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    Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese ________ at my face, but I pushed them ________. My mom believed I would learn ________ I was ready. But the ________ never came.

On a Chinese New Year’s Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was ________ at him, confused, shaking my head. “Still can’t speak Chinese?” He ________ me, “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.”

“Hey, this is America, not China. I’ll get some ________ with or without Chinese.” I replied and turned to my mom for ________.

“Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu,” she said, handing over a $20 bill. I ________ the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.

I found the fish ________ surrounded in a sea of customers. “I’d like to buy some fresh fish,” I shouted to the fisherman. But he ________ my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind increased ________ their impatience. With every ________, the breath of the dragons on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—________ me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu, please.” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated. The crowd burst into laughter. My face turned ________ and I ran back home ________, except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my hand.

Should I laugh or cry? They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese. I should feel right at ________. Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸) to the language.

Sometimes, I laugh at my fish ________, but, in the end, the joke is on ________. Every laugh is a culture ________; every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.

1.A.custom B.games C.characters D.language

2.A.ahead B.around C.along D.aside

3.A.when B.before C.unless D.until

4.A.success B.study C.time D.attempt

5.A.aim B.joke C.nod D.stare

6.A.cared about B.laughed at C.argued with D.asked after

7.A.right now B.from now C.at times D.in time

8.A.decision B.permission C.information D.preparation

9.A.repeated B.reviewed C.spelled D.kept

10.A.farm B.stand C.pond D.market

11.A.guessed B.forgot C.doubted D.ignored

12.A.by B.near C.with D.from

13.A.second B.effort C.desire D.movement

14.A.forcing B.allowing C.finding D.leading

15.A.bright B.blank C.pale D.red

16.A.open-mouthed B.tongue-tied C.empty-handed D.broken-hearted

17.A.service B.home C.risk D.root

18.A.trade B.confidence C.challenge D.experience

19.A.it B.us C.me D.them

20.A.treasured B.lost C.valued D.reflected

 

