3.My heart sank when the man at the immigration(移民)counter gestured to the back room.I was born and raised in America,and this was Miami,where I live,but they weren't quite ready to let me in yet.
"Please wait in here,Ms.Abujaber,"the immigration officer said.My husband,with his very American last name,accompanied me.He was getting used to this.The same thing had happened recently in Canada when I'd flown to Montreal to speak at a book event.That time they held me for 45minutes.Today we were returning from a literary festival in Jamaica,and I was shocked
That I was being sent"in back"once again.
The officer behind the counter called me up and said,"Miss,your name looks like the name of someone who's on our wanted list.We're going to have to check you out with Washington."
"How long will it take?"
"Hard to say…a few minutes,"he said,"We'll call you when we're ready for you."After an hour,Washington still hadn't decided anything about me.
"Isn't this computerized?"I asked at the counter,"Can't you just look me up?"
"Just a few more minutes,"they assured me.
After an hour and a half,I pulled my cell phone out to call the friends I was supposed to meet that evening.An officer rushed over."No phones!"he said,"For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information."
"I'm just a university professor,"I said.My voice came out in a squeak.
"Of course you are.And we take people like you out of here in leg irons every day."
I put my phone away.
My husband and I were getting hungry and tired.Whole families had been brought into the waiting room,and the place was packed with excitable children,exhausted parents,and even a flight attendant.
I wanted to scream,to jump on a chair and shout:"I'm an American citizen; a novelist; I probably teach English literature to your children."
After two hours in detention (扣押),I was approached by one of the officers."You're free to go,"he said.No explanation or apologies.For a moment,neither of us moved.We were still in shock.Then we leaped to our feet.
"Oh,one more thing,"he handed me a tattered photocopy(破爛的復(fù)印件) with an address on it,"If you aren't happy with your treatment,you can write to this agency."
"Will they respond?"I asked.
"I don't know-I don't know of anyone who's ever written to them before."Then he added,"By the way,this will probably keep happening each time you travel internationally."
"What can I do to keep it from happening again?"
He smiled the empty smile we'd seen all day,"Absolutely nothing."
After telling several friends about our ordeal,probably the most frequent advice I've heard in response is to change my name.Twenty years ago,my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn't stick me in what he called"the ethnic ghetto"-a separate,secondary shelf in the bookstore.But a name is an integral part of anyone's personal and professional identity-just like the town you're born in and the place where you're raised.
Like my father,I'll keep the name,but my airport experience has given me a whole new perspective on what diversity and tolerance are supposed to mean.I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.

66.The author was held at the airport becauseD.
A.she had been held in Montreal               B.she had spoken at a book event
C.she and her husband returned from Jamaica   D.her name was similar to a terrorist's
67.She was not allowed to call her friends becauseA.
A.her identity hadn't been confirmed yet
B.she had been held for only one hour and a half
C.there were other families in the waiting room
D.she couldn't use her own cell phone
68.We learn from the passage that the author wouldB to prevent similar experience from happening again.
A.change her name                B.do nothing
C.write to the agency            D.a(chǎn)void traveling abroad
69.Her experiences indicate that there still existsC in the US.
A.tolerance         B.diversity(差異)  C.discrimination(歧視) D.hatred
70.The author soundsA in the last paragraph.
A.ironic (具有諷刺意味的)  B.impatient     C.worried       D.bitter.

分析 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀,屬于記敘文,主要講述了作者因?yàn)槊趾涂植乐髁x者相似而被扣留在機(jī)場(chǎng)兩個(gè)小時(shí),朋友建議她改名字防止類似的事情再次發(fā)生,作者感到很氣憤,也很無(wú)奈.

解答 66.答案:D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題:從文章第三段的句子:Miss,your name looks like the name of someone who's on our wanted list.可知作者被滯留在機(jī)場(chǎng)因?yàn)樗拿趾涂植乐髁x者相似,故選D.67.答案:A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題:從文章的句子:"For all we know you could be calling a terrorist cell and giving them information."可知作者不被允許打電話給朋友,因?yàn)樗纳矸葸沒(méi)有證實(shí),故選A.
68.答案:B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題:從文章倒數(shù)第二段的句子:After telling several friends about our ordeal,probably the most frequent advice I've heard in response is to change my name.可知作者可能會(huì)換名字,以防類似的事情再發(fā)生,故選B.
69.答案:C.推理判斷題:從文章倒數(shù)第二段的句子:.Twenty years ago,my own graduate school writing professor advised me to write under a pen name so that publishers wouldn't stick me in what he called"the ethnic ghetto"-a separate,secondary shelf in the bookstore.可以推斷出在美國(guó)存在歧視,選C.
70.答案:A.推理判斷題:從最后一段的句子; I had no idea that being an American would ever be this hard.可知作者有諷刺的口氣,故選A.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇人物故事類閱讀,題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題,推理判斷題.做題時(shí)學(xué)生應(yīng)仔細(xì)閱讀原文,把握文章主要內(nèi)容,聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項(xiàng)含義,從中選出正確答案,一定要做到有理有據(jù),切忌胡亂猜測(cè).

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