What comes to mind when you hear the word--diversity? Issues of race or gender may spring to mind.Equal rights? Or minority issues?

　　I encourage people to look at a much wider definition of the word.1 would tend to say diversity is “differentness” in any form.A good example of this kind of diversity has been experienced by every person who ever left behind the comforts of home and moved into uncharted territory.Issues of diversity are informed not only by your cultural background and context，but also by your religion，age，field of work，family situation， personality，and countless other factors that make us unique.Diversity affects everyone.

　　It’s for this reason that diversity has become such a buzz word.The buzz happens because it’s all about how you handle it.It’s very much like the job a composer has when creating a great musical composition.If the composer understands what each unique note and dynamic mark is capable of in combination with the other parts，the result achieved is extraordinary.If, however，none of the parts is communicating with the others，we’re left with a cacophony(刺耳的聲音).

　　On a personal level.it’s this understanding and acceptance of “the other” which rests at the core of diversity.Whether we’re talking about navigating through a multicultural urban environment or uprooting and moving to a new foreign social context，it is necessary to set aside rigid assumptions about “the other” and put oneself in the other's shoes. So how do we make this leap? It's often as simple as asking questions and being careful not to assume that what you see is necessarily what the other side sees.

　　Often in my workshops I give a magic lesson to the audience to illustrate this principle. I first present the magic and accomplish the "impossible". The participants receive the same props but simply can't manage. We look more carefully at the situation and realize that the assumptions they made about it actually blocked them from achieving this feat; a feat they suddenly are empowered to do which, moments ago, was impossible.

　　The goal in being sensitive to diversity is to cultivate a culture of respect for people's differences and understand that such an environment is beneficial to everyone involved.

　　Diversity awareness is an evolution. We can't get there by snapping our fingers, and it isn't a matter of training people to have textbook politically correct attitudes. Instead it's a case of looking at the big picture of how we see the world, understanding why we see it that way, and then making sure we do our part to genuinely value difference and benefit from it.

　　1. According to the author, diversity is

　　A. confusing.

　　B. extraordinary.

　　C. quite common.

　　D. universal.

　　2. "It" in Paragraph Three refers to

　　A. diversity.

　　B. the buzz.

　　C. how to handle diversity.

　　D. the formation of diversity.

　　3. The author believes that

　　A. to handle diversity one should put himself in others' shoes.

　　B. when you are in a foreign environment, do as the Romans do.

　　C. diversity can hardly be defined.

　　D. diversity derives from cultural difference.

　　4. The example of a magic lesson is to show

　　A. everyone can do magic.

　　B. magic is nothing but a feat.

　　C. what blocks people from handling diversity.

　　D. it is possible to achieve anything.

　　5. How to raise diversity awareness according to the author?

　　A. By living in an unfamiliar environment.

　　B. By having politically correct attitudes.

　　C. By being sensitive to everything one experiences.

　　D. By understanding people's differences.

　　答案解析：

　　1.[D]細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。第2段有對(duì)該詞的定義，從any form，every person，not only…but als0等這些詞可推斷“差異性”具有普遍性，故選D。C為強(qiáng)干擾項(xiàng)，common偏指普通的，常見(jiàn)的，注意這里更強(qiáng)調(diào)的是“差異性”的普遍性。

　　2.[C]代詞指代題�？疾镮t所指代的對(duì)象。查找到It所在的句子，前句指出“差異性之所以時(shí)髦是因?yàn)樗�取決于你如何對(duì)待它”，然后就指出“這就好 像作曲家在創(chuàng)作一首偉大的樂(lè)曲一樣”，故It在此指代的就是如何對(duì)待差異性的問(wèn)題，故選C。D有一定的干擾性，但差異性的形成并沒(méi)有在It前面提到，故排除。

　　3.[A]觀(guān)點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。由第4段倒數(shù)第3句可知A正確，該段還提到搬遷到一個(gè)陌生的社會(huì)環(huán)境必須拋棄對(duì)他人的固執(zhí)想法，B與原文表述不符;第2段首句就有對(duì)”差異性“的定義。故C錯(cuò)誤;第2段提到“差異性問(wèn)題不僅體現(xiàn)于你的文化背景，還體現(xiàn)于……”，D表述過(guò)于片面，故排除。

　　4.[C]例證細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)magic lesson定位到第5段。該例子表明觀(guān)眾從“不會(huì)”到“會(huì)”魔術(shù)這門(mén)技藝，說(shuō)明是他們?cè)�先的臆想阻礙了他們對(duì)這種技藝的掌握，進(jìn)而說(shuō)明是什么阻礙了人們正確對(duì)待文化差異，故選C。A“每個(gè)人都能玩魔術(shù)”和B“魔術(shù)只不過(guò)是一門(mén)技藝”不是例證要說(shuō)明的問(wèn)題，故排除。

　　5.[D]細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。 根據(jù)diversi awareness定位到最后一段。該段最后一句表明，差異性意識(shí)的提升就應(yīng)從我們?nèi)绾斡^(guān)察世界這個(gè)大問(wèn)題著眼，理解我們?yōu)槭裁茨菢涌创�差異，并切�?shí)保證我們能真正重視事物的差異，故選D。由該段第2句可知B錯(cuò)誤;到了不熟悉的環(huán)境中，會(huì)碰到“差異性”的問(wèn)題，但它不是提升差異意識(shí)的途徑，故A錯(cuò)。C文中沒(méi)有提到。