首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Marley Dias loves nothing more than getting lost in a book. But the books she was reading at school were starting to get on her
Marley Dias loves nothing more than getting lost in a book. But the books she was reading at school were starting to get on her
admin
2018-08-25
53
问题
Marley Dias loves nothing more than getting lost in a book. But the books she was reading at school were starting to get on her nerves. She enjoyed Where the Red Fern Grows and The Shi-loh Series, but those classics, found in so many primary school classrooms, were all about white boys or dogs—or white boys and their dogs. Black girls, like Marley, were almost never the main character.
What she was noticing is actually a much bigger issue: fewer than 10 percent of children’ s books released in 2015 had a black person as the main character, according to a yearly analysis by the Cooperative Children’ s Book Center. In November 2015, Marley set out to gather 1,000 books with black girls as protagonists (主角). Her campaign called "#1000BlackGirlBooks" was a big success. (77)
She far exceeded her goal and collected more than 10,000 books!
"Through my campaign, I want to give kids a stronger sense of identity. " Marley says. (78)
"The biggest thing I’ve learned is that kids’ voices need to be heard. "
In the future, Dias wants to be the editor (编辑) of her own magazine. She is already making the steps toward having a successful and meaningful career. At 11, she’ s aware of the racism in the publishing industry.
Like the television and movies, the publishing industry does not represent black girls or other people of color in positive ways. The whitewashing (漂白) in this industry extends beyond not having people of color as characters. In 2012, white men wrote 88% of the book reviews. In 2013, only about 2% of the books were about black characters. Then if there are people of color in the books, the publishers attempt to whitewash people of color on the covers.
However, Dias is making it a little easier for other black girls searching for a character that is just like them. Her project is a positive step toward young black girls seeing and experiencing their lives in books.
The phrase "get on her nerves" in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to______.
选项
A、make her ill
B、make her excited
C、make her annoyed
D、make her frightened
答案
C
解析
词汇题。题干问的是“第一段中的短语最接近以下哪一项的含义?”get on one’s nerves意思是“使…厌烦,使…不安”。A项“使生病”,B项“使激动”,C项“使恼怒,厌烦”,D项“使害怕,惊恐”。故选C。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HE3O777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
She______toherteacherforcomingtoschoollate.
It(was)inthisschool(where)he(hadstudied)(for)fouryears.
Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhychildrengotoschool?Youwillprobablysaythattheygotolearntheirownlanguageandother
Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhychildrengotoschool?Youwillprobablysaythattheygotolearntheirownlanguageandother
Haveyoueveraskedyourselfwhychildrengotoschool?Youwillprobablysaythattheygotolearntheirownlanguageandother
Inreadingstoriesweanticipatewhatistocome______onourmemoryofwhathasgonebefore.
随机试题
下列关于硬盘的说法错误的是________。
下列说法正确的是()
癫痫病人做脑电图检查可以
关于枕先露的分娩机制,正确的是
乙公司2012年6月30日银行存款日记账余额为149300元,银行发来的对账单余额为162500元。经核对发现以下未达账项:①委托银行代收的销货款8000元,银行已收到入账,但企业尚未收到银行收款通知书。②企业于月末交存银行的转账支票16400元,银行
期货交易所应当及时发布价格预测信息。()
2007年,中国人民银行加大了宏观金融调控的力度,灵活运用货币政策工具:第一,运用公开市场操作,2007年累计发行央行票据4.07万亿,其中对商业银行定向发行的3年期央行票据5.550亿;第二,适时运用存款准备金率工具,年内共上调人民币存款准备金率10次;
2020年1月1日,某公司为规避所持有纤维板的公允价值变动风险,决定在期货市场上建立套期保值头寸,并指定期货合约X为2020年上半年纤维板价格变化引起的公允价值变动风险的套期。期货合约X的标的资产与被套期项目纤维板在数量、质次、价格变动和产地方面相同。20
Shynessisthecauseofmuchunhappinessforagreatmanypeople.Shypeopleareanxiousandself-conscious;thatis,theyaree
Mind-controlledCarsA)AcarinGermanycanbesteeredwiththoughtalone.RoseEvelethasksitsdriverandhisteamaboutthev
最新回复
(
0
)