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阅读理解??Directions:In this section there are some passages. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements with four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You are supposed to read the passage and make the best choice to complete each question or unfinished statement. Then type the answer in the blank on the web page.[题数:12;分数:24分;参考时间:24分0秒] ?Passage 1 ????Left-handers are a minority group. There are 20 million out of 200 million Americans. Like many other minorities, they have been discriminated against. The majority of people take right-handedness for granted. It seems to be normal. Left-handers seem to be abnormal or strange, certainly different! ???? Things in a society are made for the majority. Every time a leftie tries to write in a looseleaf notebook, the writing hand bumps into the ring. What about all those leaf-type desks in school for right-handers? Did you ever notice that the gearshift on cars is always for the right-handed? Wrist watches are made for right-handers. So are playing cards. Musical instruments are usually right-handed. Even the trust telephone is made for right-handers. If you havent noticed all the right-handed objects around you, thats because youre right-handed. ???? Discrimination means to make a distinction, often in favor of something. Can you see how a left-hander might feel discriminated against? ???? Prejudice means any preconceived opinion or feeling. That means you have an idea or feeling about something even before you experience it. Usually it means an unfavorable idea or feeling about something or someone. ???? Stereotypes, the picture we carry in our heads, can lead to discrimination and prejudice. Many right-handers have stereotypes about left-handers. Perhaps they think of left-handers as weak and clumsy, or maybe, odd and tricky. Those stereotypes help create prejudice against left-handers. ???? Our language helps to stereotype left-handers and prejudice people against them. The word left come