Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese ___16___ at my face, but I pushed them aside. My mom believed I would learn when I was ready. But the ___17___ never came.
On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was ___18___ at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He ___19___me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some right now with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for ___20___.
“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I ___21___ the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish ___22___ surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fisherman. But he ___23___ my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased with their impatience. With every ___24___, the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger---my blood boiling---___25___ me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu， please.” “ Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd burst into laughter. My face turned ___26___ and I ran back home ___27___, expect for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at ___28___. Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丢脸)to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish ___29___, but , in the end .the joke is on me. Every laugh is a culture ___30___; every laugh is my heritage (传统)fading away.
A．custom B．games C．characters D．language
A．success B．study C．time D．attempt
A．aim B．joke C．nod D．stare
A．cared about B．laughed at C．argued with D．asked after
A．decision B．permission C．information D．preparation
A．repeated B．reviewed C．spelled D．kept
A．farm B．stand C．pond D．market
A．guessed B．forgot C．doubted D．ignored
A．second B．effort C．desire D．movement
A．forcing B．allowing C．persuading D．leading
A．bright B．blank C．pale D．red
A．open-mouthed B．tongue-tied C．empty-handed D．broken-hearted
A．service B．home C．risk D．root
A．trade B．deed C．challenge D．incident
A．thrown B．lost C．divided D．reflected
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 26 realize that those challenges are the very things that __27___ us and make us who we are .It is the same with challenges that come with __28____.
When we are faced with a challenge ,we usually have two __29___ .We can try to beat it off , or we can decide that the thing___30___ the challenge isn’t worth the__31___ and call it quits , Although there are certainly ___32___ when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most __33___all that is needed is___34___ and communication.
When we are committed to something , it means that no matter how__35____ or how uncomfortable something is , we will always choose to__36___ it and work it through instead of running away from it . Communication is making __37____for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong .And__38___ you can say to a friend , “I got my feeling hurt.” __39____“You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster .
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you , try to see them for__40___ they are: small hurdles you need to jump or__41____ on your way through life .Nothing is so big that it is __42___ to get over , and hurt only__43__ to make us stronger .It is all part of growing up ,it__44____ to everyone ,and someday you will__45____ all of this and say ,”Hard as it was ,it made me who I am today .And that is a good thing .”A seem to B come to C hope to D try to
A design B promote C direct D shape
A confidence B pressure C friendship D difficulty
opportunities B expectations C choices D aspects
A demanding B deserving C predicting D presenting
A comment B loss C trouble D expense
A spans B times C dates D ages
A cases B fields C parts D occasions
A assessment B commitment C encouragement D adjustment
A doubtful B shameful C harmful D painful
A keep B control C face D catch
A space B plan C topic D room
A if B as C while D unless
A other than B rather than C or rather D or else
A what B who C where D which
A pass by B come across C get through D run over
A easy B necessary C impossible D comfortable
A serves B means C aims D attempts
A opens B appeals C goes D happens
A look down on B look back on C look forward to D look up to
Charles R. Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York. Before he graduated, he wrote an article __26___ blood bank, that is, the storing of blood. Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood __27___ there was no blood bank.
When the United States entered the Second World War, it became __28___ to set up blood banks. Dr Drew became _29___ of the Red Cross’s first blood bank. When the Red Cross __30___ blood banks to collect and store blood for men __31__ in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites. At ___32__ their blood was not accepted. Later blood from the blacks was ___33___ but was stored in a __34___ place from “white” blood. Although the best doctors __35___ that there was _36___ difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, __37___ to separate black blood from white blood.
After the war, Dr Drew was ___38__ from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state. In northern Carolina their car went __39___ a ditch（深沟）and Dr Drew was _40___ hurt. He had lost __41__ blood by the time a passing car took him to the __42___ hospital. But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital. “__43__him to the hospital for blacks.” No matter __44___ they said, they could not get into the hospital. They had to take him to the __45___ hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood.
A．of B．on C．for D．in
A．though B．if C．because D．and
A．possible B．impossible C．unimportant D．necessary
A．visitor B．head C．receiver D．supporter
A．started B．expected C．promised D．forbade
A．died B．killed C．wounded D．fighting
A．most B．least C．first D．last
A．received B．accepted C．lost D．found
A．good B．cool C．hot D．separate
A．discovered B．invented C．insisted D．regretted
A．little B．much C．some D．no
A．began B．refused C．stopped D．continued
A．driving B．walking C．arriving D．running
A．from B．into C．along D．off
A．hardly B．nearly C．badly D．not
A．some B．little C．all D．much
A．biggest B．most modern C．nearest D．cheapest
A．Take B．Bring C．Send for D．Find
A．how B．what C．where D．who
A．colored B．better C．farthest D．same
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 21 water to the runners. I remember being so 22 to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 23 up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an 24 . I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. 25 , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性) 26 .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt 27 because I was 50 years younger than he but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt 28 for a second.
But then I 29 something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 30 abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 31 was only to finish.
After a minute, it 32 me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into 33 .
I 34 that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 35 and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my 36 .
In life we all have those moments where we 37 ourselves to others. It’s only 38 . Don’t allow those moments to 39 you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 40 anything you want in life.
