My hometown is no longer the same ________ it used to be.

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My hometown is no longer the same 　　　 it used to be.

　 A．like 　　　　 B．that　　　　　 C．as　　　　 D．which

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

I'm from the South Bronx. At 7, my neighborhood was the beginning and end of my universe. It was a small town to me. Everyone knew each other, so if you got into trouble in school, chances are your mom knew about it before you got home. I felt watched over and safe.

But just before I turned 8, things began to change. I watched two buildings on my block burn down. I remember seeing my neighbor Pito go up and down the fire escape to get people out. Where were the firemen? Where was the truck? Somebody must have called them.

That same summer, after serving two tours in Vietnam, my brother was killed in the South Bronx. He was shot above the left eye and died instantly.

People who could moved out of the neighborhood, and all I wanted to do was get out, too. I used education to get away from there and got good at avoiding the topic of where I was from. To be from the South Bronx meant that you were not a good person. It felt like a stain.

After college, I didn't want to come back to the South Bronx, but in order to afford graduate school, I had to. I was almost 30 and could only afford to live at my parents' home. It felt like a defeat, and I hated it.

At the same time, the city was planning a huge waste facility here, and no one seemed to care — including many of us who lived here. They were like, "Well, it's a poor community; what's the difference?"

I was very angry. It drove me to act. It moved my spirit in a way that I didn't know was possible. And it changed my beliefs — it changed the way I felt about myself and my community. I worked hard with others who felt the same way, and together, we defeated the plan.

After that, I realized it's just as important to fight for something as it is to fight against something. So we dreamed up a new park on the site of an illegal waste dump — and after many community clean-ups, along with $3 million from the city, we have one. And it's a glory. It was the seed from which many new plans for our community have grown.

Today, the South Bronx is no longer a stain; it's a badge(象征) of honor for me. I believe that where I'm from helps me to really see the world. Today, when I say I'm from the South Bronx, I stand up straight. This is home, and it always will be.

1Paragraphs 2 and 3 make the readers believe ____________.

2.The author went back to the South Bronx after college because ____________.

3.The underlined sentences(Paragraph 2) imply that ____________.

4.What does the author want to convey in the passage?

Freshmen, eager to get home for the Chinese New Year, queue up at the railway station for hours. Days later, they squeeze into a crowded train and dream of the home-cooked meals and love they'll enjoy once they arrive home. This, they say, makes all the trouble of getting home worthwhile.   

However, many freshmen come to find that home is not exactly how they remembered it. Living away from their parents has exposed them to a new life of freedom – one that within hours of arriving some begin to miss. Household chores（家务活）and complaining parents are just a few of the things that can ruin students' winter fantasies. “My parents still treat me like I was in senior high,” Song Ying, a 19-year-old freshman at Shandong University, complained. “I get an earful from them every day.”   

During her first term away from her Hubei home, Song missed everything – from her parents cooking to the city bus. She cried and ached to sleep in her own bed. So, upon finishing her exams, she fled home, thinking everything would be just as it used to be. But she was wrong. Now, she spends entire days at a friend's home to “avoid all the restrictions”. She logs online to update friends' profile on SNS, skips meals and sleeps in – just like she did on campus.

Things have been even tenser at home for Luo Ruiqi, a 19-year-old freshman at Beijing Jiaotong University. Instead of moving to a friend's house, though, he has decided to challenge his parents' rules for his right to be an adult at home. When they complained about the amount of time he spent in the toilet, Luo said he decided “enough is enough” and lost his temper. He feels guilty about his attitude, but he still argues that he is grown up enough to live by his own rules. “I just want to live my own way of living, wherever I am,” said Luo.

Recent graduates like Wang Kai know what Song and Luo are going through. But Wang, who graduated in 2008 and now works in Beijing, says students should value the time spent with their family and “just try to be nicer.” Wang says he acted the same way when he first returned home from college, but now, living 1,500 km away from his hometown in Hunan, he regrets his behavior. He realizes that his parents meant well. And, looking back, he says that “the way of living that we got used to on campus is not that healthy anyway”.   

Parents, meanwhile, are more understanding than you might think. “Living on their own in a strange place can be hard –we've been there before,” said Luo's father. “We want to make sure that they are healthy and happy. Sometimes maybe we just worry too much.” As for the tension that's arisen between father and son, Luo senior laughed and said, “It's not a problem at all – he's my son; we work things out, always.”

1.Having read the passage, we can infer that home is now a(n)            for most freshmen.

