完形填空实战演练（四）(51963)-高三英语阅读(360)-21英语网

7

American parents usually think that their child should not have more pocket money than the children with whom he regularly connects even if they are wealthier. But 1 are children expected to compare with the richer 2 a large family, heavy responsibilities, or other conditions make it 3 to give a child less spending money than is customary （惯例的）in the neighborhood.

4 the pocket money is, its entire use is not controlled by the 5 , because a child learns to use money correctly only through 6 it himself. If a seven-year-old child gets a quarter as a week pocket money and is made to put it all in his piggy bank to 7 it up, he gets no idea what the 8 use for the money is. He gets the shinny coins and they soon 9 .

The idea of a bank account is too early for so 10 a child, although he can be made to understand and 11 saving his coins — not all of them, only a part of what he receives — to buy something he especially wants. 12 he is eight, he is old enough to take part in the 13 of his own saving account, parents may take him to the bank, open a saving account for him, and 14 him to put a certain quantity of any checks that he receives as 15 into the bank and watch his bank savings 16 as entry by entry is made.

He will be saving, earning, and spending 17 quantities all along in order to learn how to 18 money and to keep him in a favorable position with his friends. The boy who can’t join his fellows in sweet shops 19 he has to save every cent he gets or earns for some big unknown project his parents have been chosen for him, is a 20 child.

1. A. none B. neither C. little D. few

2. A. if B. unless C. while D. because

3. A. important B. urgent

C. necessary D. meaningful

4. A. Whenever B. Wherever

C. However D. Whatever

5. A. parents B. pupils C. children D. teachers

6. A. getting along with B. working with

C. dealing with D. playing with

7. A. keep B. save C. protect D. store

8. A. main B. slow C. full D. real

9. A. disappear B. appear C. miss D. lose

10. A. old B. tall C. small D. large

11. A. choose B. enjoy C. avoid D. hate

12. A. Gradually B. By the way

C. Lately D. By the time

13. A. opening B. starting

C. exposing D. showing

14. A. support B. promote

C. encourage D. force

15. A. prizes B. salary

C. income D. gifts

16. A. develop B. grow

C. progress D. decrease

17. A. suitable B. timely C. satisfactory D. equal

18. A. calculate B. save C. spend D. manage

19. A. so B. because C. therefore D. however

20. A. miserable B. regretful C. clever D. poor

8

Most people who travel from China to the US find that, despite having studied English for years, they have to “re-learn” it 1 arriving.

Words that we learned in English classes are not 2 the same way here. To truly be part of the “melting pot” , 3 in English is not enough. You need an accent to stand out.

When I first came to the US for graduate school, I was a 4 foreigner. I felt so out of place that I wanted to hide everything about me that was “ 5 ” . To talk like an American became one of my goals.

During my first term as a teaching assistant (TA), my students 6 they could not understand me. I learned later from a study that this complaints was 7 among US students with an international TA. It is called the “Oh, no!” syndrome (综合症): “Oh，no! Not another international TA, and not that 8 again!’’

So I imitated (模仿) the way 9 speakers talk and, over time, I made 10 good progress that American friends started to 11 my English as having “almost no accent’’. I took this as a sign of my success. Ever since, people have often 12 me for someone from many 13 : the Midwest, the West Coast, China, Japan, South Korea. Most frequently, people think I am from California.

But then suddenly, conformity (一致) was 14 a praise：If I talk like an American, am I still Chinese? If I lose my Chinese accent, do I also lose my cultural identity? Am I denying my past by being 15 into a new culture?

Now I 16 that a person’s accent is a permanent record of their past cultural experience and it is a(n) 17 of one’s exposure to diverse cultures.

As a fourth-year student in the US，I am no longer a nervous foreigner．My nervousness has been 18 by a desire to hold on to my cultural 19 . Now I consciously add some Chinese “accent’’ when I speak. I do not wish to speak“ 20 ’’ English because I am proud of who I am.

1. A. before B. if C. from D. upon

2. A. put B. pronounced C. used D. understood

3. A. fluency B. sense C. quality D. interest

4. A. nervous B. stupid C. strange D. curious

5. A. valuable B. different C. dangerous D. foolish

6. A. complained B. whispered C. told D. informed

7. A. interesting B. rare C. common D. special

8. A. accent B. trouble C. Chinese D. English

9. A. other B. native C. popular D. famous

10. A. so B. such C. much D. many

11. A. praise B. encourage C. criticize D. teach

12. A. regarded B. mistaken C. treated D. thought

13. A. countries B. cities C. states D. places

14. A. more than B. no longer

C. nothing but D. not as important as

15. A. melted B. joined C. absorbed D. connected

16. A. doubt B. regret C. notice D. realize

17. A. mark B. way C. fact D. matter

18. A. changed B. dropped C. replaced D. taken

19. A. origins B. beliefs

C. knowledge D. understanding

20. A. poor B. Chinese C. perfect D. British