阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
NO matter where he lives, 16-year-old Danny Lopez feels like an outsider: he is half-Mexican ___1___ half-white.
At his private high school in wealthy northern San Diego, California, US, Lopez is too brown to ___2____, whereas for the Mexican side of his family in National City, just a dozen miles from the border, he is __3___ white to belong.
Alienated （疏远的） from both sides, Lopez is ___4___ in school. He focuses on his passion for baseball.
Mexican Whiteboy, by Matt de la Pena, is about a teenager’s ___5___ for identity. It was ___6___ one of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults in 2009 by the US Young Adult Library Services Association.
When Lopez’s mother decides to live with her wealthy white boyfriend in San Francisco, he ___7___ spend the summer with his father’s family in San Diego. It’s a trip to explore roots and ___8___, filled with unexpected friendship.
There he meets Uno, of mixed heritage like himself, also with a divorced mom. Uno understands Danny’s split background and helps him hone (磨练) his baseball skills. Both boys have big league dreams, but they both have to learn to ___9___ their mixed heritages before they can achieve their goals.
____10____ discussions of racism（种族主义）, Mexican Whiteboy takes on other issues, such as the importance of family and the ___11____ impact of hiding the truth. It also shows how sports can ___12___cultures together.
1.A. and B. or C. but D. while
2.A. fit out B. fit in C. fit on D. fit for
3.A. so B. rather C. too D. quite
4.A. happy B. popular C. delighted D. silent
5.A. search B. finding C. acknowledgement D. enquire
6.A. known to B. named after C. named as D. known by
7.A. demands to B. chooses to C. occurs to D. happens to
8.A. self-confidence B. self-encouragement C. self-improvement D.self-identity
9.A. come to terms with B. keep away from
C. make up for D. look down upon
10.A. Except B. Except for C. Apart from D. Judging from
11.A. negative B. positive C. passive D. active
12.A. put B. come C. comb D. draw
When I was worried about why nobody supported me, he helped me with advice as to how to get my ideas _____.
A. across B. through C. around D. down
---“The door was open.”
---“It ________ open, I ______ it myself and the key was in my pocket.”
A. can’t be, locked B. mustn’t be, had locked
C. can’t have been, had locked D. mustn’t have been, locked
---May I speak to your manager Mr Williams at five o’clock tonight.
---I’m sorry. Mr. Williams ________ to a conference long before then.
A. will have gone B. had gone C. would have gone D. has gone
–I’d like some more bread.
–Sorry, there’s ______ left.
A. some B. none C. a little D. few
After a knock at the door, the child heard his mother’s voice him.
A. calling B. called C. being called D. to call
