秃头妈妈为给女儿树榜样学会爱自己
Throughout her life, Mckenna Reitz was known for her long, thick brown hair. The 33-year-old mom had no idea how much she connected her identity with her hair until it started falling out after the birth of her second daughter. She went to many hospitals, but nothing could stop her hair falling. By December of 2015, she was completely bald and was told that she had alopecia(秃头症).
Mckenna was devastated. She spent months visiting experts and trying anything to regrow her hair. She wouldn’t leave the house without a hat or wig(假发). Mckenna says she couldn’t even look in the mirror after her hair fell out. She could barely get out of bed in the morning, but it was her young daughters who eventually pulled her out of her fear.
Understanding that alopecia is genetic and could someday affect them too, she grew determined to show her daughters that hair loss is not the end of the world. “I kept thinking, what if this happens to my daughters?” she explained. “I needed them to understand that if it does happen to them, they could get through it, just like they witnessed their mom do.”
From that point on, she stopped trying to make her hair grow back and started to accept herself as she is now. She stopped wearing hats and wigs in public. In time, she learned to love herself again, and she felt so confident now.
“My mom always said to me, ‘God gives the strongest people the toughest challenges.’ I’m so honored and blessed. It’s made me understand that every person has their own story. Mine just happens to be visible.”
Mckenna is a beautiful person, inside and out. Her important work is helping to remove the shame about hair loss while reminding us that we are so much more than our physical body!
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1.What does the underlined word “devastated” mean?
A Awkward.
B Generous.
C Hopeless.
D Curious.
解析：选C。C词义猜测题。根据划线部分后面的“She spent months visiting experts and trying anything to regrow her hair.”“she couldn’t even look in the mirror”和“She could barely get out of bed”可知，Mckenna得知自己有秃头症的时候，花了几个月拜访专家，想尽一切办法想让头发重新长出来，不让别人看到自己的秃头，不敢看镜子，早上不肯起床，因此可推断出她很绝望很难过。故选C。
2.Why did Mckenna decide to accept her hair loss?
A She didn’t think being upset can change anything.
B She wanted to set an example for her daughters.
C Her daughters encouraged her to do that.
D Her husband cut his hair really short.
解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段第一句的“Understanding that alopecia is genetic and could someday affect them too, she grew determined to show her daughters that hair loss is not the end of the world.”可知，了解到脱发是遗传性的，并且有一天会影响到她的女儿们，她决心让女儿们知道脱发并不是世界末日。她想要她们明白，如果秃头症真的发生在她们身上，她们可以像她们的母亲那样渡过难关。故选B。
3.Which of the following can prove that Mckenna accepted herself according to the passage?
A She could barely get out of bed.
B She gave up her hats and wigs.
C She had a fight with her doctor.
D She shared her story with others.
解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第四段第二句的“She stopped wearing hats and wigs in public.”可知，决定给女儿做榜样后，她开始接受自己的样子，不再在公共场合戴帽子和假发。故选B。
4.What can we learn from Mckenna?
A The poor man is not the man without a cent, but the man without a dream.
B The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
C Don’t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
D How beautiful the world is depends on how much we love ourselves.
解析：选D。D主旨大意题。根据第四段最后一句的“In time, she learned to love herself again”和最后一段最后一句的“while reminding us that we are so much more than our physical body!”可知，没有什么能够阻止我们变美丽，我们要学会接受自己并爱自己，这样世界才会变得更美好。因此“这个世界多美好，取决于我们有多爱自己”符合题意。故选D。