America's Beauty Is in Its Diversity America is built on the idea of freedom，and there is no exception for Muslim women.I ____ the freedom of religion and speech.But mostly，I believe it's OK to be ____，and to stand up for who and what you are.So I believe in wearing the hijab. The hijab is a religious head covering，like a scarf.I am Muslim，and keeping my head covered is a ____ of maturity and respect toward my ____ and to Allah's will.____，I also like to wear it to be different.I don't usually like to do what everyone else is doing.I want to be a(n) ____，not just part of the crowd.But when I first wore it，I was also afraid of the ____ that I'd get at school. I ____ on my own that sixth grade was the ____ I should start wearing the hijab.I was ____ about what the kids would say or even do to me.I thought they might make fun of me，or ____ be scared of me and ____ my headscarf.Kids at that age usually like to be all the same，and there's little or no ____ of differences. On the first day of school，I put all those ____ thoughts behind my back and walked in with my head held high.I was holding my breath a little，but ____ I was also proud to be a Muslim，proud to be wearing the hijab，proud to be different. I was ____ about everything I thought the kids would say or even do to me.I actually met a lot of people because of wearing my head covering.Most of the kids would come and ask me questions—____—about the hijab and why I wore it. I did hear some kid was making fun of me，___ there was one girl—she wasn't even in my class，and we never really talked much—and she spoke ____ me，and I wasn't even there！I made a lot of new friends that year，friends that I still have until this very day，five years later. Yes，I'm different，but everyone is different here，in one way or another.This is the ____ of America. 小题1: A．believe in B．stick to C．carry out D．push for 小题2: A．independent B．free C．sensitive D．different 小题3: A．signal B．sign C．reminder D．cause 小题4: A．religion B．country C．parents D．status 小题5: A．In a word B．In general C．To be exact D．To be honest 小题6: A．princess B．heroine C．individual D．adult 小题7: A．praise B．punishment C．reaction D．reflection 小题8: A．hoped B．expected C．realized D．decided 小题9: A．time B．chance C．case D．occasion 小题10: A．disappointed B．scared C．enthusiastic D．angry 小题11: A．still B．already C．even D．ever 小题12: A．show off B．pull off C．pick up D．put up 小题13: A．rejection B．ignorance C．awareness D．acceptance 小题14: A．negative B．optimistic C．serious D．strange 小题15: A．often B．inside C．only D．outside 小题16: A．concerned B．particular C．wrong D．convinced 小题17: A．respectfully B．cautiously C．suspiciously D．critically 小题18: A．and B．so C．but D．or 小题19: A．in terms of B．in front of C．in charge of D．in favor of 小题20: A．significance B．beauty C．value D．power