On the day of college graduation, I told my friends and family the news; I was leaving the country I had lived in since childhood, “I just need a change,”I told them, but there was more. I was running from heartbreak. My relationship with the United States is the toughest one I have ever had, as a country I loved and believed in did not love me back.
Back in the 90`s. my mother brought me from our home in the Caribbean islands to the U.S. when I was 4 years old. She worked as a live-in nanny(保姆)for two years, playing mommy for white kids whose parents had better things to do. She didn’t believe that nanny meant maid, and did whatever was asked of her. She was thirsty to embrace her American dream, hoping that her children would be educated and she might have nannies of her own.
Those were our path to get a “good education.” When the neighborhoods with quality schools became too expensive for my mom to afford as a single parent, we went across the United States with Great Schools, net as our compass: New Jersey, elementary school; Texas, middle school; Florida, high school; New York City, private university.
For a long time I survived by covering myself in all kinds of labels so that people would ignore the color of my skin, yet I existed on the edge of ugly, ignorant and unealtured. “Black people don’t really know how to swim.” “The black children don’t like to read very much,”I overheard one librarian discussing with another while I sat down reading a book a couple feet away.
I was never able to make America my home. When I stripped myself of the labels painfully one by one, beneath them there is a wounded colored woman who refuses to be faceless anymore. My face may be disgusting to some since it bears proof that race continues to be a problem. My hope is that it will force Americans to rc-examine their “post-racial”beliefs.
24.What was the real reason that made the author leave the United States?
A.It couldn’t provide her with good edueation
B.She just needed a challenge in her way of life
C.The way she was treated there broke her heart
D.She was tired of living in a strange country
25.What can we infer about the author’s mother from Paragraphs 2 and 3?
A.She sacrificed a lot to live a better life in America
B.She was quite content to work as a live-in nanny.
C.She was particular about the schools her daughter attended
D.She liked visiting all kinds of schools with the author
26.The author gives two examples in Paragraph 4 to show that .
A.how ignorant and uncultured many people are in US
B.the US to reflect on how it treats colored people
C.her family to understand her decision
D.the black people to re-examine their way of life
27.The author writes the passage to expect .
A.immigrants to get ready for more hardship
B.the US to reflect on how it treats colored people
C.her family to understand her decision
D.the black people to re-examine their way of life
CACB
A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025