第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Promise Sawyers, a 10-year-old girl in Nashville, Tenn., is inspiring people old and young after making a video before going to school 揵igger and better with her natural hair, just one day after she was made fun of for her afro. Promise Sawyers motivational video was posted online by her mom Qui Daugherty, after the 5th-grader secretly recorded it on Daugherty抯 phone. In it, Sawyers explained that she was feeling 搒ome type of way after her classmates had mean things to say after she wore her natural hair the day before. But she was determined not to let it bring her down, and wore it the same way the following day. 揇on抰 allow anyone to steal your joy, Promise said. 揇on抰 give them that much power. Daugherty says that Promise has been surrounded by that type of positivity her whole life. She’s always taught her daughter to “meet a negative with a positive”, even when somebody is trying to bring her down. And although this example seems like one of the more disheartening( 令人气馁的) ones that Promise has faced after starting at a new school, her video proved that she took her mom抯 advice to heart. Now, nearly 2 million views later, people everywhere are responding to the video. 揥e had no idea the impact that it was going to make and the amount of messages, Daugherty said. 揑t抯 made a huge impact behind the scenes that has blessed me personally. Daugherty jokes that Promise doesn抰 understand how influential her words are. Instead, the 10-year-old is just excited about the millions of views. 揑 just tell her not to focus on the numbers, Daugherty says. 揕et抯 find a way we can be impactful behind this and make an influence and inspire people. That抯 all we want. 21. What does the underlined word 揳fro in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. A hairstyle. B. A disability. C. An attitude. D. A video. 22. What did Promise decide to do after being teased by her classmates? A. Seek some advice from her mother. B. Make herself look bigger and better. C. Record her sadness on video silently. D. Keep wearing the same hair to school. 23. What will Daugherty advise Promise to do when there抯 something disheartening? A. Switch to a new start. B. Look on the bright side. C. Make necessary changes. D. Share her joy with others. 24. How did Daugherty feel about people抯 response to the video? A. Embarrassed. B. Worried. C. Confused. D. Surprised. B In 1992, Teen Talk Barbie was released with the controversial voice fragment, 揗ath class is hard. While the toy's release met with strong public reaction, this underlying assumption persists, spreading the myth that women do not thrive in science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) fields due to biological inadequacies in math aptitude. However, in 2019 Jessica Cantlon at Carnegie Mellon University led a research team that comprehen ... ...
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