There’s a set of twins in the UK who are turning heads because one is black and the other is white. 

Born in 1997 to a white father and a half-Jamaican mother, the sisters have grown accustomed to getting mistaken for being just friends.

“No one ever believes we are twins because I am white and Maria is black,” Lucy explained. “Even when we dress alike, we still don’t even look like sisters, let alone twins.”

After giving birth naturally, the twins’ mother, Donna Douglas, did a double-take as she looked at her daughters for the very first time.

And when it comes to the girls’personalities, they are nearly as different as their looks.

Lucy, who has red hair and a very fair complexion, studies art and design at Gloucester College. Maria, who has brown hair with a caramel complexion, studies law and psychology at Cheltenham College. They have three siblings, who all have mixed skin colour.

Lucy says one of the great things about having a twin who looks completely different is that people don’t mistake them for one another.

“We were in the same class at infant school, but no one ever had a problem telling us apart,” she explained. “Maria and I couldn’t look more different if we tried. We don’t even look like we have the same parents, let alone having been born at the same time.”

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1.Where are the twins from?

A America.

B Jamaica.

C UK

D Canada

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第一段“There’s a set of twins in the UK who are turning heads because one is black and the other is white”可知。

2.When were they born?

A 1995

B 1997

C 1999

D 2005

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段“Born in 1997 to a white father and a half-Jamaican mother”可知。

3.What does the underlined word personality mean in Chinese?

A 人物.

B 特征

C 个性

D 爱好

解析：选C。C 词义猜测题。根据文章第六段 “Lucy, who has red hair and a very fair complexion, studies art and design at Gloucester College. Maria, who has brown hair with a caramel complexion, studies law and psychology at Cheltenham College. They have three siblings, who all have mixed skin colour.” 可知，他们有不同的个性。

4.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A Their father is a white man.

B They are twins but have different colours.

C Lucy likes studying law and design.

D It is very easy for people to tell them apart because of their colours

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据第六段第一句“Lucy, who has red hair and a very fair complexion, studies art and design at Gloucester College ”可知。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A A strange family

B Gloucester College

C Twins but no one believes them sisters

D How to tell the twins

解析：选C。C 主旨大意题。从全文在讲这两个双胞胎虽然出生在同一天，但是具体很不相同的特征可知，答案只能选C。