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| When I was growing up in America, I was 1 of my mother's Chinese English, for which she was often treated 2 . People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not give her good 3 , or take her seriously. 4 they pretended not to understand her, or even acted 5 they did not hear her. My mother has long realized the 6 of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she 7 have me call people on the phone to 8 I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time 1 had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人). I said in an adolescent voice that was not very 9 , "This is Mrs. Tan." And my mother was standing beside me, 10 loudly, "Why he don't send me check, already two week late." And then, in perfect English I said, "I'm getting rather 11 . You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it 12 . "Then s  he talked more loudly. "What h e want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss. "And so I 13 the stockbroker again, "I can't 14 any more excuse. If I don't receive the cheek immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week. " The next week we 15 in New York. While I was sitting there 16 , my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English. When I was a teen  ager, my mother 's broken English 17 me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother's English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and 18 . It was the language that helped 19 the way 1 saw things, expressed ideas, and made 20 of the world. | |||
| ( )1. A. proud ( )2. A. anxiously ( )3. A. checks ( )4. A. otherwise ( )5. A. even though ( )6. A. features ( )7. A. could ( )8. A. pretend ( )19. A. awkward ( )10. A. whispering ( )11. A. pleased ( )12. A. hasn't arrived ( )13. A. turned to ( )14. A. accept ( )15. A. set off ( )16. A. red-faced ( )17. A. annoyed ( )18. A. value ( )19. A. set ( )20. A. sense |
B. ashamed B. instantly B. attitudes B. therefore B. as if B. disadvantages B. would B. protect B. convincing B. shouting B. irritated B. doesn't arrive B. spoke to B. hold B. ended up B. excited B. embarrassed B. importance B. shape B. fun |
C. afraid C. carefully C. expressions C. instead C. now that C. limitations C. might C. prevent C. perfect C. talking C. concerned C. didn't arrive C. came to C. tolerate C. settled down C. bored C. frightened C. use C. choose C. use |
D. convinced D. unfairly D. service D. however D. if only D. effects D. should D. prefer D. useful D. crying D. interested D. isn't to arrive D. referred to D. notice D. called on D. scared D. amused D. wisdom D. build D. comment |
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| One day I hopped in a taxi and we 1 for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when 2 a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and 3 the other car by 4 inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and 5 at the guy. And I mean,he was really 6 . So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost 7 your car and sent us to the 8 !" This is when my taxi driver taught me 9 I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck." He 10 that many people are like garbage 11 . They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of 12 . As their garbage piles 13 , they need a place to 14 it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and 15 it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that 16 people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's 17 short to wake up in the morning with 18 . So....Love the people who treat you right. 19 for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent 20 you take it! | |||
| ( )1. A. took on ( )2. A. immediately ( )3. A. missed ( )4. A. nearly ( )5. A. glanced ( )6. A. impatient ( )7. A. took ( )8. A. church ( )9. A. what ( )10. A. explained ( )11. A. cans ( )12. A. curiosity ( )13. A. away ( )14. A. drop ( )15. A. spare ( )16. A. wealthy ( )17. A. very ( )18. A. delight ( )19. A. Search ( )20. A. where |
B. took up B. suddenly B. lost B. even B. shouted B. friendly B. dropped B. prison B. that B. argued B. trucks B. expectation B. off B. dump B. suffer B. thankful B. so B. regrets B. Account B. that |
C. took off C. finally C. caught C. just C. nodded C. excited C. moved C. police station C. which C. stated C. bins C. disappointment C. on C. throw C. spread C. successful C. too C. satisfaction C. Pray C. why |
D. took down D. quickly D. crashed D. still D. waved D. painful D. ruined D. hospital D. how D. described D. collections D. confidence D. up D. burn D. share D. faithful D. far D. generosity D. Charge D. how |