Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

I began to grow up that winter night. My mother said we might soon ________ America. We were on the bus then and I was crying. I remember I could not bear the ________ of never hearing again the radio program for school ________ to which I listened every morning.

I don’t remember myself crying ________ this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying ________ to my friends and relatives. I just thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and ________ places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was ________ in my head then.

The four years that followed ________ me the importance of optimism, but the ________ did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really ________ —having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. Mother remarried, and things became even more ________ for me. Some time ________ before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, seeing no end to “the ________ times.”

My ________ in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, ________ out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and ________ there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important ________: almost all common troubles eventually ________ away! Something good is certain to happen ________ when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, ________ it will not be that easy.

1.A. leave forB. send forC. account forD. hope for

2.A. sightB. thoughtC. imageD. story

3.A. mastersB. teachersC. childrenD. workers

4.A. forB. withC. aboutD. by

5.A. helloB. noC. wordsD. goodbye

6.A. magicalB. noisyC. boringD. deserted

7.A. alwaysB. hardlyC. almostD. ever

8.A. toldB. gaveC. showedD. taught

9.A. ideaB. commentC. experienceD. argument

10.A. excitedB. curiousC. lostD. serious

11.A. interestingB. importantC. necessaryD. complex

12.A. lastedB. endedC. passedD. witnessed

13.A. confusedB. hardC. wonderfulD. funny

14.A. responsibilitiesB. chances

C. positionsD. instructions

15.A. madeB. tookC. handedD. filled

16.A. stoodB. criedC. translatedD. examined

17.A. mottoB. ruleC. sloganD. saying

18.A. goB. blowC. runD. give

19.A. in the cornerB. in advance

C. in despairD. in the end

20.A. as ifB. becauseC. even thoughD. unless

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