Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese  21  at my face, but I pushed them  22  . My mom believed I would learn  23  I was ready. But the  24  never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was 25 at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He  26  me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown .”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some   27  with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for  28  .

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I  29  the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish  30  surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fisherman. But he  31  my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased  32  their impatience. With every  33  ,the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—  34  me to cry out. “ Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Shen ,” I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned  35  and I ran back home  36  , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I should feel right at  37  . Instead, I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish  38  , but, in the end, the joke is on  39  . Every laugh is a culture  40  ; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.

1.A. custom             B. games                C .characters       D. language

2.A. ahead              B. around               C. along            D. aside

3.A. when               B. before               C. unless           D. until

4.A. success                B. study                C. time         D. attempt

5.A. aim                    B. joke             C. nod          D. stare

6.A. cared about        B. laughed at           C. argued with      D. asked after

7.A. right now          B. from now         C. at times     D. in time

8.A. decision           B. permission       C. information      D. preparation

9.A. repeated               B. reviewed         C. spelled          D. kept

10.A. farm              B. stand                C. pond         D. market

11.A. guessed               B. forget               C. doubted      D. ignored[来

12.A. by                    B. as               C. with         D. from

13.A. second                B. effort               C. desire           D. movement

14.A. forcing               B. allowing         C. persuading       D. leading

15.A. bright                B. blank                C. pale         D. red

16.A. open-mouthed      B. tongue-tied          C. empty-handed D. broken-hearted

17.A. service               B. home             C. risk         D. root

18.A. trade             B. deed             C. challenge        D. incident

19.A. it                    B. us               C. me           D. them

20.A. thrown                B. lost             C. divided      D. reflected

 

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A Brother Like That

　　A friend of mine named Paul received an auto－mobile from his brother as a Christmas present. 1 Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a boy was walking around the shiny new car, 2 it. “Is this your car, Mister?” he asked.

　　Paul nodded. “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was 3 . “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you 4 . Boy I wish…” He hesitated.

　　Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to 5 he had a brother like that. But what the boy said moved Paul a lot.

　　“A wish,” the boy went 6 , “That I could be a brother like that.”

　　Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then he added, “Would you like to take a 7 in my automobile?”

　　“Oh yes, I'd love that.”

　　After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, “Mister, would you mind 8 in front of my house”

　　Paul 9 a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home 10 a big automobile. But Paul was wrong 11 . “Will you stop where those two steps are?” the boy asked.

　　He ran up the steps. Then in a little 12 Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(残废的) 13 . He sat him down on the bottom step and pointed to the car.

　　There she is, Buddy, just like I told you 14 . His brother 15 it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And 16 day I'm going to give you 17 just like it… then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I've been trying to tell you 18 .

　　Paul got 19 and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The 20 older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he had said：“It is more blessed to give…”

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I woke up late and had breakfast in a hurry. I had never been late and didn’t want my boss to be unsatisfied.

However, it seemed that day wasn’t a lucky one for me from the very second I left my flat. The moment I wanted to rush downstairs one of my stiletto heels(细高跟) broke. I had to return to change my red shoes. I also had to change my purse and other little things that I had tried to match the red shoes. I was sure I would be late for work.

On my way to work I had to wait for over half an hour because of an accident. I had no choice but to wait. I phoned my boss and he told me that it was no problem, but he needed me for the meeting with the Japanese clients(客户) that morning.

Finally, I arrived at the office one hour later. I had to keep calm and be fresh for the meeting to make the clients sure that our plan was the best for their future commercial(商业的) project. However, when I was going to present(介绍) it to the clients, I found that I left the plan I had made the night before at home. I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a draft(草稿) of it in my office.

At last, the presentation came to an end and it proved to be a success. But I had to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents.

Which of the following is NOT the reason for the writer’s being late for her work?

She got up late in the morning.

She changed her purse and other little things.

One of her shoe heels broke.

She had to wait for her friend for half an hour..

According to the passage, what could we learn about the writer?

Her boss was very angry with her.

She often arrived at her office on time.

She left her plan on the bus.

She was nervous at the meeting.

What did the clients think of the writer’s presentation?

   A. Dull.     B. Just so-so.   C. Excellent.   D. Terrible.

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.He was so angry with himself for ______________________（犯了个如此愚蠢的错误）．（so）

2.In our class there are 50 students, ___________________________（三分之二的人来自） our hometown and live near the school．（come）

3.“We can’t go out in this weather,” said Bob, ________________（向外看） the window．（look）

4.They have a good knowledge of English but little ______________________（他们懂得）German．（know）

5.________________________（她变得感兴趣） in science when she was young may have been due to her father’s influence．（become）

6.The other day, they __________________（聚会）when they heard a loud noise from downstairs．（have）

7.They have decided that the sports meeting will not be put off ___________________（除非下雨） heavily．（rain）

8.It was at the church ___________________（我领你参观的） last weekend that the accident took place．（show）

9.Luckily, we brought a road map with us without which _____________________（我们就迷路了）．（get）

10.My cousin lost his way when he arrived in Shanghai; _______________________（使情况更糟的是）, it began to rain cats and dogs．（matter）

 

 

         We arrived at the hospital only to find Dad weak, but his smile was as sure as ever. My husband and I had to work, so our relatives would help him get home from the hospital and look after him. But I wanted Dad to know that we cared about him, too, even when we weren’t with him.

         Then I remembered a family tradition (传统) when our children were small. When leaving their grandparents’ home, each child would write a love note for their grandparents to find after we were gone. They hid notes in the food box, or even in the fridge. For days their grandparents would smile as they discovered these notes of the children’s love.

         So as I cleaned Dad’s room downstairs before he got home, I began writing notes. Some showed my love. Most notes were in his room downstairs where he would be able to find, but one note was hidden upstairs under his pillow. “Dad, if you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”

         My notes were a reminder (提醒的事物) of our love for Dad. Just like his medicines made him better physically (身体上), these would improve his mental (精神的) health. Several weeks later, I made a phone call to Dad and asked what he was doing. He said, “I’ll tell you what I’m doing. I am just reading the note you left under my pillow upstairs!”

64. Which of the following did the author NOT do for her father?

A. Writing notes.            B. Driving her father home. 

C. Making phone calls.       D. Helping to clean her father’s room.

65.  The underlined word “these” (in Paragraph 4) refers to “______”.

A. medicines                   B. the relatives’ care and help

C. notes                           D. delicious foods

66. The author hid most notes _____.

A. in Dad’s room downstairs         B. in the food box

C. in the fridge                   D. under Dad’s pillow upstairs

67. From the passage we can know the author’s notes couldn’t ______.

A. show her love for Dad             B. make Dad remember something

C. make Dad healthier mentally            D. improve Dad’s physical health