Question

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 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 head-scarf. 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, 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 beauty of America, which lies in its .

1.A. believe inB. stick toC. believeD. insist

2.A. independent B. free C. sensitive D. different

3.A. signal B. sign C. reminder D. symbol

4.A. religion B. country C. parents D. status

5.A. In a wordB. In generalC. To be exact D. To be honest

6.A. princess B. heroine C. individual D. adult

7.A. praise B. punishmentC. 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. scaredC. 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. ignoranceC. 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. cautiouslyC. suspiciously D. critically

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

19.A. in terms of B. in front ofC. in charge ofD. in favor of

20.A. significanceB. diversityC. valueD. power

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.C

12.B

13.D

14.A

15.B

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：一位生活在美國的穆斯林女性用她的親身經(jīng)歷闡釋了美國人對多元文化的包容。

1.A考查動詞短語辨析A. believe in相信；B. stick to堅持；C. believe相信；D. insist堅持； 句意：我相信宗教與議論的自由。Believe 表示“相信”（to accept as true）之意，它是及物動詞，其后直接跟賓語。Believe in 則表示“信仰”、“信任”（to have faith in somebody or something）之意。其后的常用搭配語為：有關(guān)宗教、理論、原則、概念及可信任之人，如：a religion、ghosts、fairies、a theory、a friend等詞；例中的believe為不及物動詞，故選A項。

2.2】D考查形容詞辨析A. independent 獨立的；B. free自由的； C. sensitive敏感的；D. different不同的；句意：但大多數(shù)情況下，我認(rèn)為你代表誰和你做什么的，這是有所不同的。根據(jù)下方提到So I believe in wearing the hijab故選D項。

3.3】B考查名詞辨析A. signal信號；B. sign 手勢，符號；C. reminder提醒；D. symbol象征；句意：(用頭巾)把頭包起來是一種成熟的標(biāo)志，也是對自己的宗教以及安拉的旨意敬仰的顯示。a sign of...一種……的跡象，故選B項。

4.4】A考查名詞辨析A. religion宗教；B. country國家；C. parents父母；D. status身份；(用頭巾)把頭包起來是一種成熟的標(biāo)志，也是對自己的宗教以及安拉的旨意敬仰的顯示。根據(jù)句意選A項。

5.5】D考查短語辨析A. In a word總而言之；B. In general總的來說；C. To be exact確切的說；D. To be honest 說實話；句意：說實話，我也喜歡把頭巾扎出不同的風(fēng)格，故選D。

6.6】C考查名詞辨析A. princess 公主；B. heroine主人公；C. individual 個人；D. adult成人；根據(jù)“not just part of the crowd.”可知，作者想做自己，不想成為和別人一樣的人，故選C。

7.7】C考查名詞辨析A. praise表揚；B. punishment懲罰；C. reaction反應(yīng)；D. reflection反映，思考；But when I first wore it, I was also afraid of the    that I’d get at school.當(dāng)?shù)谝淮未黝^巾時，作者也擔(dān)心學(xué)校學(xué)生的反應(yīng)，故選C。

8.8】D考查動詞辨析A. hoped希望；B. expected期望；C. realized意識到；D. decided決定；根據(jù)上文，考慮到這一做法會引起的反應(yīng)，作者自己決定六年級時再戴頭巾，故選D

9.9】A考查名詞辨析A. time時間；B. chance機(jī)會；C. case案件；D. occasion場合；sixth grade was the     I should start wearing the hijab六年級是開始戴頭巾的時候，故選A。

10.0】B考查形容詞辨析A. disappointed失望的；B. scared害怕的C. enthusiastic熱情的；D. angry生氣的；作者害怕孩子們會對她做出怎樣的評論或做什么事情，故選B。

11.1】C考查副詞辨析A. still 仍然；B. already已經(jīng)；C. even甚至；D. ever曾經(jīng)；be scared of me或者甚至害怕我，這里表示更深層次的擔(dān)心，故選C。

12.2】B考查動詞短語辨析A. show off炫耀；B. pull off脫去，勝利完成；C. pick up 拾起；D. put up 張貼；作者擔(dān)心其他孩子會取笑她，甚至害怕她，把她的頭巾扯掉。答案　B

13.3】D考查名詞辨析A. rejection拒絕；B. ignorance忽視；C. awareness 意識；D. acceptance接受；那個年齡的孩子喜歡一樣，所以“另類”幾乎不能被接受。acceptance接受，故選D項。

14.4】A考查形容詞辨析A. negative否定的；B. optimistic樂觀的；C. serious 嚴(yán)重的；D. strange奇怪的；“我把所有的消極思想拋在腦后�！边@里指的是上文提到的作者對戴頭巾可能會引起的反應(yīng)的種種負(fù)面猜想，故選A項。

15.5】B考查副詞辨析及語境理解A. often經(jīng)常；B. inside里面；C. only只有；D. outside外面；I was holding my breath a little, but     I was also proud to be a Muslim,作者屏住呼吸，但內(nèi)心里還是為穆斯林感到驕傲，故選B。

16.6】C考查形容詞辨析A. concerned關(guān)心，涉及；B. particular特別的；C. wrong錯誤的；D. convinced令人信服的；事實表明作者在此之前的種種猜想是錯誤的，故選C項。

17.7】A考查副詞辨析及語境理解A. respectfully尊敬地；B. cautiously好奇地；C. suspiciously懷疑地；D. critically批判地；句意：大部分孩子恭敬地去問作者關(guān)于頭巾的問題以及她為什么戴頭巾，故選A項。

18.8】C考查連詞辨析及語境理解A. and 并且；B. so因此；C. but但是；D. or或者；根據(jù)上下文可知這里表示轉(zhuǎn)折。某個孩子在取笑作者，然而有一個女孩卻為作者說話，故選C項。

19.9】D考查短語辨析A. in terms of就，，而言；B. in front of在，，前面；C. in charge of負(fù)責(zé)；D. in favor of 支持；根據(jù)I made a lot of new friends that year,可知，這個女孩子很支持作者，她們成了好朋友，故選D。

20.20】B考查名詞辨析A. significance重要；B. diversity多樣性；C. value價值；D. power力量；根據(jù)標(biāo)題“America’s Beauty Is in Its Diversity”可知，這就是美國之多樣性，故選B。

考點：社會類短文。