A．bring out B．pass out C．take out D．pick out
A．excited B．worried C．concerned D．anxious
A．gave B．made C．signed D．dressed
A．achievement B．encouragement C．instruction D．experience
A．At times B．In time C．In all D．After all
A．victory B．decision C．moment D．conclusion
A．embarrassed B．annoyed C．moved D．thrilled
A．relaxed B．defeated C．puzzled D．inspired
A．realized B．lost C．noticed D．remembered
A．special B．evident C．common D．different
A．motto B．plan C．goal D．direction
A．worried B．hit C．reached D．hurt
A．attraction B．devotion C．inspiration D．expectation
A．hoped B．promised C．decided D．suggested
A．slightly B．hardly C．clearly D．properly
A．excitement B．accomplishment C．movement D．judgment
A．introduce B．relate C．present D．compare
A．important B．natural C．strange D．ridiculous
A．weaken B．wound C．amuse D．cheer
A．reserve B．deliver C．achieve D．abandon
One Christmas Eve, my husband made his way home from work. 26 , he worked the entire day but let his stuff go 27 so that they could be with their families.
He drove down the street and made the 28 towards our home. On one side of the road, an old man stood, drenched to the bone (被雨淋得湿透了), with his hand 29. The rain had been 30 heavily that day. My husband stopped, and asked him where he was 31 . He wanted to go about five miles past our home, but my husband still told him to 32 . My husband chatted with him, drove 33 our house and took him home for his Christmas Eve. 34 turned out that this poor man was what we now 35 as a “slow learner” and the only job he could get to 36 him and his elderly mother was at the bakery near where my husband worked. He worked from 5 a.m. until 1 o’clock in the 37 . Not only that, but that poor man had been standing there trying to get a ride on Christmas Eve for about 5 hours 38 my husband picked him up. 39 else would give him a ride because they didn’t want to get their seats 40.
Over the years my husband 41 to give him a ride home whenever he saw him trying to get a ride. When he passed 42 , my husband went to his funeral. 43 my husband didn’t know his family, they knew of him. Even his twin sister who 44 in the state of Washington knew who my husband was and everyone thanked him for his 45 toward one who had so little.
An act of kindness can make another person’s day, or even their life.
A．As well B．As usual C．If possible D．If so
A．early B．nowhere C．altogether D．late
A．corner B．change C．crossing D．turn
A．moved B．raised C．arisen D．risen
A．pouring B．flowing C．dropping D．pointing
A．wandering B．staying C．going D．working
A．get out B．get off C．get down D．get in
A．past B．for C．from D．near
A．What B．That C．It D．We
A．round up B．refer to C．conclude with D．name after
A．protect B．satisfy C．defend D．support
A．morning B．afternoon C．evening D．night
A．before B．after C．because D．while
A．Someone B．Anyone C．Everyone D．No one
A．tight B．wet C．cosy D．free
A．persuaded B．claimed C．continued D．appointed
A．down B．away C．by D．out
A．Although B．Whether C．Since D．Before
A．traveled B．arrived C．remained D．lived
A．wealth B．efforts C．kindness D．attention
The heaviest snow in a hundred years hit the south of China. It snowed __21___for half a month. Many people were __22___in railway stations, bus stations and airports. People did everything they could to fight the __23___; nobody was killed from cold and _24____. Gradually ,the trapped people all went back home_25___. While fighting the snow, people ___26__their animal friends until a moving story of a swallow couple appeared on the Internet.
The couple hadn’t eaten anything for several days __27___the snow. They tried to fly into people’s home to warm themselves, but every house was ___28___tightly. They got to a side of a balcony ( 阳台 ) where wind couldn’t reach. They jumped and flapped (拍打) their wings to _29___the attention of the people inside the house, who were __30____their own things. The wife’s body was __31___. She couldn’t move any longer. The husband came near and __32__her with his wings. The husband lost his heat soon because of his opened wings.
The next morning, the housemaster went to the balcony to __33__ his flowers and saw a dead swallow outside. __34__ it, he found they were two embracing（拥抱） together. Thinking of the __35___the snow had brought to people, he was moved to tears . He took them in for giving them some _36___they couldn’t feel any longer. He found a small box, __37__it with some hay （干草）and lay the couple in . He _38__them in the garden of the community.
In my hometown in the countryside, a swallow family live in the roof of my house . They __39__every spring to have babies. Then in autumn, when babies have __40___, they fly to the south, I wonder if they will come back this spring as they did.
A．beautifully B．directly C．gently D．continuously
A．forbidden B．rescued C．trapped D．covered
A．disaster B．war C．campaign D．disease
A．anger B．heat C．hunger D．poverty
A．sadly B．safely C．nervously D．curiously
A．treasured B．invited C．accepted D．forgot
A．because of B．in case of C．in spite of D．instead of
A．controlled B．fixed C．, stretched D．closed
A．admit B．attract C．turn D．escape
A．busy with B．born with C．good for D．famous for
A．burnt B．watched C．frozen D．found
A．supplied B．wrapped C．folded D．sorted
A．buy B．send C．sell D．check
A．Feeding B．Leaving C．Touching D．Greeting
A．hardship B．childhood C．cooperation D．lesson
A．clothes B．warmness C．flowers D．tension
A．made B．played C．associated D．filled
A．buried B．showed C．fastened D．enjoyed
A．put away B．come back C．fly away D．hold back
A．dropped out B．died out C．grown up D．stood up
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