Question

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1--20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left_____.Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other____?

I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,____children from different races and religions played and studied_____in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s______from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu-we just______our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well____or otherwise.

We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d____the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to____the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his_____.

When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I____touch with him.

One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I_____my destination. The driver acknowledged my_____but did not move off. Instead, he looked____at me. “Raddar?”he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so____addressed(称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two_____we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something_____to describe.

If we can allow our children to be____without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be_____their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies build and_____we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, “we happy few, we band of brothers”.

1.A. interested B. pleased C. puzzled D. excited

2.A. parties B. cities C. villages D. races

3.A. why B. which C. how D. when

4.A. together B. around C. alone D. apart

5.A. drop B. throw C. move D. roll

6.A. refused B. made C. sought D. accepted

7.A. paid B. meant C. preserved D. treated

8.A. explore B. search C. discover D. desert

9.A. get through B. deal with C. come across D. take away

10.A. arrival B. choice C. effort D. company

11.A. lost B. gained C. developed D. missed

12.A. stated B. ordered C. decided D. chose

13.A. attempts B. instructions C. opinions D. arrangements

14.A. anxiously B. carelessly C. disappointedly D. fixedly

15.A. familiarly B. strangely C. fully D. coldly

16.A. departures B. months C. years D. decades

17.A. possible B. funny C. hard D. clear

18.A. them B. themselves C. us D. ourselves

19.A. from B. by C. with D. against

20.A. still B. otherwise C. then D. instead

Answer 1