The buildings there were tall,shiny and in strange shapes. The stores were filled with clothes and other 1        things I could not imagine buying or wearing. On my way home,I drove through 2        areas of Los Angeles. People sat in the street asking for money. The buildings were dirty and their windows had no 3        The area filled me with 4       . Which side of America would I end up in,the rich or the poor? I came to this country with nothing,but I believed I had a 5       here. In America,anyone could become rich,right?

  I was very 6       . I had left all my family behind in Nigeria. When I got 7        of staying inside the house,I took walks up some 8        near my house. I wanted to feel the sun,9 the warm earth and see the blue sky that was the same as the one at home. There were no huge trees with 10        spreading branches and heavy green leaves to protect me from the sun. The 11       was not darkbrown and rich,it was lightbrown and dry like sand. There were small stones everywhere and small brown bushes 12        the hillsides. Again,I had to face the fact that this was not 13        which was all I had known. Only the strong,steady shine of the sun was the same. That at least made me 14       . The sun was my first friend.

  I decided to join a walking group that I had read in a local newspaper. I had been 15        enough to leave my home thousands of miles away. Surely I could meet new people and 16        myself to talk to them. One late Saturday,we gathered at the bottom of the Outdina Hills east of Los Angeles. It was slowly growing dark. Everyone was wearing blue jeans and T-shirts 17       me. It was as if someone had told them what to 18       . Instead,I wore a dress and walked alone behind family groups. The children spoke in high 19        voices. I kept waiting for them to speak normally,that is without in American accent. To me,normal 20      Nigerian. Would my voice become American like theirs?

(   ) 1. A. costly   B. beautiful   C. shining   D. strange

(   ) 2. A. living   B. another   C. poor   D. downtown

(   ) 3. A. handle   B. frame   C. lock   D. glass

(   ) 4. A. fear   B. sorrow   C. anger   D. sadness

(   ) 5. A. life   B. chance   C. future   D. friend

(   ) 6. A. excited   B. lonely   C. hopeful   D. depressed

(   ) 7. A. uneasy   B. doubted   C. used   D. tired

(   ) 8. A. hills   B. mountains   C. parks   D. streets

(   ) 9. A. praise   B. love   C. touch   D. understand

(   ) 10. A. light   B. thick   C. complex   D. mixed

(   ) 11. A. soil   B. earth   C. ground   D. field

(   ) 12. A. covered   B. sheltered   C. defended   D. guarded

(   ) 13. A. the hill   B. neighborhood   C. block   D. home

(   ) 14. A. safe   B. refreshed   C. homesick   D. happy

(   ) 15. A. brave   B. annoyed   C. upset   D. eager

(   ) 16. A. prevented   B. allowed   C. forced   D. persuaded

(   ) 17. A. including   B. besides   C. except   D. like

(   ) 18. A. take   B. wear   C. bring   D. do

(   ) 19. A. noisy   B. beautiful   C. American   D. childish

(   ) 20. A. conducted   B. adjusted   C. showed   D. meant

1. A由下句I could not imagine buying or wearing得知是昂貴的東西。

2. C由接下來的四句得知。

3. D房屋破舊，窗戶連玻璃都沒有。

4. A我滿懷希望來到美國——這個(gè)我認(rèn)為富裕的國家，但在窮人區(qū)所看到的一切使我感到心寒。

5. B我認(rèn)為在美國人人都能致富，所以我也有機(jī)會。

6. B我離開所有的家人只身來到美國，所以經(jīng)常感到孤獨(dú)。

7. D be tired of是厭倦之意。

8. A由本段倒數(shù)第4行得知。

9. C感受這片溫暖的土地。

10. B這里指枝繁葉茂。

11. A只有soil指土壤，其他幾項(xiàng)意思不符合。

12. A滿眼都是小石頭和棕色的灌木"覆蓋著山坡"。

13. D這里不是我的家——我所知道的一切。

14. D由上一句Only the strong,steady shine of the sun was the same得知，我找到了一點(diǎn)和家相同的地方，所以感到高興。

15. A離開家庭，只身來到千里之外的美國是需要勇氣的。

16. C這里表達(dá)我強(qiáng)迫自己克服心理障礙去和別人交流。

17. C大家都穿的牛仔，而我沒穿，所以是除我以外。

18. B 由上一句得知。

19. C這里是指美國口音，由下一句得知。

20. D我從Nigeria來，所以我聽不懂美式英語，對我而言正常能聽懂的就是Nigerian。

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(   ) 14. A. as for   B. as if   C. as with   D. as to

(   ) 15. A. another   B. less   C. more   D. fewer

(   ) 16. A. forward   B. backward   C. toward   D. upward

(   ) 17. A. went   B. ran   C. walked   D. crossed

(   ) 18. A. book   B. apartment   C. house   D. award

(   ) 19. A. go   B. fall   C. become   D. get

(   ) 20. A. even   B. still   D. very   D. quiet

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2. The car factory has produced a new car of high quality;its only        is that it uses a lot of petrol.

   A. advantage   B. drawback   C. mistake   D. profit

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