Born in AmericaI spoke Englishnot Chinesethe language of my ancestors.When I was threemy parents flashed cards with Chinese ____ at my facebut I pushed them ____.My mom believed I would learn ___ I was ready.But the ____ never came.

On a Chinese New Year's Evemy uncle spoke to me in Chinesebut all I could do was ____ at himconfusedscratching my head.“ Still can't speak Chinese”He____ me“You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown.”

“Heythis is Americanot China.I'll get some ____ with or without Chinese.”I replied and turned to my mom for ____.

“Remember to ask for fresh fishXin Xian Yu”she saidhanding over a $20 bill.I ____ the wordsrunning downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish ____ surrounded in a sea of customers.“I'd like to buy some fresh fish”I shouted to the fishman.But he ____ my English words and turned to serve the next customer.The laugh of the people behind increased ____ their impatience.With every ____the breath of the dragons()on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—____ me to cry out“Xian Sheng Yuplease.”“Very Xian Sheng”I repeated.The crowd erupted into laughter.My face turned ____ and I ran back home ____except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.

Should I laugh or cryThey're Chinese.I'm Chinese. I should feel right at ____.InsteadI was the jokea disgrace(丢脸)to the language.

SometimesI laugh at my fish ____butin the end.the joke is on ____.Every laugh is a culture ____every laugh is my heritage(传统)fading away.

1.A.custom?? Bgames? Ccharacters?? Dlanguage

2.A.ahead?? Baround?? Calong?? Daside

3.A.when?? Bbefore?? Cunless?? Duntil

4.A.success?? Bstudy?? Ctime?? Dattempt

5.A.aim?? Bjoke?? Cnod?? Dstare

6.A.cared about?? ????????????? Blaughed at?

Cargued with?? ????????????? Dasked after

7.A.right now?? ????????????? Bfrom now

Cat times?? ????????????? Din time

8.A.decision?? ????????????? Bpermission

Cinformation?? ????????????? Dpreparation

9.A.repeated?? Breviewed? Cspelled?? Dkept

10.A.farm? Bstand?? Cpond?? Dmarket

11.A.guessed?? Bforgot? Cdoubted?? Dignored

12.A.by? Bas?? Cwith?? Dfrom

13.A.second?? Beffort? Cdesire?? Dmovement

14.A.forcing?? ????????????? Ballowing

Cpersuading?? ????????????? Dleading

15.A.bright?? Bblank?? Cpale?? Dred

16.A.thrown? Blost? Cdivided? Dreflected

17.A.service?? Bhome?? Crisk?? Droot

18.A.trade?? Bdeed? Cchallenge?? Dincident

19.A.it? Bus?? Cme?? Dthem

20.A.open?mouthed?? ????????????? Btongue?tied

Cempty?handed?? ????????????? Dbroken?hearted

 

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