【題目】 Since my early childhood, my parents have always told me to enjoy every part of my life, no matter how ordinary it may seem. Before the summer of 2005, I never thought there was anything _______ about living in Sugar Land, Texas. All I wanted was to _______ Texas.

For most people, spending three weeks in the Tuscan countryside is a(n) _______ vacation. It also _______ my family. During my first week abroad, I admitted I _______ the foreign atmosphere. A new language and culture _______ me. For those seven days, I was totally absorbed in becoming something I could never be—a(n) _______. It was almost as if I wished to _______ my own identity for something new that was not _______ to me at all.

At some point along the drive between Florence and Genoa, it ________ me: I didn’t want to throw away who I was for any ________ wonders. Italy was an attractive and impressive country, ________ I had no emotional connection with it. I ________ Sugar Land. From that moment on, all I ________ was to return home.

I think it’s ________ that I could never fall in love with my home until I left it. Now I ________ the everyday parts of my life in Sugar Land are really the most prized treasures in my heart. Now ________, I find all my time spent living in Sugar Land made me ________. Therefore, now I can ________ say that being a Texan is who I am, and there’s no way I can ________ that.

【1】A.specialB.certainC.disappointingD.ordinary

【2】A.improveB.leaveC.controlD.ignore

【3】A.adventureB.publicC.annualD.dream

【4】A.expectedB.shockedC.attractedD.welcomed

【5】A.sensedB.createdC.neededD.liked

【6】A.upsetB.amusedC.impressedD.discouraged

【7】A.travelerB.farmerC.AmericanD.Italian

【8】A.abandonB.wasteC.hideD.damage

【9】A.rudeB.relatedC.usefulD.close

【10】A.hitB.warnedC.disturbedD.embarrassed

【11】A.oldB.foreignC.realD.potential

【12】A.soB.andC.butD.or

【13】A.rely onB.show offC.stand forD.belong to

【14】A.desiredB.rememberedC.admiredD.hated

【15】A.inspiringB.terrifyingC.interestingD.rewarding

【16】A.preferB.guaranteeC.imagineD.understand

【17】A.looking backB.checking upC.growing upD.fighting back

【18】A.existB.smileC.insistD.succeed

【19】A.safelyB.smoothlyC.confidentlyD.warmly

【20】A.spotB.changeC.useD.lack

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】A

【11】B

【12】C

【13】D

【14】A

【15】C

【16】D

【17】A

【18】B

【19】C

【20】B

【解析】

故鄉(xiāng)在離開之前一直是我想要逃離的地方，直到有一天真的在異國他鄉(xiāng)了，作者才深深地感到對故鄉(xiāng)的點滴記憶都是他心里的珍寶，他是屬于故鄉(xiāng)的，這從來不會改變。

【1】A。在2005年夏天之前，作者從來沒有想過住在Sugar Land, Texas有什么特別之處。special特殊的，特別的。

【2】B。根據(jù)下文作者到意大利去度假，所以作者想離開(leave)德克薩斯。

【3】D。對大部分人來說，在Tuscan鄉(xiāng)下度過三周的時間是一個夢想的假期。dream vacation夢想的假期。故選D。

【4】C。這個對許多人都是夢想的假期，也吸引(attract)了我的全家。

【5】D。在度假的第一周，新的語言和文化給我留下深刻的印象(impress)，因此，我得承認我喜歡(like)異鄉(xiāng)的氣氛。故選D。

【6】C。impress v. “給……留下深刻印象”。作者喜歡異鄉(xiāng)的氣氛，新的語言和文化讓作者印象深刻。故選C。

【7】D。整整一周，作者完全沉浸在他不可能做到事情中，那就是——變成意大利人。根據(jù)后一句中的identity推知，作者想變成意大利人。故選D。

【8】A。此時的作者就好像希望自己為了跟自己毫不相關(guān)(not related)的事情而放棄(abandon)自己的身份。表明作者深深地被意大利鄉(xiāng)下的氣氛所吸引，而希望自己就是一個意大利人。

【9】B。解析見上題。

【10】A。hit v.“偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)”。在車從Florence開到Genoa的路上，作者突然想到，他其實不想因為異域的奇觀而丟掉自己的身份。

【11】B。作者是在國外度假，他不會因為異域的奇觀而忘記自己是誰。故選B。

【12】C。此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，意大利是一個有吸引力和令人印象深刻的國家，但是作者跟它沒有任何情感連結(jié)。

【13】D。身在他鄉(xiāng)終究是異客，作者還是屬于(belong to)自己的家鄉(xiāng)Sugar Land。

【14】A。當作者意識到自己還是屬于自己的家鄉(xiāng)Sugar Land后，他所有的渴望就是回家。desire渴望。

【15】C。作者感覺自己離開了家鄉(xiāng)才愛上了它是一件有趣(interesting)的事。

【16】D。作者現(xiàn)在真正明白了(understand)，在Sugar Land度過的生命中的每一部分都是最珍貴的珠寶。故選D。

【17】A。現(xiàn)在回想(look back)一下，作者發(fā)現(xiàn)在Sugar Land度過的所有的時光都會讓自己會心一笑(smile)。故選A。

【18】B。解析見上題。make sb. do sth. 讓某人做某事。

【19】C。confidently adv.“自信地”。因此，作者現(xiàn)在可以自信地(confidently)說，他是一個堂堂正正的德克薩斯人，并且這無可更改(change)。

【20】B。解析見上題。

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