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When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.

Their staring eyes don’t see that I get ____1____ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team, or that I belong to ___2____youth organizations. All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young ,black, and male-----a potential ____3____to them.

White men look at me as if I am up to no good, or as if they are ____4____to me. White women just look at me with____5____, say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ____6____.

Many people come to San Francisco to get away from the stereotypes(成见) of the cities they were born and ____7_____ in. The majority of the blacks and Latinos who live in this city don’t have that luxury.

How can you feel at home when people are_____8_____telling you to get back to Africa or Mexico ----or just back to “where you belong”?

My way of dealing with this kind of thing has _____9_____over the years. In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or ____10____them.

Now I’m more likely to use ____11____ to defend myself against those eyes. To women who clutch their purse in terror, I’ll say, “Man, I ain’t gonna do anything to you, I got money in my pocket!” My cousin has even started wearing a T-shirt ____12_____ in big letters, “NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.” 

The most painful thing is when we get those___13____ stares from black people, especially elderly ones. I want o say to them, “We’re black too. Why would we do something to you?”

Usually I react more ____14____to all of this than a lot of my friends do. Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do.

But for me, that’s not good enough. I just can’t stand it when every day a hundred pair of eyes tell you you’re not_____15_____.

1.A. almost     B. mostly     C. merely     D. particularly

2.A. social      B. local      C. positive    D. new

3.A. danger     B. treasure    C. gift        D. neighbor

4.A. better      B. close      C. perfect     D. superior

5.A. fear       B. interest     C. honor      D. despair

6.A. run        B. walk       C. pass       D. move

7.A. known     B. developed    C. raised     D. located

8.A. honestly   B. constantly    C. hopefully   D. freely

9.A. changed    B. formed      C. strengthened  D. increased

10.A. kill       B. rob         C. damage     D. steal

11.A. actions    B. deeds       C. signs       D. words

12.A. writing    B. printing     C. telling      D. saying

13.A. fearful     B. doubtful     C. pitiful      D. impressive

14.A. strongly     B. actively    C. disappointedly   D. casually

15.A. sincere      B. mature     C. welcome       D. gentle

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.D

13.A

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析:文章大意:作者是个黑人,来到圣弗朗西斯科是想躲避家乡的歧视,但是在圣弗朗西斯科他同样收到不公平的待遇,作者先是很敏感,后来渐渐的改变通过语言来反抗,作者希望有一天能被这个城市欢迎。

1.考查副词:A. almost 几乎,B. mostly大多数,C. merely仅仅,D. particularly尤其是,他们睁大的眼睛没有看见我大多数都是得的A+,选B

2.考查形容词:A. social社会的,B. local当地的,C. positive积极的,D. new新的,从前面的句子:I get ________ A’s in school, or that I am a captain of the football team,可知作者都是做的积极的事情,选C

3.考查名词:A. danger危险,B. treasure 珍宝,C. gift礼物,D. neighbor邻居,从前面的句子:All they see is that I am 6-foot-4, young ,black, and male 可知人们认为作者对他们有潜在的危险,选A

4.考查形容词:A. better更好,B. close近,C. perfect完美,D. superior优于,从前面的句子:White men look at me as if I am up to no good, 可知白人认为比作者优等,选D

5.考查名词:A. fear害怕,B. interest兴趣,C. honor害怕,D. despair压抑,从后面的句子:say, sometimes they cross the street when they see my friends and me coming, or walk in the street and only get back on the sidewalk after we ________.可知白人妇女看见作者他们感到害怕,选A

6.考查动词:A. run跑,B. walk走,C. pass通过,D. move 移动,因为白人女性害怕他们所以看见他们过去了,才回到人行道,选C

7.考查动词:A. known知道,B. developed发展,C. raised举起,提高,筹集,养育,D. located 位于,从they were born ,可知很多人离开生他养他的地方到圣弗朗西斯科就是为了躲避歧视,选C

8.考查副词:A. honestly诚实地,B. constantly 不断地,C. hopefully有希望地,D. freely自由地,当人们经常告诉你回到非洲或墨西哥,你是什么感受.?选B

9.考查动词:A. changed改变B. formed形成C. strengthened加强,D. increased 增加,从后面的内容:In the past, when my friends and I would walk the streets and a hundred pairs of white eyes would look at me as if we were the lowest form of dirt, it would make us angry enough to hurt or ________them. 可知我处理这类事情的方式变了,选A

10.考查动词:A. kill杀死,B. rob抢劫,C. damage破坏,D. steal偷,从前面的句子:it would make us angry enough  可知作者会生气的伤害他们,或是抢劫他们,用kill太严重了,CD不符合句意,选B

11.考查名词:A. actions行动,B. deeds事情,C. signs 标志,D. words话语,和前面的用行动反抗相比,作者现在是用语言保护自己,选D

12.考查动词: A. writing写,B. printing印刷,C. telling告诉,D. saying说话,我堂兄甚至穿了个体恤衫,上面写到“NO, WHITE LADY, I DON'T’ WANT YOUR PURSE.” ,表示…上写着“,用saying,选D

13.考查形容词:A. fearful 害怕的,B. doubtful怀疑的,C. pitiful 同情的,D. impressive印象深刻的,从前面的句子:White women just look at me with________, 可知这里是:这些害怕的眼神有时来自于黑人,选A

14.考查副词:A. strongly 强烈地,B. actively积极地,C. disappointedly失望地,D. casually随意地,. 从后面的句子:Some of them, so brainwashed, just think it’s part of life and that there is nothing you can do. 可知作者比他的朋友对这样的事情反应更强烈,选A

15.考查形容词:A. sincere真诚的,B. mature 成熟的,C. welcome受欢迎的,D. gentle 温柔的,从文章的第一句话When I walk through the streets of San Francisco’s business districts, white people stare at me as if I were a circus clown.可知作者在这儿是不受欢迎的,选C

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