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

I’m an operating engineer, running crane(起重机) in New York City. I was in the countryside, playing golf when we got the call that a plane had   36  the World Trade Centre. We checked out of the hotel immediately and started   37  our way downtown. When I got home, I called the rescue center and they told me to come   38  and get on the   39  list.
The next morning I went down to the   40  at about 5 A. M., and four hours later I   41  the call to come down to West Street. I called my wife and told her not to   42  me, and that I would stay in   43  with her. I took the subway. It stopped at West Fourth Street, so I had to   44  the rest of the way.
And somewhere in there I became   45  when I went into something I   46 . I once worked there in 1966 for the   47  of the World Trade Centre. On halfway on September 12, I was frightened to see the World Trade Centre was a huge pile, maybe ten   48  tall. And it was burning. I started to ask   49  in which my crane might be   50  a whistle blew suddenly warning us of some danger. I saw people running away and I really didn’t know what to do. So I did the same, too. It was as if they had   51  the bulls go in Spain and we were running through the street. People falling down, people   52  them up as they came by, and carrying them, just to get them out of the way, because something was extremely   53 . I didn’t even look back. We stopped running when we got to the Battery Tunnel, and I caught my   54  and said, “Oh, my God, I’m going to die.”
Then I 55  a little bit, thinking about what we should do next. As we started again we knocked into a fire chief officer and we asked, “What can we do to help you?”

These wild flowers are so special I would do _______ I can to save them.?

A. whatever B. that?C. which D. whichever?

I would be grateful if you would _______ receipt of this letter.

A. admit　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. acknowledge　　

C. accept D. inform

To tell the truth, if it were not for the fact that you           my daughter, I would not take such pains to serve you.