A. birdcage                     B. paradise  

C. temporary station in life         D. open house

2.Why are things even tenser at home for Luo Ruiqi during the Chinese New Year?

A. He has to spend entire days at a friend's home to “avoid all the restrictions”.

B. He has decided to go against his parents for his right to be an adult at home.

C. He feels guilty about his attitude towards his parents.

D. He has wasted much money his parents gave to him.

3.According to the text, there exists a main problem between parents and children that        .

A. parents want to bring their children under control as before.

B. children look down upon what their parents always do.

C. their way of life is apparently different now.

D. they are always misunderstanding each other.   

4.Who the text implies is mainly responsible for the bad parent-child relationship?

A. parents     B. social changes        C. professors     D. freshmen

5.What does the underlined part in the 2^nd paragraph probably mean?

A. learn a lot          B. receive much punishment

C. get a scolding       D. have a narrow escape  

Freshmen, eager to get home for the Chinese New Year, queue up at the railway station for hours.Days later, they squeeze into a crowded train and dream of the home-cooked meals and love they'll enjoy once they arrive home.This, they say, makes all the trouble of getting home worthwhile.
However, many freshmen come to find that home is not exactly how they remembered it.Living away from their parents has exposed them to a new life of freedom – one that within hours of arriving some begin to miss.Household chores（家务活）and complaining parents are just a few of the things that can ruin students' winter fantasies.“My parents still treat me like I was in senior high,” Song Ying, a 19-year-old freshman at Shandong University, complained.“I get an earful from them every day.”
During her first term away from her Hubei home, Song missed everything – from her parents cooking to the city bus.She cried and ached to sleep in her own bed.So, upon finishing her exams, she fled home, thinking everything would be just as it used to be.But she was wrong.Now, she spends entire days at a friend's home to “avoid all the restrictions”.She logs online to update friends' profile on SNS, skips meals and sleeps in – just like she did on campus.
Things have been even tenser at home for Luo Ruiqi, a 19-year-old freshman at Beijing Jiaotong University.Instead of moving to a friend's house, though, he has decided to challenge his parents' rules for his right to be an adult at home.When they complained about the amount of time he spent in the toilet, Luo said he decided “enough is enough” and lost his temper.He feels guilty about his attitude, but he still argues that he is grown up enough to live by his own rules.“I just want to live my own way of living, wherever I am,” said Luo.
Recent graduates like Wang Kai know what Song and Luo are going through.But Wang, who graduated in 2008 and now works in Beijing, says students should value the time spent with their family and “just try to be nicer.” Wang says he acted the same way when he first returned home from college, but now, living 1,500 km away from his hometown in Hunan, he regrets his behavior.He realizes that his parents meant well.And, looking back, he says that “the way of living that we got used to on campus is not that healthy anyway”.
Parents, meanwhile, are more understanding than you might think.“Living on their own in a strange place can be hard –we've been there before,” said Luo's father.“We want to make sure that they are healthy and happy.Sometimes maybe we just worry too much.” As for the tension that's arisen between father and son, Luo senior laughed and said, “It's not a problem at all – he's my son; we work things out, always.”

1. 1.

   Having read the passage, we can infer that home is now a(n) ___________for most freshmen.
   

   1. A.
      birdcage                    
   2. B.
      paradise
   3. C.
      temporary station in life              
   4. D.
      open house
2. 2.

   Why are things even tenser at home for Luo Ruiqi during the Chinese New Year?
   

   1. A.
      He has to spend entire days at a friend's home to “avoid all the restrictions”.
   2. B.
      He has decided to go against his parents for his right to be an adult at home.
   3. C.
      He feels guilty about his attitude towards his parents.
   4. D.
      He has wasted much money his parents gave to him.
3. 3.

   According to the text, there exists a main problem between parents and children that_______.
   

   1. A.
      parents want to bring their children under control as before.
   2. B.
      children look down upon what their parents always do.
   3. C.
      their way of life is apparently different now.
   4. D.
      they are always misunderstanding each other.
4. 4.

   Who the text implies is mainly responsible for the bad parent-child relationship?
   

   1. A.
      parents      
   2. B.
      social changes     
   3. C.
      professors        
   4. D.
      freshmen
5. 5.

   What does the underlined part in the 2nd paragraph probably mean?
   

   1. A.
      learn a lot            
   2. B.
      receive much punishment
   3. C.
      get a scolding          
   4. D.
      have a narrow escape