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情景2正确的人生观、心态

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[2022·西安五校高三联考试题]AeshaAshisaballetdancerwhobeganTheSwanDreamsProjectin2011.Itisaprogramdesignedtobringballettogirlsofcolorinhercommunity.AeshaAshisoneofthefewwomenofcolortoevergracethestagesoftheSchoolofAmericanBalletinNewYorkCity.Shewantstoexposehercommunitytomorepositiveimagesofwomenofcolorthroughtheuseofballet.Shewantstoshowtheworldthatbeautyandgracearenotdefinedbystatusorrace.

AeshagrewupintheinnercityofRochester,NewYork,wherecrime,gunviolenceandpovertywereamongthebiggestthreatstothecommunity.Forher,thatsnormal.Thatsjustlifeintheneighborhood,butwhatsheremembersmostisthedancestudio.

Shestarteddancingattheageoffive.Ateachermentionedtohermotherthatshehadsomepromiseinballet,andthatitwouldbedifficultforher,asawomanofcolor,toentertheballetworld.Buttheadversityshefacedwastheverythingthatpushedhertopursueacareerinballet.

Andtheressomuchnegativestereotypes(刻板印象)andmisunderstandingofwhotheyareinthemedia.Throughtheuseofimageryandhercareerasaballetdancer,shechallengesstereotypesthatexistforwomenofcolor,particularlythosefrominner-citycommunities.

“Itsimportantthatourgirlsseethatsideofthemselvesbecauseformanykidsitshardtobewhatyoucantsee.IhadntseenablackballetdancerbeforeIdecidedthatwaswhatIwantedtobe.ItwasreallyimportantformetobeinmyenvironmentdisplayingthatbecausethisiswhereImfrom.Itwasalwaysbeyondballet，”AeshaAshstated.

1．WhydidAeshastartTheSwanDreamsProject?

A．Topromotetheimagesoffemalesofcolorbyballet.

B．Toexposehercommunitytoaworldofwomenofcolor.

C．TogracethestagesoftheSchoolofAmericanBallet.

D．Toshowtheworldthatbeautyandgracearedefinedbystatus.

2．Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesthecommunityshe