题目列表(包括答案和解析)
41.A.complained B.whispered C.told D.informed
40.A.valuable B.different C.dangerous D.foolish
39.A.nervous B.stupid C.strange D.curious
38.A.fluency B.sense C.quality D.interest
37.A.put B.pronounced C.used D.understood
36.A.before B.if C.from D.upon
40. A. expensive B. precious C. comfortable D. interesting
答案 21-25 DABCA 26-30 ADBAC 31-35 CAABC 36-40 DAACB
Passage 52
(安徽省舒城中学2010届高三第一学期期中考试)
Most people who travel from China to the US find that, despite having studied English for years, they have to “re-learn” it __36__arriving.
Words that we learned in English classes are not __37_ the same way here.To truly be part of the “melting pot” , __38__ in English is not enough.You need an accent to stand out.
When I first came to the US for graduate school, I was a _39_ foreigner.I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was “ __40__ ” .To talk like an American became one of my goals.
During my first term as a teaching assistant (TA), my students __41__ they could not understand me.I learned later from a study that this complaints was __42_ among US students with an international TA.It is called the “Oh, no!” syndrome (综合症): “Oh,no! Not another international TA, and not that __43_ again!’’
So I imitated (模仿) the way __44__ speakers talk and, over time, I made __45__ good progress that American friends started to __46_ my English as having “almost no accent’’.I took this as a sign of my success.Ever since, people have often __47__ me for someone from many __48__ : the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, South Korea.Most frequently, people think I am from California.
But then suddenly, conformity (一致) was __49__ a praise:If I talk like an American, am I still Chinese? If I lose my Chinese accent, do I also lose my cultural identity? Am I denying my past by being __50__ into a new culture?
Now I __51__ that a person’s accent is a permanent record of their past cultural experience and it is a(n) __52__ of one’s exposure to diverse cultures.
As a fourth-year student in the US,I am no longer a nervous foreigner.My nervousness has been __53_ by a desire to hold on to my cultural __54__ .Now I consciously add some Chinese “accent’’ when I speak.I do not wish to speak“ __55_ ’’ English because I am proud of who I am.
39. A. world B. feeling C. possession D. love
38. A. filled with B. pleased with C. crowded with D. equipped with
37. A. imaginary B. kind C . gentle D. warm
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