My mother is a geneticist, and from her I learned that despite our differences in size, shape and color, we humans are 99.9 percent the same. It is in our   36   to see differences: skin, hair and eye color, height, language. But also in our nature, way down in the DNA that   37  us human, we are almost the   38 .
I believe there is more that unites us than   39  us.
My mother came to the US from India. She is   40  enough that she got her service  41  in a diner in 1960s Dallas. My father is a white boy from Indiana whose   42  came from Germany in the mid-1800s.
It seems   43  to admit now, but I never   44  that my parents were different colors. One day, I watched my parents walk   45  the street of our church together. They were   46  in the service that day, and as they walked, I saw their hands   47  together in unison(一致地). I noticed for the first time how dark my mother was, and how white my father was. I knew them as my parents   48  I realized their skin color. I'm sorry to say that now when I see a mixed-race    49  walking down the street, I see the "mixed race" first and the "couple" second.
When my parents married in 1966, there were   50  places in this country that had laws  51  mixed marriage.   52 , my white grandfather,   53  father had been a typical racist, was not against their marriage.
Some of us are men, some are women. Some are young, some old. Some of us are short and others   54 . Some right-handed, some left-handed. We have lots of differences; we are all  55 . But deep down inside us, down in our DNA, we are 99.9 percent the same. And I believe we need to remember that.

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My mother is a geneticist, and from her I learned that despite our differences in size, shape and color, we humans are 99.9 percent the same. It is in our   36   to see differences: skin, hair and eye color, height, language. But also in our nature, way down in the DNA that   37   us human, we are almost the   38  .

I believe there is more that unites us than   39   us.

My mother came to the US from India. She is   40   enough that she got her service  41  in a diner in 1960s Dallas. My father is a white boy from Indiana whose   42   came from Germany in the mid-1800s.

 It seems   43   to admit now, but I never   44   that my parents were different colors. One day, I watched my parents walk   45   the street of our church together. They were   46   in the service that day, and as they walked, I saw their hands   47   together in unison(一致地). I noticed for the first time how dark my mother was, and how white my father was. I knew them as my parents   48   I realized their skin color. I'm sorry to say that now when I see a mixed-race    49   walking down the street, I see the "mixed race" first and the "couple" second.

When my parents married in 1966, there were   50   places in this country that had laws  51   mixed marriage.   52  , my white grandfather,   53   father had been a typical racist, was not against their marriage.

Some of us are men, some are women. Some are young, some old. Some of us are short and others   54  . Some right-handed, some left-handed. We have lots of differences; we are all   55  . But deep down inside us, down in our DNA, we are 99.9 percent the same. And I believe we need to remember that.

1.A. feature                                B. character                    C. nature                       D. quality

2.A. gets                                 B. lets                                     C. has                           D. makes

3.A. same                               B. different                     C. familiar                    D. similar

4.A. differs                           B. divides                             C. departs            D. splits

5.A. yellow                          B. white                      C. dark                      D. brown

6.A. turned out                B. turned down             C. turned over               D. turned back

7.A. ancestors                       B. parents                             C. family                     D. origin

8.A. silly                                  B. wise                         C. stupid                    D. foolish

9.A. noticed                         B. looked                             C. watched                  D. observed

10.A. in                                           B. up                                    C. out                          D. down

11.A. entering                        B. running                            C. attending                D. participating

12.A. rocking                       B. shaking                           C. swinging    D. waving

13.A. unless                        B. after                               C. before                    D. until

14.A. marriage                              B. couple                             C. double                  D. twins

15.A. always                              B. also                              C. almost                  D. still

16.A. allowing                      B. preventing                         C. encouraging   D. banning

17.A. Therefore                     B. However                           C. But                           D. Otherwise

18.A. which                         B. whose                             C. that                      D. what

19.A. long                     B. high               C. tall           D. kind

20.A. similar                        B. familiar                C. unique                   D. same

For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo（禁忌）: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been forbidden for much of the time since.

So when a great job about an hour’s drive north of the Gulf Coast attracted him, Jeffrey Norwood, a black college basketball coach, had reservations. He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian.

“You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal（致命的） danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions. "Are you sure?"

But on visits to Hattiesburg, the younger Mr. Norwood said he liked what he saw: growing diversity. So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census（人口普查） as black, white and Asian. Taylor Rae Norwood, three, is one of thousands of mixed-race children who have made this state home to one of the nation's most rapidly expanding multiracial populations, up 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to new data from the Census Bureau.

In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many researchers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. That conclusion is based on the bureau’s analysis of 42 states; the data from the remaining eight states will be released soon.

In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled. In Georgia, it grew by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70percent.

Census officials estimated the national multiracial growth rate was about 35 percent since2000 according to the known result, when seven million people ----- 2.4 percent of the population ------ chose more than one race.

1.If a black man married a white woman 50 years ago, the worst result was that _____.

A．he was sentenced to death                B．he was considered to be immoral

C．he was criticized by the public              D．he was treated as a lawbreaker

2.The underlined word “serious” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “____”.

