Question

Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find  37  work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us  38  every couple of years.

Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the  39  when I was  40  to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks. 

When I  41  in the US and started 8^th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n)  42  language I couldn’t understand. I  43  that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always  44  my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read  45

46  after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things.  47  just made my life worse. If I was going to  48  in this new concrete jungle, I had to  49  . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own  50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers  51  my improvement and moved me into a more  52  English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without  53  frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again  54  .I didn’t hear foreign talk. I  55  understand people.

1.                A．find           B．join            C．see  D．help

2.                A．good-looking    B．well-dressed     C．better-paying  D．highly-thought

3.                A．once           B．other          C．each D．only

4.                A．case           B．condition       C．situation  D．state

5.                A．packing         B．trying          C．managing D．arranging

6.                A．reached        B．entered        C．got  D．arrived

7.                A．strange         B．unusual         C．standard  D．foreign

8.                A．hoped         B．wished         C．expected D．demanded

9.                A．staring         B．looking         C．checking  D．watching

10.               A．texts           B．newspapers     C．English    D．poems

11.               A．Although       B．Even if         C．But   D．Since

12.               A．It             B．They           C．I D．Things

13.               A．live            B．study          C．survive    D．continue

14.               A．adapt          B．adopt          C．adore D．admire

15.               A．for            B．in             C．after  D．at

16.               A．made          B．noticed         C．concerned D．remember

17.               A．modern        B．advanced       C．difficult   D．convenient

18.               A．even          B．ever           C．some D．any

19.               A．if             B．though         C．ever  D．because

20.               A．could          B．should         C．would D．might

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.B

11.C

12.A

13.C

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.B

18.D

19.D

20.A 

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了作者到美国经历了一段语言不通的过程，经过老师的帮助和自己的努力，最终适应的故事。

1.考查动词;A. find发现B. join参加，C. see看见D. help 帮助，这里表示;和父亲汇合。选B

2.考查形容词：A. good-looking相貌好看的B. well-dressed穿着考究的，C. better-paying报酬更高的，D. highly-thought 高度评价的，better-paying可以修饰job

选C

3.考查副词，句意;他每几年才来看我们一次（once）。选A

4.考查名词：A. case案件，情况B. condition条件C. situation形势D. state 状态，句意：我没有停下来分析形势。选C。

5.考查动词：A. packing打包，B. trying尝试C. managing设法做D. arranging安排，句意：在我整理行李要离开的时候。选A。

6.考查近义词;这几个词都有到达的意思：A. reached是及物动词，B. entered是及物动词，C. got不及物动词，要加to，D. arrived 不及物动词，接大地点要接in，小地点要接at，选D

7.考查句意理【解析】
从后面的I couldn’t understand. 可知是外语foreign，选D

8.考查虚拟语气：wish后面的从句用相应的过去时表示虚拟语气：句意：但愿人生有字幕就就好了。选B

9.考查动词辨析：A. staring盯着B. looking看C. checking检查D. watching注视，句意：老师总是注视着我的行动。AB都是不及物动词，选D。

10.考查上下文衔接：下文提到：I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 可知这里填newspapers，选B

11.考查连词：句意;在抱怨了几个月之后，我意识到抱怨没有用。两句话是转折关系，用but。选C

12.考查代词：it指代上文说的事。选A

13.考查动词：A. live     生活，B. study学习C. survive幸存D. continue继续，句意是：如果我要在这个弱肉强食的大城市生存下来的话。选C。

14.考查单词辨析：A. adapt适应，改编，B. adopt收养，采纳C. adore喜爱        D. admire羡慕，敬佩，句意：我得适应。选A。

15.考查介词：after school放学后。选C

16.考查动词：A. made 制作，B. noticed注意到C. concerned关心D. remember记住，句意：老师注意到我的进步。选B。

17.考查形容词：A. modern  现代的B. advanced高级的，C. difficult困难的D. convenient方便的，从前面的improvement可知老师让作者去了advanced English class 英语高级班，选B

18.考查词义：withoutany frustration 没有任何挫败感。选D

19.考查连词，句意：我觉得生活在了地球上，因为我听不到外语交谈。选D

20.考查情态动词：我能听懂人们的话。选A 

考点：考查故事类短文