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36. A. custom               B. games               C. characters                D. language

37. A. ahead                  B. around                     C. along                       D. aside

38. A. when                  B. before               C. unless                      D. until

39. A. success                     B. study                C. time                                D. attempt

40. A. aim                            B. joke                         C. nod                                 D. stare

41. A. cared about                                            B. laughed at

C. argued with                                                        D. asked after

42. A. right now                                               B. from now

C. at times                                                              D. in time

43. A. decision                                                        B. permission

C. information                                                  D. preparation

44. A. repeated              B. reviewed           C. spelled                     D. kept

45. A. farm                   B. stand                 C. pond                 D. market

46. A. guessed                     B. forgot               C. doubted                    D. ignored

47. A. by                      B. as                            C. with                         D. from

48. A. second                B. effort                C. desire                D. movement

49. A. forcing               B. allowing            C. persuading         D. leading

50. A. bright                 B. blank                 C. pale                         D. red

51. A. open-mouthed                                        B. tongue-tied

C. empty-handed                                              D. broken-hearted

52. A. service                B. home                C. risk                          D. root

53. A. trade                   B. deed                  C. challenge           D. incident

54. A. it                        B. us                            C. me                           D. them

55. A. thrown               B. lost                          C. divided                     D. reflected

36.解析：選C�？疾槊~辨析。作者的父母把帶有中國漢字的卡片給作者看。character n. “符號，字符，字”。Chinese characters“中國漢字”。

37.解析：選D�？疾楦痹~辨析。作者把父母給他看的漢字卡片推到一邊。aside adv. “一邊，旁邊”; push. . . aside“把……推到一邊”。

38.解析：選A�？疾檫B詞。作者的媽媽認(rèn)為當(dāng)他準(zhǔn)備好的時候，他就會學(xué)習(xí)漢語了。when當(dāng)……的時候。

39.解析：選C�？疾槊~辨析。但那個時候一直沒有來臨。指作者準(zhǔn)備好學(xué)習(xí)漢語的時候。所以才有了下面的笑話。

40.解析：選D。考查動詞辨析。因?yàn)樽髡呗牪欢迨宓脑�，所以只能一臉茫然地盯著他叔叔看。stare “凝視，目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地看，盯著看，睜大眼睛看”。符合語境。

41.解析：選B�？疾閯釉~短語辨析。因?yàn)樽髡卟欢疂h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。laugh at“嘲笑”。

42.解析：選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。right now“立刻，馬上”。

43.解析：選B�？疾槊~辨析。作者轉(zhuǎn)過身去，希望能得到媽媽的許可。permission“允許，許可”。其他幾項(xiàng)，意思均不符合。

44.解析：選A�？疾閯釉~辨析。作者怕忘記媽媽教給他的話，在臨走前又重復(fù)了幾遍。repeat“重復(fù)，再述，重說”。

45.解析：選B。考查名詞辨析。stand n. “(貨)攤，售貨臺；售貨處”。fish stand“賣魚的攤位”。pond“池塘”；farm“農(nóng)場”；market“市場”。

46.解析：選D�？疾閯釉~辨析。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。ignore“不理，忽略”。

47.解析：選C�？疾榻樵~。with作為介詞，在此處表示“因?yàn)椤�。因�(yàn)闆]有耐心，后面那些人的笑聲更大了。

48.解析：選A�？疾槊~辨析。with every second每一秒鐘。我背上的龍的呼吸都會變強(qiáng)，這是一種夸張的說法，說明作者已經(jīng)出奇地憤怒，忍無可忍了。

49.解析：選A。考查動詞辨析。force“強(qiáng)制，強(qiáng)迫，迫使(某人或自己)做某事”，強(qiáng)調(diào)作者的憤怒。

50.解析：選D�？疾樾稳菰~辨析。因?yàn)樽髡咴獾搅顺靶�，所以羞愧地臉變紅了。

51.解析：選C。考查形容詞辨析。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。

52.解析：選B�？疾槊~辨析。因?yàn)槎际侵袊�，所以本來�?yīng)該很自然。

53.解析：選D�？疾槊~辨析。有時候甚至作者自己都嘲笑一下自己買魚的這個小插曲。incident n. “小插曲，生活中的小事”；deed“作為，事跡”。

54.解析：選C�？疾榇~。但是，最終這個笑話發(fā)生在了我身上。

55.解析：選B�？疾閯釉~辨析。每一個笑聲都是文化的丟失，每一個笑聲都是傳統(tǒng)的消退。lose和后面的fade away是一種詞義的相近關(guān)系。

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