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, scratching 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 fishman .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 (龍) on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling— me to cry out . “Xian Sheng Yu, please” “Very Xian Sheng,” I repeated .The crowd erupted into laughter. My face turned and I ran back home , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry. They‘re Chinese. I should feel right at . Instead , I was the joke , a disgrace (丟臉)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 (傳統) fading away(逐漸消失).
1.A. custom B. games C .characters. D. tradition
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. forget C. doubted D. ignored
12.A. by B. as C. with D. from
13.A. second B. effort C. desire D. movement
14.A. forcing B .allowing C. persuading 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. deed C. challenge D. incident
19.A. it B. us C. me D.them
20.A. thrown B. lost C. divided 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】
試題分析：本篇文章為記敘文�！拔摇遍L在美國，已熟悉英語，但身為中國人，因為沒有學習漢語而導致了去中國城買魚的尷尬，這讓我明白了一個道理：“笑話”反映的是一種文化的缺失，我們不應該讓文化丟失。
1.1】C考查名詞辨析。A. custom 風俗、習慣； B. games游戲、比賽；C .characters. n. “符號，字符，字”，Chinese characters“中國漢字”；D. tradition傳統。作者的父母把帶有中國漢字的卡片給作者看。故選C。
2.2】D考查副詞辨析。作者把父母給他看的漢字卡片推到一邊。A. ahead 前面；B. around在四周、在周圍；C. along沿著---；D.aside adv. “一邊，旁邊”; push. . . aside“把……推到一邊”。故選D。
3.3】A考查連詞。作者的媽媽認為當他準備好的時候，他就會學習漢語了。A. when 當……的時候；B. before在---以前；C. unless除非；D. until直到---為止。因此選A。
4.4】C考查名詞辨析。A. success 成功；B. study學習；C. time時間；D. attempt企圖。句意：但那個時候一直沒有來臨。指作者準備好學習漢語的時候。所以才有了下面的笑話�？芍xC。
5.5】D考查動詞辨析。因為作者聽不懂他叔叔的話，所以只能一臉茫然地盯著他叔叔看。A. aim目標、瞄準；B. joke笑話；C. nod點頭；D. stare “凝視，目不轉睛地看，盯著看，睜大眼睛看”。符合語境。
6.6】B考查動詞短語辨析。因為作者不懂漢語，所以作者的叔叔笑話作者說甚至去唐人街買魚都不會成功。A. cared about關心、在乎； B. laughed at嘲笑；C. argued with與---爭論；D. asked after詢問、問候。故選B。
7.7】A考查短語辨析。作者對于叔叔的嘲笑很不服氣，所以他決定馬上去買條魚試試。A. right now立刻，馬上；B. from now從現在---；C. at times有時候；D. in time 及時�？芍xA。
8.8】B考查名詞辨析。作者轉過身去，希望能得到媽媽的許可。A. decision決定；B. permission允許，許可；C. information信息；D. preparation準備。permission“允許，許可”。其他幾項，意思均不符合。故選B。
9.9】A考查動詞辨析。作者怕忘記媽媽教給他的話，在臨走前又重復了幾遍。A. repeated重復，再述，重說；B. reviewed復習；C. spelled拼寫；D. kept保持。故選A。
10.10】B考查名詞辨析。A. farm農場；B. stand (貨)攤，售貨臺；C. pond池塘；D. market市場。
fish stand“賣魚的攤位”。 I found the fish surrounded in a sea of customers.我發現魚攤被一群顧客圍著。故選B。
11.11】D考查動詞辨析。A. guessed猜測；B. forget忘記；C. doubted懷疑；D. ignored不理，忽略。通過下句的有效信息turned to serve the next customer可知，賣魚的人并沒有理會作者說的話。故選D。
12.12】C考查介詞。A. by靠、通過；B. as作為；C. with 和---一起、具有、用---；D. from從---。with作為介詞，在此處表示“因為”。因為沒有耐心，后面那些人的笑聲更大了。故選C。
13.13】A考查名詞辨析。A. second秒；B. effort努力；C. desire渴望；D. movement移動、轉動。with every second每一秒鐘。我背上的龍的呼吸都會變強，這是一種夸張的說法，說明作者已經出奇地憤怒，忍無可忍了�？芍xA。
14.14】A考查動詞辨析。A. forcing強迫；B .allowing允許；C. persuading勸說；D. leading領導、引導。force“強制，強迫，迫使(某人或自己)做某事”，強調作者的憤怒�？芍xA。
15.15】D考查形容詞辨析。A. bright明亮的；B. blank空白的；C. pale蒼白的；D. red紅的。因為作者遭到了嘲笑，所以羞愧地臉變紅了。因此選D。
16.16】C考查形容詞辨析。A. open-mouthed目瞪口呆的；B. tongue-tied很難開口的；C. empty-handed兩手空空的；D. broken-hearted支離破碎的。通過下面的信息except for the $ 20 bill I held tightly in my pocket可知，作者兩手空空地回了家。故選C。
17.17】B考查名詞辨析。A. service服務；B. home家；C. risk 冒險；D. root根。因為都是中國人，所以本來應該很自然。故選B。
18.18】D考查名詞辨析。A.trade交易；B. deed作為，事跡；C. challenge挑戰；D. incident小插曲，生活中的小事。有時候甚至作者自己都嘲笑一下自己買魚的這個小插曲。故選D。
19.19】C考查代詞。但是，最終這個笑話發生在了我身上。故選C。
20.20】B考查動詞辨析。A. thrown扔、投；B. lost失去；C. divided分開；D. reflected反應。
每一個笑聲都是文化的丟失，每一個笑聲都是傳統的消退。lose和后面的fade away是一種詞義的相近關系。故選B。
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