题目内容
I still remember father spent plenty of time teaching me how to pronounce a word, how to understand something that I saw for the first time and how to be polite to others.And I will never 1 one sentence my father used to say to me, “I love you, son.Say you love me, son.” 2 , I would scream, “I love you, Dad.”
When I was growing up, I found that I had little in 3 with my father gradually.Sometimes we often argued about something sharply and then the argument changed into a 4 .I knew there was a gap between us.I didn't 5 hearing the words “I love you” from my father the last time.To tell you the truth, I couldn't honestly remember 6 I had last said those words to him, either.
Now father was in hospital.The doctor said it was 7 and he needed an operation at once, 8 he wasn't sure whether my father was able to 9 it.Everything in my childhood 10 in my mind.Then I called and said, “Dad, I love you!”
There was a 11 at the other end and he replied coldly, “Well, I love you, too!”
I 12 and said, “Dad, I know you love me, and when you are 13 , I know you will say what you want to say.”
Fifteen minutes later my mother called and 14 asked, “Paul, is everything OK?”
A few weeks later I was working when I received my father's call.“Paul, I love you.” I was so 15 that my tears rolled down my cheeks.Perhaps both of us 16 that this special moment had 17 our relationship to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father finally narrowly 18 death following the heart operation.I can't 19 that if I did not take the first 20 and Dad did not survive the surgery, what kind of life I would lead now.
1.A.forget B.read C.understand D.practice
2.A.Actually B.Simply C.Naturally D.Strangely
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4.A.fight B.quarrel C.question D.discussion
5.A.expect B.think C.enjoy D.remember
6.A.why B.whether C.where D.when
7.A.risky B.serious C.important D.difficult
8.A.but B.because C.so D.for
9.A.remain B.master C.survive D.defeat
10.A.put B.opened C.kept D.appeared
11.A.response B.pause C.silence D.surprise
12.A.cried B.smiled C.nodded D.moved
13.A.free B.ready C.happy D.convenient
14.A.eagerly B.carefully C.excitedly D.nervously
15.A.touched B.amused C.encouraged D.shocked
16.A.required B.realized C.reacted D.reported
17.A.formed B.built C.taken D.increased
18.A.escaped B.passed C.beat D.fought
19.A.conclude B.infer C.imagine D.decide
20.A.effect B.step C.word D.advice
1—5 ACDBD 6—10 DBACD 11—15 CABD
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Most people who travel from China to the US find that,despite having studied English for years,they have to “re—learn” it upon arriving.
Words that we learned in English classes are not pronounced the same way here.To truly be part of the “melting pot”,fluency(流利)in English is not enough.You need an accent to stand out.
When I first came to the US for graduate school,1 was a nervous foreigner.I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was “different”.To talk like an American became one of my goals.
During my first term as a teaching assistant(TA),my students complained(抱怨) they could not understand me.I learned later from a study that this complaint was common among US students with an international TA.It is called the “Oh, no!” syndrome (情绪、举动):“Oh,no! Not another international TA,and not that accent again!’’
So I imitated(模仿)the way native speakers talk and,over time,I made such good progress that American friends started to praise my English as having “almost no accent’’.I took this as a sign of my success.Ever since.people have often mistaken me for someone from many places:the Midwest,the West Coast,China,Japan,South Korea.Most frequently,people think I am from California.
Suddenly,conformity (一致) was no longer 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(否认)my past by being absorbed into(沉浸于)a new culture?
Now I realize that a person’s accent is a permanent(永久的)record of their past cultural experience and it is a mark of one’s experience and exposure to different cultures.
As a fourth-year student in the US,I am no longer a nervous foreigner.My nervousness has been replaced by a desire to hold on to my cultural origins.Now I consciously(有意识地)add some Chinese “accent” when I speak.I do not wish to speak “perfect” English because I am proud of who I am.
My Feeling of Speaking English in America | |
Time | Supporting details |
At the (71) ______ | I have to relearn English (72) ______ arriving there, for my pronunciations of words are (73) ______ from native speakers. |
My students complained that I couldn’t make myself (74)______. | |
During my stay | I made great (75) ______ in spoken English by imitating the (76) ______ native speakers talk. |
People often (77) ______ me for someone from the Midwest,the West Coast,China, California and so on. | |
Now | I think it necessary to keep my (78) ______ origins. |
I often add some Chinese “accent” consciously when (79) ______ English because I am (80) ______ of being a Chinese. |