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 bee 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 8th 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 plaining about everything, I realized that plaining 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.
【小题1】A．findB．joinC．seeD．help【小题2】A．good-lookingB．well-dressedC．better-payingD．highly-thought【小题3】A．onceB．otherC．eachD．only【小题4】A．caseB．conditionC．situationD．state【小题5】A．packingB．tryingC．managingD．arranging【小题6】A．reachedB．enteredC．gotD．arrived【小题7】A．strangeB．unusualC．standardD．foreign【小题8】A．hopedB．wishedC．expectedD．demanded【小题9】A．staringB．lookingC．checkingD．watching【小题10】A．textsB．newspapersC．EnglishD．poems【小题11】A．AlthoughB．Even ifC．ButD．Since【小题12】A．ItB．TheyC．ID．Things【小题13】A．liveB．studyC．surviveD．continue【小题14】A．adaptB．adoptC．adoreD．admire【小题15】A．forB．inC．afterD．at【小题16】A．madeB．noticedC．concernedD．remember【小题17】A．modernB．advancedC．difficultD．convenient【小题18】A．evenB．everC．someD．any【小题19】A．if B．thoughC．everD．because【小题20】A．couldB．shouldC．wouldD．mightB
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(答案→)B
解析：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。
【小题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
【小题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
【小题3】考查副词，句意;他每几年才来看我们一次（once）。选A
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题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
【小题7】考查句意理解：从后面的I couldn’t understand. 可知是外语foreign，选D
【小题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
【小题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。
【小题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
【小题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
【小题12】考查代词：it指代上文说的事。选A
【小题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。
【小题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。
【小题15】考查介词：after school放学后。选C
【小题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。
【小题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
【小题18】考查词义：withoutany frustration 没有任何挫败感。选D
【小题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
【小题20】考查情态动词：我能听懂人们的话。选A