1.C 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.B 11.D 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.D 16.C 17.B 18.D 19.C 20.B 【解析】 本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者长在美国,熟悉英语,但作为中国人,因为没有学习汉语而导致了去中国城买鱼的尴尬,这让作者明白了一个道理:“笑话”反映的是一种文化的缺失,不应该让文化丢失。 1.考查名词词义辨析。句意:当我三岁的时候,我的父母在我面前亮出了写有汉字的卡片,但我把它们推到一边。A. custom习惯;B. games游戏;C. characters文字;D. language语言。根据本段第一句中the language of my ancestors可知,这里父母是想利用有汉字的卡篇放在我面前让我学习汉语,Chinese characters意为“汉字”。故选C。 2.考查副词词义辨析。句意:当我三岁的时候,我的父母在我面前闪着写有汉字的卡片,但我把它们推到一边。A. ahead提前;B. around在周围;C. along沿着;D. aside在旁边。由本句中but这个转折连词可知,这里表明作者没有看它,而是将其放在了一边。put aside意为"把某物放到一边",符合语境,故选D项。put ahead意为"拨快";put around 意为"传播"。故选D。 3.考查连词词义辨析。句意:我妈妈相信当我准备好了,我就会学习。A. when当……时;B. before在……之前;C. unless除非;D. until直到。由本句中I was ready可以推断出,作者母亲认为当作者准备好的时候,就会学汉语了,此处只有when符合语境。故选A。 4.考查名词词义辨析。句意:但时机始终没有到来。A. success成功;B. study学习;C. time 时间;D. attempt尝试。由本句中But及never可知,这里强调的是,作者学习汉字的时机始终没有到来。故选C。 5.考查名词词义辨析。句意:在一个中国的除夕之夜,我的叔叔用中文跟我说话,但我只能困惑地盯着他,摇着头。A. aim目标;B. joke消化;C. nod点头;D. stare盯着。由本句中的confused可知,当叔叔跟作者讲汉语的时候,作者很困惑,因此只能用眼睛盯着叔叔看。故选D。 6.考查动词短语词义辨析。句意:“还是不会说中文?”他嘲笑我说,“在唐人街连一条鱼都买不到。”A. cared about关心;B. laughed at嘲笑;C. argued with同意;D. asked after探问。由本句中You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown可以推断出,叔叔是在嘲笑(laugh at)作者。故选B。 7.考查词组辨析。句意:嘿,这是美国,不是中国。不管有没有中文,我现在就去买。A. right now马上;B. from now从现在开始;C. at times有时;D. in time及时。由本句中I’ll get some ___ with or without Chinese及联系下段可知,作者想证明给叔叔看,现在就能去唐人街买到鱼。right now意为"现在,立即",符合语境。故选A。 8.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我回答道,然后转向妈妈寻求许可。A. decision决定;B. permission允许;C. information信息;D. preparation准备。由下段中母亲说话的内容可知,作者希望征得母亲去买鱼。由语境可知,应为母亲的许可比较合适,其余三项与语境不符,故选B。 9.考查动词词义辨析。句意:我重复着这句话,跑下楼来到唐人街的街道上。A. repeated重复;B. reviewed复习;C. spelled拼写;D. kept保持。根据上句母亲话中的Xin Xian Yu及作者没有学习汉语的背景可以推断出,作者为了防止忘掉要买的东西的名字,而不断重复着母亲的话。故选A。 10.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我发现鱼摊被顾客包围了。A. farm农场;B. stand货摊;C. pond池塘;D. market市场。由卖鱼的人没有理会作者,转去给其他顾客服务可知,渔摊(fish stand)被顾客包围了。故选B。 11.考查动词词义辨析。句意:但他不理会我的英语单词,转身为下一位顾客服务。A. guessed猜想;B. forgot忘记;C. doubted疑惑;D. ignored忽略。由第二段中You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown及本句中turned to serve the next customer可知,这个卖鱼人没有在意作者说的话,即无视,不理睬。故选D。 12.考查介词词义辨析。句意:后面的人笑得越来越不耐烦了。A. by在……旁边;B. near在……附近;C. with和、伴随;D. from从。本句中The laugh of the people behind increased表明作者身后的人因为失去耐心而开始笑起来。with impatience意为"因为不耐烦"。故选C。 13.考查名词词义辨析。句意:每过一秒,我背上的龙的气息变得更强了,我的血液沸腾了——迫使我大声呼喊:“新鲜鱼!”A. second秒;B. effort努力;C. desire欲望;D. movement移动。由本段的第三句中turned to serve the next customer及本句中the breath of the dragon on my back grew stronger可知,每过一秒,作者都很生气了。故选A项。 14.考查动词词义辨析。句意:每过一秒,我背上的龙的气息变得更强了,我的血液沸腾了——迫使我大声喊出:“新鲜鱼!”A. forcing迫使;B. allowing允许;C. finding发现;D. leading引领。由本句中my blood boiling可知,作者被激怒了,因此强迫自己大声喊出要买的东西。故选A。 15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:人群中爆发出笑声。我的脸变红了,我空手跑回家,除了手里紧紧攥着的那张20美元。A. bright明亮的;B. blank空白的;C. pale苍白的;D. red红的。由上句中The crowd erupted into laughter可知,因为作者说错了汉语而引来了大家的哄堂大笑,这让作者十分难堪,故作者的脸变红了。故选D。 16.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:人群中爆发出笑声。我的脸变红了,我空手跑回家,除了手里紧紧攥着的那张20美元。A. open-mouthed目瞪口呆的;B. tongue-tied结结巴巴的;C. empty-handed空手的;D. broken-hearted心碎的。根据上段中母亲让我买Xin Xian Yu及由本句中expect for the $20 bill可知,作者没有买到鱼,而是空着手回家的。故选C。 17.考查名词词义辨析。句意:我该哭还是该笑?他们是中国人。我也是中国人。我应该感到自在、自如才对。A. service服务;B. home家;C. risk冒险;D. root根。由本段中They’re Chinese. I’m Chinese可知,同为中国人,我应该感到自在、自如才对。这与后面的Instead , I was the joke……形成对比。feel right at home意为“感觉自在”,故选B。 18.考查名词词义辨析。句意:有时候,我嘲笑自己吃鱼的经历。A. trade贸易;B. confidence自信;C. challenge挑战;D. experience经历。由本句中I laugh at可知,作者时常以自己买鱼的那件买鱼的经历自嘲。故选D。 19.考查代词词义辨析。句意:但最终,笑话是在我身上。A. it它;B. us我们;C. me我;D. them他们。这里作者以买鱼这件小事自嘲,当然自嘲的对象是作者本人。故选C。 20.考查动词词义辨析。句意:每一个笑声都是一种文化的丧失。A. treasured珍爱;B. lost丢失;C. valued评价;D. reflected反映。根据下文的every laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away及句子结构可知,该空应与fading away意思相近,此处作者想要表达的是作者嘲笑自己不熟悉母国的文化,是一种文化的丧失,故选B。
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