A．stable            B．bad              C．mixed            D．dangerous

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A．Jeffrey Norwood was born in Hattiesburg and grew up there.

B．Taylor Rae Norwood’s mother is a white-Asian.

C．70 percent of the people in Mississippi are multiracial.

D．Mississippi has the largest multiracial population in the US.

4.Which of the following states had the fastest growth rate of mixed-race population?

A．Georgia.          B．Tennessee.        C．North Carolina.     D．South Dakota.

For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo（禁忌）: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been forbidden for much of the time since.
So when a great job about an hour’s drive north of the Gulf Coast attracted him, Jeffrey Norwood, a black college basketball coach, had reservations. He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian.
“You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal（致命的） danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions. "Are you sure?"
But on visits to Hattiesburg, the younger Mr. Norwood said he liked what he saw: growing diversity. So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census（人口普查） as black, white and Asian. Taylor Rae Norwood, three, is one of thousands of mixed-race children who have made this state home to one of the nation's most rapidly expanding multiracial populations, up 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many researchers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. That conclusion is based on the bureau’s analysis of 42 states; the data from the remaining eight states will be released soon.
In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled. In Georgia, it grew by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70percent.
Census officials estimated the national multiracial growth rate was about 35 percent since2000 according to the known result, when seven million people ----- 2.4 percent of the population ------ chose more than one race.
【小题1】If a black man married a white woman 50 years ago, the worst result was that _____.

My mother is a geneticist, and from her I learned that despite our differences in size, shape and color, we humans are 99.9 percent the same. It is in our 1 to see differences: skin, hair and eye color, height, language. But also in our nature, way down in the DNA that 2 us human, we are almost the 3.
I believe there is more that unites us than 4 us.
My mother came to the US from India. She is 5 enough that she got her service 6 in a diner in 1960s Dallas. My father is a white boy from Indiana whose 7 came from Germany in the mid-1800s.
It seems 8 to admit now, but I never 9 that my parents were different colors. One day, I watched my parents walk 10 the street of our church together. They were 11 in the service that day, and as they walked, I saw their hands 12 together in unison(一致地). I noticed for the first time how dark my mother was, and how white my father was. I knew them as my parents 13 I realized their skin color. I'm sorry to say that now when I see a mixed-race 14 walking down the street, I see the "mixed race" first and the "couple" second.
When my parents married in 1966, there were 15 places in this country that had laws  16 mixed marriage. 17, my white grandfather, 18 father had been a typical racist, was not against their marriage.
Some of us are men, some are women. Some are young, some old. Some of us are short and others 19. Some right-handed, some left-handed. We have lots of differences; we are all 20. But deep down inside us, down in our DNA, we are 99.9 percent the same. And I believe we need to remember that.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      feature
   2. B.
      character
   3. C.
      nature
   4. D.
      quality
2. 2.
   1. A.
      gets
   2. B.
      lets
   3. C.
      has
   4. D.
      makes
3. 3.
   1. A.
      same
   2. B.
      different
   3. C.
      familiar
   4. D.
      similar
4. 4.
   1. A.
      differs
   2. B.
      divides
   3. C.
      departs
   4. D.
      splits
5. 5.
   1. A.
      yellow
   2. B.
      white
   3. C.
      dark
   4. D.
      brown
6. 6.
   1. A.
      turned out
   2. B.
      turned down
   3. C.
      turned over
   4. D.
      turned back
7. 7.
   1. A.
      ancestors
   2. B.
      parents
   3. C.
      family
   4. D.
      origin
8. 8.
   1. A.
      silly
   2. B.
      wise
   3. C.
      stupid
   4. D.
      foolish
9. 9.
   1. A.
      noticed
   2. B.
      looked
   3. C.
      watched
   4. D.
      observed
10. 10.
    1. A.
       in
    2. B.
       up
    3. C.
       out
    4. D.
       down
11. 11.
    1. A.
       entering
    2. B.
       running
    3. C.
       attending
    4. D.
       participating
12. 12.
    1. A.
       rocking
    2. B.
       shaking
    3. C.
       swinging
    4. D.
       waving
13. 13.
    1. A.
       unless
    2. B.
       after
    3. C.
       before
    4. D.
       until
14. 14.
    1. A.
       marriage
    2. B.
       couple
    3. C.
       double
    4. D.
       twins
15. 15.
    1. A.
       always
    2. B.
       also
    3. C.
       almost
    4. D.
       still
16. 16.
    1. A.
       allowing
    2. B.
       preventing
    3. C.
       encouraging
    4. D.
       banning
17. 17.
    1. A.
       Therefore
    2. B.
       However
    3. C.
       But
    4. D.
       Otherwise
18. 18.
    1. A.
       which
    2. B.
       whose
    3. C.
       that
    4. D.
       what
19. 19.
    1. A.
       long
    2. B.
       high
    3. C.
       tall
    4. D.
       kind
20. 20.
    1. A.
       similar
    2. B.
       familiar
    3. C.
       unique
    4. D.
       same