A.In a word B.In general C.To be exact D.To be honest
A.princess B.heroine C.individual D.adult
A.praise B.punishment C.reaction D.reflection
A.hoped B.expected C.realized D.decided
A.time B.chance C.case D.occasion
A.disappointed B.scared C.enthusiastic D.angry
A.still B.already C.even D.ever
A.show off B.pull off C.pick up D.put up
A.rejection B.ignorance C.awareness D.acceptance
A.negative B.optimistic C.serious D.strange
A.often B.inside C.only D.outside
A.concerned B.particular C.wrong D.convinced
A.respectfully B.cautiously C.suspiciously D.critically
A.and B.so C.but D.or
A.in terms of B.in front of C.in charge of D.in favor of
A.significance B.beauty C.value D.power
The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed __21___for half a month. Many people were __22___in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the __23___; nobody was killed from cold and _24____. Gradually ,the trapped people all went back home_25___. While fighting the snow, people ___26__their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow couple appeared on the Internet.
The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days __27___the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___28___tightly. They got to a side of a balcony ( 阳台 ) where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings to _29___the attention of the people inside the house, who were __30____their own things. The wife’s body was __31___. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and __32__her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings.
The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to __33__ his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __34__ it, he found they were two embracing(拥抱) together. Thinking of the __35___the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears . He took them in for giving them some _36___they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, __37__it with some hay (干草)and lay the couple in . He _38__them in the garden of the community.
In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family live in the roof of my house . They __39__every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have __40___, they fly to the south, I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.
A.beautifully B.directly C.gently D.continuously
A.forbidden B.rescued C.trapped D.covered
A.disaster B.war C.campaign D.disease
A.anger B.heat C.hunger D.poverty
A.sadly B.safely C.nervously D.curiously
A.treasured B.invited C.accepted D.forgot
A.because of B.in case of C.in spite of D.instead of
A.controlled B.fixed C., stretched D.closed
A.admit B.attract C.turn D.escape
A.busy with B.born with C.good for D.famous for
A.burnt B.watched C.frozen D.found
A.supplied B.wrapped C.folded D.sorted
A.buy B.send C.sell D.check
A.Feeding B.Leaving C.Touching D.Greeting
A.hardship B.childhood C.cooperation D.lesson
A.clothes B.warmness C.flowers D.tension
A.made B.played C.associated D.filled
A.buried B.showed C.fastened D.enjoyed
A.put away B.come back C.fly away D.hold back
A.dropped out B.died out C.grown up D.stood up
Is the world really going mad? 26day I was sitting in a restaurant 27a quick drink and a talk with a few friends when I suddenly 28that almost everyone in the restaurant was smoking. It wasn’t long 29the whole room was 30with smoke. I asked with an apology for permission(允许) to 31a window to stop myself 32 !
Nowadays air pollution is something that hardly question any more. However, I still can’t walk down the street in any of the big cities without 33that people are 34from the air pollution. It is time for the government departments of the world to introduce emission(废气排放) controls on all cars and 35the public transport system to encourage people to 36their cars at home. A friend of mine takes flying lesson each morning and it really makes him 37when he climbs above the smog layer(烟雾层) and looks down 38 it and thinks: “I’m breathing that!” This kind of 39results from the bad management of resources. Waste things can 40should, be treated properly. Road construction, House 41 , and industrial development are all earthmoving(earth-reducing) operations and can change the balances of 42created over millions of years. I would like to 43serious studies done on all these main works before they are built. Also, there should be 44national parks set up to keep the most beautiful parts of countries in their natural 45 .
A.The other B.Another C.Every D.Each
A.reserving B.drinking C.having D.buying
A.remembered B.realized C.watched D.showed
A.full B.filled C.arranged D.surrounded
A.break B.recover C.shut D.open
A.standing B.sitting C.talking D.dying
A.thinking B.forgetting C.deciding D.learning
A.suffering B.existing C.resulting D.surviving
A.increase B.reduce C.improve D.raise
A.put B.stop C.drive D.leave
A.sick B.tired C.foolish D.excited
A.on B.at C.from D.for
A.thought B.question C.pollution D.operation
A.but B.yet C.or D.and
A.work B.building C.achievement D.setting
A.life B.mind C.humans D.plants
A.see B.look C.observe D.watch
A.fewer B.less C.more D.no
A.situation B.states C.soils D.places
My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would__36__ the correct answer. When I was young,I thought__37__ was very important to us as humans,so I said,“My ears,Mummy.” She said,“No. Many people are __38__.But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first __39__,I had often thought over the question. So this time I told her,“Mummy,it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and said,“You are __40__ fast,but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”
__41__ the years,Mother asked me a couple more __42__ and always her response to my answer was,“No,but you are getting __43__ every year,my child.” Then last year,my grandpa __44__.Everyone was heartbroken. Everybody was crying. My mum looked at me when it was our __45__ to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me,“Do you know the most important body part yet,my dear?”
