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1、Unit1AlandofdiversityⅠ.阅读理解UnlikeChina,wherethemajorityofsocietybelongstotheHanethnicgroup,theUnitedStatesishometopeoplefrommanydifferentethnicandculturalbackgrounds,creatinggreatdiversitywithinitslivelysociety.However,historicaleventsthatcreatedthisdiversityalsoledtoracialdisputesandprejudicethatha
2、velasteduntiltoday.ArounddayslikeMartinLutherKingJr.Day,peopleintheUSareespeciallysensitivetoracistcommentsandbehaviour.Recently,aFacebookmessagepostedbyawhitestudentatmyboardingschoolstartedawaveofangeramongAfricanAmericanstudentsandstartedheatedconversationsaboutminoritygroupsattheschool.Thestuden
3、tspostedanarticlewrittenbysomeoneelsewhostatedthatRobertE.Lee,aconfederategeneralduringtheUSCivilWar,shouldbecommemorated(纪念).AstheConfederacybrokefromtheUnioninordertokeepslaveryintheirstates,theywereusuallyseenasracists.Thepostreceivedafloodofcommentsfrombothwhiteandblackstudentswithinminutes,andc
4、onversationsaboutthetopicspreadacrosscampusquickly.Afishbowlconversationwasorganizedtheeveningthatthearticlewasposted,andstudentsandfaculty(学院)memberstalkedabouttheirfeelingsandopinions.Duringthediscussion,studentsfromminoritygroups,includingAfricanAmerican,Jewish,AsianandIndianstudents,spokeupabout
5、howtheyfeltaboutlivinginasocietymainlymadeupofpeoplewhoaredifferentfromthem.Itturnedoutthatmanypeoplefeltisolatedbecauseoftheirdifferencesfromotherpeople.Thediversityofsocietycanopenupinterestingopportunities,butthegreatdifferencesbetweenpeoplecanalsocreatehugegapsandmisunderstandingsiftheyarenottre
6、atedcarefully.Thus,effectivecommunicationisessential.Afterthefishbowlconversation,theatmosphereintheschoolseemedtobechanging,atleastfrommypointofview.Studentsseemedtobetalkingandactingmorefreelythanbefore,andtheexpressionsofjudgementwereseenlessontheirfaces.1.WhatisthemainpurposeofParagraph1?A.Drawa
7、ttentiontothefactthatracialproblemsstillexistinAmerica.B.ShowthattheUnitedStateshasawonderfullydiverseculture.C.ExplainhowsensitivepeopleintheUSaretoracistcommentsandbehaviour.D.Pointoutthedifferences
