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When Maya McDougall's parents look at her, they see a baby with sparkling almond eyes taking her first awkward steps across the living room. Her mother, Meki Cox McDougall, is Black and Chinese. And her father, Chris McDougall, is Irish and Italian. They know that their multi-race daughter may look quite different from others. They wonder whether Maya will ever be fully accepted in a nation obsessed with skin color. “I don't think I see color when I look at her,” Meki Cox McDougall said. “But I often look at what other people might think.”
The results of Census 2000 had focused the US's attention on its most difficult questions: what is race, and how does it define people?
For the first time, the census allowed people to describe themselves by checking more than one race. It offered 126 categories and combinations. Among them was the one that fits 10-month-old Maya: white, Black, American Indian and Asian.
Racial discrimination is being criticized in America. People think that it is important to end discrimination and have equal opportunity.
Faced with the questionnaire of Census 2000, Meki Cox McDougall wanted to simply declare that she and her daughter are multiracial. But that was not an option. The federal government added the option of choosing more than one race on the census form. But it rejected another proposal, a new “multi-race” category.
That left Meki Cox McDougall and others wondering whether the federal government ought to drop race from the census altogether. The official determination to group people in categories, they argue, may widen racial divisions in the US.
Chris McDougall said he believes that labeling people by skin color has always been wrong. “I don't like the fact that we are trying to identify people by race,” he said. But he understands why people cling to racial identity. He understands the feeling of unity, which gives people the sense of safety.
9. What are Maya McDougall's parents concerned about?
A. Maya takes her first awkward steps.
B. Maya is a multi-race girl.
C. People are obsessed with skin color.
D. People show discrimination to Maya.
(D)
10. What does the underlined word “criticized” in paragraph 4 probably mean?
A. Supported.
B. Opposed.
C. Ignored.
D. Favored.
(B)
11. What did the federal government do in Census 2000?
A. It offered more options to describe a person.
B. It dropped race from the census.
C. It added a new “multi-race” category.
D. It widened racial divisions in the US.
(A)
12. Which of the following statements might Chris McDougall agree with?
A. People should identify people by race.
B. Labeling people by skin color will be right.
C. People support racial identity for some reasons.
D. Unity can always keep people safe.
(C)

答案： 9. D 细节理解题。根据第一段最后三句话可知，Maya McDougall 的父母担心孩子会被歧视，故选 D。
10. B 词义猜测题。根据第四段可知，人们认为消除种族歧视和拥有公平机会非常重要，因此种族歧视在美国是受到批评的。oppose 意为“反对”，故选 B。
11. A 细节理解题。根据第三段、第五段和第六段可知，美国 2000 年的人口普查表中增加了可选择一个以上种族的选项，但拒绝加入“多种族”这个新分类的提议，故选 A。
12. C 推理判断题。根据第七段可知，Chris McDougall 理解支持种族身份的行为，但他并不认同。故选 C。