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【题目】【改编】Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to join my father, who’d moved there to find better-paying work when I was three years old. He had a at a restaurant and only visited us once every couple of years.

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

When I in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was a(n) foreign language I couldn’t understand. I that life had subtitles（字幕）, like in foreign movies.

was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always watching my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the thing was having to read newspaper.

But after almost seven months of about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. It just made my life worse. If I was going to in this new concrete jungle, I had to adapt. I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own after . After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers notice my and moved me into a more modern English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy any frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again because I didn’t hear talk. I could understand people.

【1】A. work B. friend C. job D. cook.

【2】A. luckily B. eventually C. gradually D. honestly

【3】A. attempting B. packing C. managing D. trying

【4】A. English B. German C. French D. Chinese

【5】A. got B. reached C. arrived D. entered

【6】A. talking B. speaking C. telling D. saying

【7】A. wished B. hoped C. expected D. wanted

【8】A. Restaurant B. Home C. Hospital D. School

【9】A. happiest B. strange C. worst D. most

【10】A. complaining B. quarreling C. fighting D. discussing

【11】A. live B. study C. survive D. continue

【12】A. school B. work C. graduation D. meals

【13】A. mistakes B. accent C. embarrassment D. progress

【14】A. for B. without C. with D. in

【15】A. foreign B. similar C. familiar D. native

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】A

【11】B

【12】A

【13】D

【14】B

【15】A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者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，作者最后终于学好了这门语言，也享受到了生活的乐趣。

【1】C名词辨析。A. work 工作； B. friend 朋友；C. job工作；D. cook厨师；从语境判断作者的父亲在饭店工作，几年才回一次家，选C。

【2】D副词辨析。A. luckily幸运地； B. eventually 最终地；C. gradually 逐渐地； D. honestly诚实地；从下文可知作者没有想过语言问题，在此指坦白地说，选D。

【3】B动词辨析。A. attempting 尝试； B. packing打包； C. managing 设法做； D. trying试图；根据空后leave可知作者当在打点行李要动身的时候，选B。

【4】A名词辨析。A. English 英语； B. German 德语； C. French 法语； D. Chinese汉语；从上下文可知作者去了纽约，那里说英语，故选A。

【5】C动词辨析。A. got 到达； B. reached到达； C. arrived 到达； D. entered 进入；根据搭配可知arrive in “到达”，其他不构成搭配。

【6】B动词辨析。A. talking 谈话； B. speaking 说话； C. telling 告诉； D. saying说；从词义辨析可知speak后面可以跟说的语言，故选B。tell一般跟双宾语，say 侧重说话的内容；talk是不及物动词，没有宾语，故选B。

【7】A动词辨析。A. wished 希望； B. hoped 希望； C. expected 预期； D. wanted 想要；根据后面句中内容可知此处是虚拟语气，故选B。

【8】D名词辨析。A. Restaurant 饭店； B. Home家； C. Hospital医院； D. School学校；根据上下文可知作者讨厌学校的生活，故选D。

【9】C形容词辨析。A. happiest 幸福的； B. strange奇怪的； C. worst 糟糕的； D. most最多的；从上文可知作者在学校里遇到很多问题，受到老师的管教，同时最麻烦的是语言问题，选C。

【10】A动词辨析。A. complaining 抱怨； B. quarreling 争吵； C. fighting打仗； D. discussing 讨论；从后句中的complaining可知作者抱怨了一些日子，然后才意识到自己要学习。选A。

【11】B动词辨析。A. live生活； B. study学习； C. survive幸存； D. continue继续；通过语境可知作者意识到了学习英语的必要性，在一个陌生的国家生活就必须懂得这里的语言，选C。

【12】A名词辨析。A. school 学校； B. work 工作； C. graduation毕业； D. meals 饭菜；从上文可知作者在学校里不得不读报，而现在他回家后主动学习，故选A。

【13】D名词辨析。A. mistakes 错误； B. accent 口音； C. embarrassment 尴尬； D. progress 进步；从上下文可知作者通过努力外语取得了进步，老师也把他调到了一个更好的班级，选D。

【14】B介词辨析。 A. for 因为； B. without没有； C. with 和一起；D. in在里面；由上下文可知作者学会了英语，所以买东西时候再也不会感到局促和尴尬，选B。

【15】A形容词辨析。A. foreign 外国的； B. similar 相似的； C. familiar 熟悉的； D. native 本地的；从上文可知当作者不懂英语的时候他到每一处都听到的是陌生的外语，故选A。