Question

  The buildings there were tall,shiny and in strange shapes. The stores were filled with clothes and other 1        things I could not imagine buying or wearing. On my way home,I drove through 2        areas of Los Angeles. People sat in the street asking for money. The buildings were dirty and their windows had no 3        The area filled me with 4       . Which side of America would I end up in,the rich or the poor? I came to this country with nothing,but I believed I had a 5       here. In America,anyone could become rich,right?

  I was very 6       . I had left all my family behind in Nigeria. When I got 7        of staying inside the house,I took walks up some 8        near my house. I wanted to feel the sun,9 the warm earth and see the blue sky that was the same as the one at home. There were no huge trees with 10        spreading branches and heavy green leaves to protect me from the sun. The 11       was not darkbrown and rich,it was lightbrown and dry like sand. There were small stones everywhere and small brown bushes 12        the hillsides. Again,I had to face the fact that this was not 13        which was all I had known. Only the strong,steady shine of the sun was the same. That at least made me 14       . The sun was my first friend.

  I decided to join a walking group that I had read in a local newspaper. I had been 15        enough to leave my home thousands of miles away. Surely I could meet new people and 16        myself to talk to them. One late Saturday,we gathered at the bottom of the Outdina Hills east of Los Angeles. It was slowly growing dark. Everyone was wearing blue jeans and T-shirts 17       me. It was as if someone had told them what to 18       . Instead,I wore a dress and walked alone behind family groups. The children spoke in high 19        voices. I kept waiting for them to speak normally,that is without in American accent. To me,normal 20      Nigerian. Would my voice become American like theirs?

(   ) 1. A. costly   B. beautiful   C. shining   D. strange

(   ) 2. A. living   B. another   C. poor   D. downtown

(   ) 3. A. handle   B. frame   C. lock   D. glass

(   ) 4. A. fear   B. sorrow   C. anger   D. sadness

(   ) 5. A. life   B. chance   C. future   D. friend

(   ) 6. A. excited   B. lonely   C. hopeful   D. depressed

(   ) 7. A. uneasy   B. doubted   C. used   D. tired

(   ) 8. A. hills   B. mountains   C. parks   D. streets

(   ) 9. A. praise   B. love   C. touch   D. understand

(   ) 10. A. light   B. thick   C. complex   D. mixed

(   ) 11. A. soil   B. earth   C. ground   D. field

(   ) 12. A. covered   B. sheltered   C. defended   D. guarded

(   ) 13. A. the hill   B. neighborhood   C. block   D. home

(   ) 14. A. safe   B. refreshed   C. homesick   D. happy

(   ) 15. A. brave   B. annoyed   C. upset   D. eager

(   ) 16. A. prevented   B. allowed   C. forced   D. persuaded

(   ) 17. A. including   B. besides   C. except   D. like

(   ) 18. A. take   B. wear   C. bring   D. do

(   ) 19. A. noisy   B. beautiful   C. American   D. childish

(   ) 20. A. conducted   B. adjusted   C. showed   D. meant

Answer 1

1. A由下句I could not imagine buying or wearing得知是昂贵的东西。

2. C由接下来的四句得知。

3. D房屋破旧，窗户连玻璃都没有。

4. A我满怀希望来到美国——这个我认为富裕的国家，但在穷人区所看到的一切使我感到心寒。

5. B我认为在美国人人都能致富，所以我也有机会。

6. B我离开所有的家人只身来到美国，所以经常感到孤独。

7. D be tired of是厌倦之意。

8. A由本段倒数第4行得知。

9. C感受这片温暖的土地。

10. B这里指枝繁叶茂。

11. A只有soil指土壤，其他几项意思不符合。

12. A满眼都是小石头和棕色的灌木"覆盖着山坡"。

13. D这里不是我的家——我所知道的一切。

14. D由上一句Only the strong,steady shine of the sun was the same得知，我找到了一点和家相同的地方，所以感到高兴。

15. A离开家庭，只身来到千里之外的美国是需要勇气的。

16. C这里表达我强迫自己克服心理障碍去和别人交流。

17. C大家都穿的牛仔，而我没穿，所以是除我以外。

18. B 由上一句得知。

19. C这里是指美国口音，由下一句得知。

20. D我从Nigeria来，所以我听不懂美式英语，对我而言正常能听懂的就是Nigerian。