题目内容
I often quarrel about my mother over whether I can watch TV after school. She hold the view that Senior
Three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons. It seems to me that
once I am allowed to do that, I’ll unable to control myself and forget all about my study. She also thinks
it is bad for my eye. But I really can’t accept her ideas. In my opinion, watch TV can set my mind at rest
after a day’s hard works. Besides, it is important for us to know what had happened at home and at
abroad. Thus, we shouldn’t be forbidden to watch TV.t—
75. about ---with 76. hold---holds 77. fully---full 78.me---her
79. unable---be unable 80. eye---eyes 81. had---has
82. at abroad---abroad
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1. This is the hottest handbag design and every woman __________ get one.
2. ____________, the architecture of Kyoto(京都) is a mirror of the fascinating culture of ancient China.
3. Some bacteria are capable of _________ the human waste into natural gas and different
chemicals.
4. Older people are better at solving problems, because they have more life experience
___________than younger people do.
5. My cap _________ John's, so I often take his by mistake.
6. Storms ___________ power, but haven’t cooled off southern Asia.
7. So many thoughts of the past were now crowded into her mind___________.
8. I could see his discouragement and feared he ___________learning.
9. We spent several days ____________ all the related reference materials.
10. I'm writing _____________ my mother to express her thanks for your gift.
请认真阅读下面短文,并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意:每空一词。
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.
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I have to relearn English (72) ______ arriving there, for my pronunciations of words are (73) ______ from native speakers. |
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My students complained that I couldn’t make myself (74)______. |
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I made great (75) ______ in spoken English by imitating the (76) ______ native speakers talk. |
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People often (77) ______ me for someone from the Midwest,the West Coast,China, California and so on. |
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I think it necessary to keep my (78) ______ origins. |
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I often add some Chinese “accent” consciously when (79) ______ English because I am (80) ______ of being a Chinese. |