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 kids were 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.
小题1: | A.believe in | B.stick to | C.carry out | D.push for |
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小题2: | A.dependent | B.free | C.sensitive | D.different |
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小题3: | A.signal | B.sign | C.reminder | D.cause |
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小题4: | A.religion | B.country | C.parents | D.status |
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小题5: | A.In a word | B.In general | C.To be exact | D.To be honest |
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小题6: | A.princess | B.heroine | C.individual | D.adult |
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小题7: | A.praise | B.punishment | C.reaction | D.reflection |
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小题8: | A.hoped | B.expected | C.realized | D.decided |
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小题9: | A.time | B.chance | C.case | D.occasion |
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小题10: | A.disappointed | B.scared | C.enthusiastic | D.angry |
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小题11: | A.still | B.already | C.even | D.ever |
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小题12: | A.show off | B.pull off | C.pick up | D.put up |
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小题13: | A.rejection | B.ignorance | C.awareness | D.acceptance |
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小题14: | A.negative | B.optimistic | C.serious | D.strange |
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小题15: | A.often | B.inside | C.only | D.outside |
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小题16: | A.concerned | B.particular | C.wrong | D.convinced |
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小题17: | A.respectfully | B.cautiously | C.suspiciously | D.critically |
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小题19: | A.in terms of | B.in front of | C.in charge of | D.in favor of |
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小题20: | A.significance | B.beauty | C.value | D.power |
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