I was__46__ when she was asking me this now. I always thought this was a __47__ between her and me. She saw the __48__ on my face and told me,“This question is very important. It shows that you have really__49__ your life.” I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said,“My dear,the most important body part is your __50__.”I asked,“Is it because they hold up your head?” She replied,“No,it is __51__ on them a crying friend or a loved one can rest his or her head. I only hope that you have enough __52__ and friends and that you will have a shoulder to cry __53__ when you need it.” Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a __54__ one. It is sympathetic to the pain of __55__.
A.notice B.believe in C.doubt D.guess at
A.love B.health C.sound D.sight
A.blind B.deaf C.invisible D.thoughtful
A.discovery B.decision C.attempt D.suggestion
A.learning B.thinking C.growing D.changing
A.Before B.Till C.Beyond D.Over
A.ways B.things C.questions D.times
A.stronger B.taller C.smarter D.nicer
A.left B.got ill C.died D.got wounded
A.duty B.turn C.pity D.chance
A.shocked B.satisfied C.interested D.excited
A.game B.test C.match D.secret
A.worry B.puzzlement C.regret D.pain
A.enjoyed B.found C.disliked D.lived
A.shoulders B.feet C.hands D.hair
A.how B.because C.why D.whether
A.respect B.favor C.love D.fun
A.by B.on C.above D.for
A.valuable B.useful C.selfish D.precious
A.others B.the deaf C.Grandpa D.the blind
I can still remember the first day when I met my best friend. I hid behind my mother and she hid behind her grandmother, 36 to look at each other. But we soon lost the 37 and started playing with each other. In the 7th grade, I first lost touch with her. She was 38 family problems and I deserted her to be with the “cooler people.” 39 of my new friends liked her as much as I did 40 they knew she had “problems”. However, every summer we would 41 sit at each other’s home and watch soap operas and talk about everything we liked.
It was last year when I 42 the problem. I guess I was just too busy in high school to realize she needed someone there for her. Well, she made a new “best friend” and 43 did I. Then I didn’t know why, but she started cutting herself.
She was diagnosed with clinical depression(抑郁症). I was very 44 at first, but with the late night calls, we still stayed in 45. I wanted to be there for her since her new best friend 46 deserted her, when people were calling her 47 , but I knew I still 48 her like a sister.
Yesterday she came 49 me and said this,” I never knew what a best friend was 50 I found you were the only person that would stop me from cutting, the only person that ever made me feel better about myself and my 51. You don’t know this but I was trying to kill myself one night when you 52 me. I 53 you so much, and you didn’t even know you were 54 me.” We both cried. And I guess a kind of lesson from my life so far is to never 55 your friends.
A.pleased B.excited C.scared D.disappointed
A.happiness B.kindness C.shyness D.sadness
A.working out B.answering for C.helping with D.going through
A.All B.None C.No D.Every
A.because B.though C.while D.yet
A.hardly B.seldom C.just D.always
A.solved B.noticed C.faced D.ignored
A.neither B.so C.too D.also
A.mad B.careless C.hopeful D.upset
A.touch B.bed C.hospital D.love
A.luckily B.successfully C.actually D.calmly
A.selfish B.crazy C.brave D.lonely
A.believed in B.waited for C.cared about D.replied to
A.with B.after C.upon D.to
A.until B.when C.since D.if
A.mistakes B.parents C.friends D.problems
A.visited B.encouraged C.called D.prevented
A.tell B.owe C.give D.show
A.helping B.reminding C.cheating D.praising
A.give up B.look back at C.drop in at D.look down on
One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I 36 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, 37 he knew me. The man had a newspaper 38in front of him, which he was39 to read, but I could40 that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my41 the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the 42 way in which the waiter and I 43 each other. He seemed even more puzzled as 44 went on and it became45 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the 46 . When he came out, he paid his bill and 47 without another glance in my direction .
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 48 . "Well," he said , "that man was a detective (侦探) . He 49 you here because he thought you were the man he 50 ." "What ?" I said, showing my 51 . The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I 52 say he looked very much like you ! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 53 ." "Well , it's really 54 I came to a restaurant where I'm known ," I said . " 55 , I might have been in trouble ."
A.knew B.understood C.noticed D.recognized
A.since B.even if C.though D.as if
A.flat B.open C.cut D.fixed
A.hoping B.thinking C.pretending D.continuing
A.see B.find C.guess D.learn
A.menu B.bill C.paper D.food
A.direct B.familiar C.strange D.funny
A.chatted with B.looked at C.laughed at D.talked about
A.the waiter B.time C.I D.the dinner
A.true B.hopeful C.clear D.possible
A.restaurant B.washroom C.office D.kitchen
A.left B.acted C.sat down D.calmed down
A.wanted B.tried C.ordered D.wished
A.met B.caught C.followed D.discovered
A.was to beat B.was dealing with C.was to meet D.was looking for
A.care B.surprise C.worry D.regret
A.must B.can C.need D.may
A.discovery B.mistake C.decision D.fortune
A.a pity B.natural C.a chance D.lucky
A.Thus B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore