Question

I fell in love with reading when I was a child. Through reading, I developed a good ____ with my parents.

___ as a second-generation South Korean in America, I was raised in an environment in which my parents ____ to settle in American culture. My parents were awkward, strange and different. Their limitations as immigrants(移民) ____ me; as a child, I was alone and quiet. I grew up in a family where I   was ____ to speak English. I wanted to ____ the depth of the books I read but the words ____ me, like my parents. I wasn't able to change the situation ____ I was placed in, but I worked very hard. Every ____, I went to the library to check out new books. I would have ____ reading all the books by Friday afternoons. I became a better ____. Pretty soon, I was the ____ reader in the class. People would look at me in ____ as they saw me read 500-page books in only a few days. But I believe the greatest ____ was reading every night to my parents. Every evening, we ____ together in our living room, and I read to them. Slowly but surely, our ____ grew. My parents can communicate with others ____; for me, grammar quizzes became a piece of cake.

Today I'm ____ to have Asian-American parents who were ____ enough to learn English from a young boy and wise enough to ____ their son to read at a young age.

1.A. relationship    B. career    C. agreement    D. attitude

2.A. Considered    B. Born    C. Known    D. Described

3.A. helped    B. waited    C. struggled    D. hesitated

4.A. inspired    B. influenced    C. annoyed    D. hurt

5.A. forbidden    B. forced    C. expected    D. allowed

6.A. show    B. measure    C. guess    D. understand

7.A. excited    B. frightened    C. challenged    D. shocked

8.A. which    B. where    C. what    D. whom

9.A. day    B. decade    C. week    D. season

10.A. considered    B. kept    C. finished    D. admitted

11.A. listener    B. reader    C. viewer    D. child

12.A. strangest    B. busiest    C. luckiest    D. fastest

13.A. amazement    B. satisfaction    C. panic    D. relief

14.A. enthusiasm    B. chance    C. achievement    D. power

15.A. calmed down    B. queued up    C. stayed up    D. sat down

16.A. interests    B. vocabulary    C. needs    D. popularity

17.A. easily    B. anxiously    C. privately    D. legally

18.A. nervous    B. eager    C. proud    D. committed

19.A. superb    B. free    C. strict    D. patient

20.A. encourage    B. convince    C. expect    D. beg

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.D

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

本文为记叙文。作者是美国长大的二代韩国人，父母作为移民很难融入当地文化，这对作者也有影响。但是作者通过阅读不仅自己提高英语水平，也教父母学会用英语交流。

1.考查名词辨析。 relationship关系；career职业； agreement.协议； attitude态度。分析语境可知“我和父母培养良好的关系”。relationship关系。故选A。

2.考查动词辨析。Considered 考虑，认为；Born出生；Known知道； Described描绘。根据下文“I was raised in an environment”可知，作者生下来是美国的二代韩国人。Be born出生,故选B。

3.考查动词辨析。 helped 帮助；waited等候；struggled奋斗，挣扎；hesitated犹豫。根据下文“to settle in American culture.”可知，作者的父母努力适应美国的文化。struggled奋斗，挣扎。故选C

4.考查动词辨析。inspired激励；influenced影响；annoyed使恼怒；hurt伤害。根据下文“as a child, I was alone and quiet.”可知，他们作为移民的限制影响了我。influence影响。故选B

5.考查动词辨析。forbidden禁止；forced强迫；expected期望；allowed允许。根据语可知，“我在一个禁止（forbidden）说英语的家庭长大”，可知选A。

6.考查动词辨析。show表明，显示；measure测量，估量；guess推测，猜测；understand理解。根据下文“I read but the words me, like my parents.”可知，作者想理解（understand）书的内涵。故选D.

7.考查动词辨析。excited使激动； frightened使恐惧；challenged 挑战； shocked使震惊。根据上文“I read but”可知，我阅读，但是这些话对我来说有些难度。此处challenge表示考查……的能力符合语境，故选C。

8.考查定语从句。分析句子可知，先行词是the situation ，指物，在定语从句中作主语，所以用which引导定语从句。故选A。

9.考查名词辨析。day白天，天；decade十年；week周，星期；season季节。根据下文“by Friday afternoons.”可知，我每个星期去图书馆看新书。week星期。故选C。

10.考查动词辨析。considered认为，考虑；kept 保存；finished完成；admitted承认。根据语境可知，“到星期五下午我会读完所有的书”。finished完成。故选C。

11.考查名词辨析。listener倾听者，听众； reader读者；viewer观看者，观察者;；child孩子。根据下文“Pretty soon, I was the reader in the class.”可知，作者变成更好的读者。reader读者。故选B。

12.考查形容词最高级辨析。strangest最奇怪的； busiest最忙的； luckiest最幸运的；fastest最快的。根据下文“saw me read 500-page books in only a few days.”可知，作者是最快的读者。fastest最快的。故选D

13.考查名词辨析。amazement惊奇，惊愕，诧异； satisfaction满意；panic 恐慌，惊慌； relief宽慰。根据下文“as they saw me read 500-page books in only a few days.”可知，人们惊讶地看着我几天看完500页的书。amazement惊讶。故选A

14.考查名词辨析。enthusiasm热情；chance机会；achievement成就； power权力。根据下文“reading every night to my parents.”可知，作者最大的成就是每天晚上读书给父母听。achievement成就。故选C。

15.考查动词短语辨析。calmed down镇静，冷静；queued up排队等候；stayed up 熬夜；sat down坐下。分析语境可知，本句是指“每天晚上，我们一起在起居室坐下”。sat down坐下，故选D.

16.考查名词辨析。interests兴趣；vocabulary词汇；needs需要；popularity流行。根据下文“My parents can communicate with others”可知，我们词汇量增加了。vocabulary词汇。故选B。

17.考查副词辨析。easily容易地；anxiously焦急地；privately私下地；legally合法地。根据语境可知“我父母可以容易地和其他人交流”。easily容易地。故选A。

18.考查形容词辨析。nervous紧张的；eager渴望的，热切的；proud自豪地；committed忠诚的，坚定的。根据下文“enough to learn English from a young boy”可知，作者对于有亚裔美国人的父母很自豪。proud骄傲的。故选C。

19.考查形容词辨析。superb 极好的， 华丽；free免费的；strict 严格的；patient耐心的。根据语境可知，“他们很耐心地向一个小男孩学习英语”。patient耐心的。故选D。

20.考查动词辨析。encourage鼓励；convince 使信服；expect期望；beg恳求。根据句意可知“他们足够明智地鼓励孩子从小阅读”。encourage鼓励。故选A。