A. expensive B. precious C. comfortable D. interesting 答案 21-25 DABCA 26-30 ADBAC 31-35 CAABC 36-40 DAACB Passage 52 (安徽省舒城中学2010届高三第一学期期中考试) Most people who travel from China to the US find that, despite having studied English for years, they have to “re-learn it 36 arriving. Words that we learned in English classes are not 37 the same way here.To truly be part of the “melting pot , 38 in English is not enough.You need an accent to stand out. When I first came to the US for graduate school, I was a 39 foreigner.I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was “ 40 .To talk like an American became one of my goals. During my first term as a teaching assistant (TA), my students 41 they could not understand me.I learned later from a study that this complaints was 42 among US students with an international TA.It is called the “Oh, no! syndrome : “Oh.no! Not another international TA, and not that 43 again!’’ So I imitated the way 44 speakers talk and, over time, I made 45 good progress that American friends started to 46 my English as having “almost no accent’’.I took this as a sign of my success.Ever since, people have often 47 me for someone from many 48 : the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, South Korea.Most frequently, people think I am from California. But then suddenly, conformity was 49 a praise:If I talk like an American, am I still Chinese? If I lose my Chinese accent, do I also lose my cultural identity? Am I denying my past by being 50 into a new culture? Now I 51 that a person’s accent is a permanent record of their past cultural experience and it is a(n) 52 of one’s exposure to diverse cultures. As a fourth-year student in the US.I am no longer a nervous foreigner.My nervousness has been 53 by a desire to hold on to my cultural 54 .Now I consciously add some Chinese “accent’’ when I speak.I do not wish to speak“ 55 ’’ English because I am proud of who I am. 查看更多

 

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When you are ______ about something, you are ______ to do whatever you can to get it.


  1. A.
    anxious; likely
  2. B.
    eager; possible
  3. C.
    enthusiastic; likely
  4. D.
    concerned; probable

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The company wasted________ investing in out- of- date technology.


  1. A.
    a millionpound
  2. B.
    millionsof pounds
  3. C.
    severalmillions of pound
  4. D.
    a millionof pounds

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Scientists ________ in many ways for their contributions _______ the development and progress of human society.


  1. A.
    always honor; to
  2. B.
    always honor; for
  3. C.
    are always honored; to
  4. D.
    are always honored; for

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The local police were______ by their authorities to _____ the situation as soon as possible.


  1. A.
    said to; control
  2. B.
    ordered; manage
  3. C.
    instructed; handle
  4. D.
    told; hold

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Most people, when they talk about education, think that it is only a task for teachers, ________ we teachers consider it is a job of the whole society.


  1. A.
    whenever
  2. B.
    while
  3. C.
    thus
  4. D.
    otherwise

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