55．A．possibilities B．opportunities C．risk D．challenge
答案：36-40
BCDAA 41-45 BACCB 46-50 ABAAD 51-55 ABCBB
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山西省临汾一中10-11学年高二上学期期中考试
I was brought up by my grandparents for the
first years of my life. We 36 in
a very small community and all of my aunts and uncles lived 37_ . Everyone had a hand in taking care of
my safety. Of course in those days
38 everyone in the
community spoke the beautiful language of my childhood. When my grandfather
spoke I would _ 39_ him carefully.
Then at age six my father 40 from the army. I was forbidden to
speak that 41 ever again. My
grandfather was 42 . He couldn’t speak English, so my
grandmother would 43 for him whenever he spoke to me.
With my mother and father we
44 from that small community. I was about to enter public school so I
had to learn English. My grandfather
45 when I was eight
and we returned to that small community for his funeral. He was 46 in
the living room, as was the tradition. I went and stood by him and 47 no one was around I spoke to him
in a whisper 48 that beautiful language of my
childhood. That was the
49 time I spoke those
words.
Almost fifty years later, _ 50 _ I had
forgotten the beautiful language of my childhood, I had the opportunity to 51 a
newly written paper of it. On my first look at it I recognized 52 . I mu
st
have looked it over several times in the following weeks. Then one day I read
out loud a word from my past. I almost cried. I was 53 readi ng over other words.
Words came 54 back to me after all these years.
When receiving something from someone, you don’t take it from their hand,
rather you let them lay it in your hand. For me it was 55 ---The beautiful language of my
childhood was Michif. It was not only a language but also a way of life.
