完形填空。
Born in America, I spoke English, not Chinese, the language of my ancestors. When I was three, my parents
flashed cards with Chinese
1 at my face, but I pushed them
2 . My mom believed I would learn
3 I was
ready. But the
4 never came.
On a Chinese New Year's Eve, my uncle spoke to me in Chinese, but all I could do was
5 at him, confused,
scratching my head. "Still can't speak Chinese?" He
6 me, "You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown."
"Hey, this is America, not China. I'll get some
7 with or without Chinese." I replied and turned to my mom
for
8 .
"Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu," she said, handing over a $20 bill. I
9 the words, running
downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish
10 surrounded in a sea of customers. "I'd like to buy some fresh fish," I should to the
fishman. But he
11 my English words and turned to serve the next customer. The laugh of the people behind
increased
12 their impatience. With every
13 , the breath of the dragons (龙) on my back grew stronger-my
blood boiling-
14 me to cry out. "Xian Sheng Yu, please." "Very Xian Sheng," I repeated. The crowd erupted
into laughter. My face turned
15 and I ran back home
16 , except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry? They're Chinese. I should feel right at
17 . Instead, I was the joke, a disgrace (丢脸)
to the language.
Sometimes, I laugh at my fish
18 , but, in the end, the joke is on
19 . Every laugh is a culture
20 ; every
laugh is my heritage (传统) fading away.
( )1. A. custom ( )2. A. ahead ( )3. A. when ( )4. A. success ( )5. A. aim ( )6. A. cared about ( )7. A. right now ( )8. A. decision ( )9. A. repeated ( )10. A. farm ( )11. A. guessed ( )12. A. by ( )13. A. second ( )14. A. forcing ( )15. A. bright ( )16. A. open-mouthed ( )17. A. service ( )18. A. trade ( )19. A. it ( )20. A. thrown |
B. games B. around B. before B. study B. joke B. laughed at B. from now B. Permission B. reviewed B. stand B. forget B. as B. effort B. allowing B. blank B. tongue-tied B. home B. deed B. us B. lost |
C .characters C. along C. unless C. time C. nod C. argued with C. at times C. information C. spelled C. pond C. doubted C. with C. desire C. persuading C. pale C. empty-handed C. risk C. challenge C. me C. divided |
D. language D. aside D. until D. attempt D. stare D. asked after D. in time D. preparation D. kept D. market D. ignored D. from D. movement D. leading D. red D. broken-hearted D. root D. incident D. them D. reflected |