A straight-A student got a C in her cooking class and didn’t like it．She didn’t like it so much that her dad filed a complaint in federal court about it．He said that the teacher, who is white，discriminated against his daughter, who is black．He hoped to have her grade changed from a C to an A and asked for unspecified financial damages(賠償金)．

    Virginia Brown is in the ninth grade at Ashley High School．Since her first year in school, she had perfect attendance and all her grades had been A's．Virginia’s father said her heart was broken when she got the C．

    “She cried the whole weekend,” he said. “She wouldn’t come out of her room．My little girl hasn’t been so upset since her cat was run over by a car when she was 6 years old．’’

    Virginia is a model student and is the class president．She’s on：the swim team，the volleyball team，and the track team．She also belongs to the chess club…

    The home economics teacher is 28-year-old Jessica Smith．This is her first year teaching．Ms. Smith said that discrimination (歧視) was absolutely not the issue．“Some of my best friends are African-Americans,” she said. “This isn’t a black and white problem．Everybody in America wants to charge everybody else．I’m going to charge them with defamation(誹謗)of character and whatever else my lawyer comes up with．”

    The school principal said that he supported Ms．Smith l00％. He said that Virginia was an excellent student who would have no problem getting into the best universities even with a C in cooking．“She won’t have any difficulty finding a great university, but she might have problems finding a husband,” he laughed．“She’d better look for a mail who likes to eat out a lot.”

51．Virginia’s father filed a complaint in federal court because he thought        

  A．his daughter was upset about her grade

  B．the teacher looked down upon his daughter

  C．his daughter took too many courses at school

  D．the school was not fair to excellent students

52．Which of the following cannot be used to describe Virginia?

  A．She always get s A’s in her courses．

  B．She is equal to her position in the class．

  C．She does with her weakness properly．

  D，She is keen on school activities，

53．The fifth paragraph implies that Jessica Smith          

 A．doesn't give pupils right grades     B．is not good at cooking herself

 C．1ikes making friends with blacks    D．intends to fight back in court

54．The principal spoke jokingly to show that          

A．it will be hard for Virginia to find a husband

B．universities care little about cooking course

C．even top students have their weak points

D．Virginia should try to learn to cook well

55．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Virginia’s grade will be changed to an A．

B．Virginia is probably poor at cooking．

C．Mr. Brown is sure to win in the end．

D．Jessica Smith will be removed from her job．

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