Question

Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find  37  work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us  38  every couple of years.

Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the  39  when I was  40  to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks. 

When I  41  in the US and started 8^th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n)  42  language I couldn’t understand. I  43  that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always  44  my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read  45

46  after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things.  47  just made my life worse. If I was going to  48  in this new concrete jungle, I had to  49  . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own  50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers  51  my improvement and moved me into a more  52  English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without  53  frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again  54   I didn’t hear foreign talk. I  55  understand people.

1.                A．find           B．join            C．see  D．help

2.                A．good-looking    B．well-dressed     C．better-paying  D．highly-thought

3.                A．once           B．other          C．each D．only

4.                A．case           B．condition       C．situation  D．state

5.                A．packing         B．trying          C．managing D．arranging

6.                A．reached        B．entered        C．got  D．arrived

7.                A．strange         B．unusual         C．standard  D．foreign

8.                A．hoped         B．wished         C．expected D．demanded

9.                A．staring         B．looking         C．checking  D．watching

10.               A．texts           B．newspapers     C．English    D．poems

11.               A．Although       B．Even if         C．But   D．Since

12.               A．It             B．They           C．I D．Things

13.               A．live            B．study          C．survive    D．continue

14.               A．adapt          B．adopt          C．adore D．admire

15.               A．for            B．in             C．after  D．at

16.               A．made          B．noticed         C．concerned D．remember

17.               A．modern        B．advanced       C．difficult   D．convenient

18.               A．even          B．ever           C．some D．any

19.               A．if             B．though         C．ever  D．because

20.               A．could          B．should         C．would D．might

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了我从故乡来到纽约以后所遇见的语言方面的困难的话题，通过改变自己的学习方法和态度，我最后终于学好了这门语言。

1.B 固定搭配。Join sb和某人在一起。我14岁时，妈妈和我搬到纽约和爸爸生活在一起。

2.C 形容词辨析。A长得好看的B穿着很好的C工资更高的D高度赞扬的；在我3岁的时候，爸爸就来到纽约寻找一份工资很高的工作。

3.A 副词辨析。Once一次；父亲在一家餐厅工作。只是几年才回家看我们一次。

4.C 名词辨析。A案件B条件C情景D状态；当我收拾东西离开的时候，并没有分析自己所处的情景，没有预料到以后所遇见的困难的情况。

5.A 动词短语辨析。A收拾B尝试C设法D安排；这里是指当我收拾东西离开的时候。

6.D 动词辨析。A到达（及物动词）B进入C达到D到达（不及物动词）；和后面的arrive in形成固定搭配，arrive in“到达”；指我到达纽约的时候。

7.D 上下文串联。根据51空后的hear foreign talk说明我刚到的时候，感觉对方说的像外语一样，自己无法听懂。

8.B 上下文串联。动词wish后面往往是指不能实现的愿望，是指我希望生活就像电影当中有字幕一样，让我能够理解别人所说的话。

9.D 动词辨析。A盯着看B看C核对D观察；老师总在观察我的行动，以至于我无法开小差。

10.B 上下文串联。根据by reading newspapers说明老师让我看报纸来提高水平。

11.C 上下文串联。根据本段描述可知我做出了改变，表示的是转折关系。

12.A 语法分析。这里的it就是指前句“总是抱怨”；抱怨只会让我的生活更糟糕。

13.C 动词辨析。A生活B研究C幸存D继续；如果我想在这样的一个钢筋混凝土构成的社会中存活下来，我就要做出改变。

14.A 动词辨析。A改变…适应B收养，采纳C钦佩D羡慕；我不得不做出调整来适应。

15.C 固定搭配。After school指放学以后，我一个人看报纸。

16.B 动词辨析。A生产B注意到C担心D记得；老师注意到了我的进步，并把我调到了水平更高的班级里去学习。

17.B 形容词辨析。A现代的B高级的C困难的D便利的；老师把我调到了水平更高的班级里去学习。

18.D 上下文串联。本句是指我到店里买东西没有任何困难。说明我的英语在进步。

19.D 连词辨析。因为我能够听懂对方的话了，所以我感觉自己又生活在地球上了。

20.A 词义辨析。A能够B应该C会D也许；根据上文可知我能够听懂对方的话，也能够理解别人了。

考点：考察故事类短文