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  Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese   36   at my face, but I pushed them   37   . My mom believed I would learn   38   I was ready. But the   39   never came. On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was   40   at him, confused, scratching my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He   41   me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown. ”“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some   42   with or without Chinese. ” I replied and turned to my mom for   43   . “Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu, ”she said, handing over a $20 bill. I   44   the words, running  downstairs into the streets of Chinatown. I found the fish   45   surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish, ”I shouted to the fishman. But he  46   my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased   47   their impatience. With every   48   , the breath of the dragons(龙)on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—   49   me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu, please. ”“Very Xian Sheng, ”I repeated. The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned   50   and I ran back home   51   , except 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   52   . Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸)to the language. Sometimes, I laugh at my fish   53   , but, in the end, the joke is on 54   . Every laugh is a culture   55   ; every laugh is my heritage (传统)fading away.

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

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

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

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

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

41. A. cared about                                            B. laughed at

C. argued with                                                        D. asked after

42. A. right now                                               B. from now

C. at times                                                              D. in time

43. A. decision                                                        B. permission

C. information                                                  D. preparation

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

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

46. A. guessed                     B. forgot               C. doubted                    D. ignored

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

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

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

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

51. A. open-mouthed                                        B. tongue-tied

C. empty-handed                                              D. broken-hearted

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

36.解析：选C。考查名词辨析。作者的父母把带有中国汉字的卡片给作者看。character n. “符号，字符，字”。Chinese characters“中国汉字”。

37.解析：选D。考查副词辨析。作者把父母给他看的汉字卡片推到一边。aside adv. “一边，旁边”; push. . . aside“把……推到一边”。

38.解析：选A。考查连词。作者的妈妈认为当他准备好的时候，他就会学习汉语了。when当……的时候。

39.解析：选C。考查名词辨析。但那个时候一直没有来临。指作者准备好学习汉语的时候。所以才有了下面的笑话。

40.解析：选D。考查动词辨析。因为作者听不懂他叔叔的话，所以只能一脸茫然地盯着他叔叔看。stare “凝视，目不转睛地看，盯着看，睁大眼睛看”。符合语境。

41.解析：选B。考查动词短语辨析。因为作者不懂汉语，所以作者的叔叔笑话作者说甚至去唐人街买鱼都不会成功。laugh at“嘲笑”。

42.解析：选A。考查短语辨析。作者对于叔叔的嘲笑很不服气，所以他决定马上去买条鱼试试。right now“立刻，马上”。

43.解析：选B。考查名词辨析。作者转过身去，希望能得到妈妈的许可。permission“允许，许可”。其他几项，意思均不符合。

44.解析：选A。考查动词辨析。作者怕忘记妈妈教给他的话，在临走前又重复了几遍。repeat“重复，再述，重说”。

45.解析：选B。考查名词辨析。stand n. “(货)摊，售货台；售货处”。fish stand“卖鱼的摊位”。pond“池塘”；farm“农场”；market“市场”。

46.解析：选D。考查动词辨析。通过下句的有效信息turned to serve the next customer可知，卖鱼的人并没有理会作者说的话。ignore“不理，忽略”。

47.解析：选C。考查介词。with作为介词，在此处表示“因为”。因为没有耐心，后面那些人的笑声更大了。

48.解析：选A。考查名词辨析。with every second每一秒钟。我背上的龙的呼吸都会变强，这是一种夸张的说法，说明作者已经出奇地愤怒，忍无可忍了。

49.解析：选A。考查动词辨析。force“强制，强迫，迫使(某人或自己)做某事”，强调作者的愤怒。

50.解析：选D。考查形容词辨析。因为作者遭到了嘲笑，所以羞愧地脸变红了。

51.解析：选C。考查形容词辨析。通过下面的信息except for the $ 20 bill I held tightly in my pocket可知，作者两手空空地回了家。

52.解析：选B。考查名词辨析。因为都是中国人，所以本来应该很自然。

53.解析：选D。考查名词辨析。有时候甚至作者自己都嘲笑一下自己买鱼的这个小插曲。incident n. “小插曲，生活中的小事”；deed“作为，事迹”。

54.解析：选C。考查代词。但是，最终这个笑话发生在了我身上。

55.解析：选B。考查动词辨析。每一个笑声都是文化的丢失，每一个笑声都是传统的消退。lose和后面的fade away是一种词义的相近关系。