【題目】 My first day of school

Fear started taking over. I was walking into my first school in America. I had a long journey from India to join my parents, who had been here for three years, hoping America would help my future.

On the first day, I was already confused because back in India the teachers switch(轉(zhuǎn)換) according to periods while most of the students have the same periods, but here it was totally_______

With anxiety(焦慮) on one hand and fear on the other, I opened the door _______. Since I was a bit late, everyone's eyes were on me as I entered the room. Without paying attention to them, I went straight to the teacher and asked if this was the right class. With a soft voice he answered, "Yes." His voice _______ me a little. Then he asked me to choose a seat. I didn't actually want to _______a seat. In India we had assigned (分配的) seats, so I never needed to worry about that.

I was confused about which buildings to go to, but I _______to get to my classes without asking anyone. I was very confused about when I would have lunch. It was already noon. The bell rang and I entered my next class. Again, I asked the teacher if I was in the right class. Then I chose a seat, sat down and waited for the_______ to begin. The teacher looked at me with a puzzled face, " Why don't you go for lunch?" " But the bell just rang," I said. "That is the lunch bell," she said. Without another word I _______for the cafeteria( 餐廳) . I felt lucky because we didn't have this in India.

Every confusion seemed like a difficulty I had to get through to reach my _______.At the end of the day, at the school gate I found my bus and sat down inside happily. I was thinking, today wasn't so bad. 1 couldn't wait for the next day to come.

1A.typicalB.difficultC.differentD.strange

2A.proudlyB.slowlyC.eagerlyD.easily

3A.surprisedB.interruptedC.comfortedD.reminded

4A.takeB.pickC.ownD.mark

5A.expectedB.promisedC.refusedD.managed

6A.classB.bellC.lunchD.break

7A.hopedB.changedC.headedD.freed

8A.levelB.fieldC.pointD.goal

【答案】

1C

2B

3C

4B

5D

6A

7C

8D

【解析】

他的父母希望他在美國有一個更好的未來,作者從印度轉(zhuǎn)學(xué)到美國。本文介紹了作者去美國學(xué)校的第一天,面對全新的學(xué)校和不同的教學(xué)和生活方式,作者要克服很多困難。雖然第一天很多事都感覺很困惑,但是作者已經(jīng)開始期待第二天啦。

1句意:在第一天,我已經(jīng)感覺很困惑,因為在印度老師會根據(jù)時期不同而改變,因此大多數(shù)學(xué)生都有相同的時期,不是在這完全不一樣。

typical典型的;difficult困難的;different不同的;strange奇怪的。根據(jù)but可知,but連接的句子與前面的句子是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,因此可推斷此空是與same“一樣相對的different“不同的。故選C。

2句意:一方面很焦慮,另一方面恐懼,我慢慢地打開門。

proudly傲慢地;slowly慢慢地;eagerly急切地;easily輕易地。根據(jù)anxietyfear兩種心情,可推斷我是慢慢地打開門。故選B。

3句意:他的聲音安慰了我一些。

surprised使驚奇;interrupted打斷;comforted安慰;reminded提醒。根據(jù)之前提到的作者的心情是焦慮和害怕的,可以推斷With a soft voice老師用一個溫柔的聲音,會讓我的心情好一些,安慰我。故選C

4句意:我實際上不想選座位。

take拿;pick挑選;own擁有;mark標記。根據(jù)Then he asked me to choose a seat.可知老師讓我自己選擇一個座位,因此此空的意思為挑選;選擇。故選B。

5句意:我很困惑去哪個樓,但是我設(shè)法做到不問別人而到達教室。

expected盼望;promised承諾;refused拒絕;managed設(shè)法做到。but連接轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的句子,根據(jù)上一句可知我并不知道去哪個樓上,但是我盡量做到不問別人到教室。結(jié)合句意可知選D。

6句意:然后我選了一個座位坐下,等待開始上課。

class上課;bell鈴聲;lunch午餐;break休息。根據(jù)The bell rang and I entered my next class.可知鈴響了,我去了我下個教室,可以推測我坐在座位上等待上課。故選A。

7句意:我沒說一句話,朝餐廳走去。

hoped希望;changed改變;headed朝向;freed解放。head to表示“朝某地走去”。故選C。

8句意:每一個困惑都像是一個我不得不完成的困難,以達到我的目標。

level水平;field領(lǐng)域;point要點;goal目標。reach…goal表示達到目標,并結(jié)合句意可知選D。

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