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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

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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.
Marley started the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign because______.
选项 A、she wanted to give some books to African children
B、she wanted to encourage children to read more books
C、she noticed the lack of black girls as main characters in the books
D、she didn’ t like the black girls described in the books she read for class
答案C
解析 细节题。题干问的是“为什么马利要开展这项活动?”根据定位句“…她所注意到的一个更大的问题是：根据儿童图书合作中心的年度分析报告，在2015年出版的儿童图书中，只有不到10％的图书以黑人为主角。”可知，她注意到以黑人为主角的儿童图书比较少，更别说是黑人女孩了。这就是她开展这项活动的初衷。故选C。
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