One night this summer, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air conditioned and I couldn’t face my
36 apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to
37 the opening between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the
38 every time she leaned over to talk to him,
39 he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such
40 in a public place？I thought the movie would help improve my English, but as it
41 ,it was an Italian movie.
42 about an hour I decided to give up the movie and
43 my popcorn. I’ve never understood why they gave me so much popcorn！It tasted pretty good ,
44. With time going by, I understood
45 of the romantic sounding Italians. I just heard the
46 of the popcorn chewed between my teeth. My thought started to
47.I remembered when I was in South Korea, I
48 to watch a host on TV frequently. He seemed like a good friend to me, until I saw him
49 on TV in New York speaking
50 English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t
51 have a Korean accent！I felt like I had been betrayed (背叛)．
When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English.
52 we had picked up a few words, my mother suggested that we all should practise English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became terribly
53 and we all seemed to avoid each other. When we couldn’t avoid seeing each other, our expressions were stiff (僵硬的)．Sitting at the dinner table we preferred silence to
54 a difficult language. Mother
55 to say something in English but it came out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it！We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.
| 小题1: | | A．warm | B．hot | C．heated | D．uncomfortable |
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| 小题2: | | A．wander through | B．walk through | C．run through | D．look through |
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| 小题3: | | A．room | B．seat | C．space | D．angle |
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| 小题4: | | A．however | B．but | C．or | D．and |
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| 小题5: | | A．excitement | B．feeling | C．privacy | D．love |
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| 小题6: | | A．came about | B．came up | C．turned up | D．turned out |
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| 小题7: | | A．Within | B．After | C．For | D．Before |
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| 小题8: | | A．concentrate on | B．stare at | C．work on | D．stick with |
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| 小题9: | | A．too | B．either | C．anyhow | D．somehow |
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| 小题10: | | A．much | B．something | C．nothing | D．anything |
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| 小题11: | | A．nutrient | B．sound | C．explosion | D．smell |
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| 小题12: | | A．stop | B．wander | C．imagine | D．fascinate |
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| 小题13: | | A．started | B．began | C．devoted | D．used |
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| 小题14: | | A．again | B．immediately | C．closely | D．clearly |
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| 小题15: | | A．fake | B．informal | C．perfect | D．practical |
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| 小题16: | | A．even | B．always | C．occasionally | D．frequently |
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| 小题17: | | A．Unless | B．If | C．Before | D．Since |
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| 小题18: | | A．noisy | B．quiet | C．exciting | D．still |
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| 小题19: | | A．improving | B．reading | C．writing | D．speaking |
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| 小题20: | | A．managed | B．happened | C．tried | D．had |
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