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【题目】Last year,I lived in Chile(智利) for half a year last year. I lived with a Chilean family and had to do the same things as any Chilean teenager. I had good days and bad days I didn't understand.

Chuquicamata, my host community, is a mining camp. When I arrived there,I was scared. It was so different from what I was used to. There were lots of dogs on the streets,and there was no downtown(商业区),few good streets,and little to do for fun. Rain was not seen very often, earthquakes and windstorms happened quite often.

I had studied Spanish for two and a half years and was always one of the best students in my class. But in my first week in Chile,I was not able to communicate and I needed a person to whom I could explain my shock.But I couldn't speak the thoughts in my head and there were so many. Most exchange students experience this like me.And I had to deal with all the difficulties on my own.

However, as time passé, everything changed. I began to forget words in English and started to dream in Spanish and love Chilean food. I got used to not buying expensive things for fun. Fun in Chuquicamata was being with people. I took math, physics, chemistry, biology, Spanish, art, and philosophy in school.

What I lost was nothing compared to what I acquired. I learned how to accept and to succeed in another culture. I now have a deeper understanding of both myself and others.

【1】 What is this passage mainly about?

A. People’s life in Chile

B. The hard life of an exchange student

C. The writer’s life in Chile as an exchange student

D. What the writer learned in Chile as an exchange student

【2】 When the writer arrived at Chuquicamata, he/she most probably felt ___.

A. happy

B. excited

C. sad

D. angry

【3】 What does the underlined word”acquired”in the last paragraph mean?

A. Enjoyed

B. Learned

C. Did

D. Picked

【4】 According to the passage, which of the following facts about Chile is TRUE?

A. All people there speak English

B. It has a lot of rain all year round.

C. It has a lot of earthquakes and windstorms

D. Its people like shopping very much

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 C

【2】C

【3】B

【4】 C

【解析】【1】主旨大意题。通读全文，可知文章主要是讲作者作为一名交换学生在智利的生活。

【2】推理判断题。根据作者在第二段的描述：流浪狗在街上跑，没有几条好的街道，没有什么娱乐活动，与他/她以前所习惯的生活完全不同，由此可推断他/她刚到以后要学习生活的那个小区时最有可能感到难过。

【3】词义猜测题。根据后文所举的例子，可知作者是想表达，他/她所失去的和他/她所学到的相比根本不算什么。

【4】细节理解题。根据第二段的earthquakes and windstorms happened quite often可知C正确。