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An 8-year-old boy has been denied by several schools because of his hair. Bonnie Miller has been looking for schools her son Farouk James could attend in the future, and two won't allow him in because of his long, natural hair.

One of those schools was The London Oratory School — the same school her older son, who is now 23, attended. "I knew about their bad hair policies," Miller said. The mother said she went through a similar situation with her older son 10 years ago — except that time, her son's hair was too short for the school.

She thought after years passed, their strict policies might have changed — but she found out they didn't. Farouk's long hair broke the school's policy, too. His father is from Gana and for cultural reasons, the parents didn't cut his hair until he was 3 years old. "At that point he was attached — and so was I, to be honest — with his beautiful hair," Miller said. "We just kept the hair." She allowed her son to continue to grow his hair, not thinking much about it — until it came to applying for secondary schools.

After reviewing the school's uniform policies, Miller soon realized her son's long hair was still against the dress policy. According to the Fulham Boys School uniform and appearance policy, "The maximum hair length is above the collar and the minimum hair length is a number 2 cut." Now, both of Miller's school choices for her son seemed out of the question because of his hair. "Most of the schools have these hair policies," she said. It made Miller wonder about greater issues. She knew that she had to cut his hair a certain way, based on the school's policies.

1.What was Bonnie Miller’s trouble?

A Her son was not admitted by schools.

B Her older son had very short hair.

C There were fewer schools in London.

D She wanted to get long, natural hair.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第一段可以得知Bonnie Miller一直在寻找她的儿子Farouk James将来可以就读的学校，其中两所学校不允许他入学。是孩子没法上学，也就是被学校拒绝了，这让母亲Bonnie Miller很苦恼，故选A。

2.What does Bonnie Miller think of the school policy?

A It is useful.

B It is acceptable.

C It is interesting.

D It is annoying.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章第二段第二句I knew about their bad hair policies可以得知她对学校的关于学生头发的规定是很厌烦的，故选D。

3.Why did Farouk have long hair?

A It was just his own custom.

B His mother was very beautiful.

C His father had long hair.

D It was secondary schools’ rule.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句His father is from Gana and for cultural reasons, the parents didn't cut his hair可以得知孩子留长发是他的风俗习惯，故选A。

4.What would Miller do to let her son go to school?

A She would wait for some time.

B She would fight against the policy.

C She would follow the school rules.

D She would let Farouk’s hair continue to grow.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段She knew that she had to cut his hair a certain way可以得知为了让孩子上学，她要给孩子剪发，也就是会遵守学校规章制度，故选C。