Question

【題目】I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I'm left ____.Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other ____？

I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s，____ children from different races and religions played and studied ____ in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone's _ from Ismail's. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just ____ our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well ____ or otherwise.

We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we'd ____ the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to ___ the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his __ _.

When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail's family later returned to their village, and I ____ touch with him.

One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I ____ my destination. The driver acknowledged my ____ but did not move off. Instead, he looked ____ at me.“Raddar？”he said, using my childhood nickname(綽號(hào))．I was astonished at being so ____ addressed(稱呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two ____ we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something ____ to describe.

If we can allow our children to be ____ without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people, regardless/span> of race or religion, who will be ____ their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and ____ we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote，“we happy few, we band of brothers”．

【1】A. interested B．pleased C．puzzled D．excited

【2】A. parties B．cities C．villages D．races

【3】A. why B．which C．how D．when

【4】A. together B．around C．alone D．apart

【5】A. drop B．throw C．move D．roll

【6】A. refused B．made C．sought D．accepted

【7】A. paid B．meant C．preserved D．treated

【8】A. explore B．search C．discover D．desert

【9】A. get through B．deal with C．come across D．take away

【10】A. arrival B．choice C．effort D．company

【11】A. lost B．gained C．developed D．missed

【12】A. stated B．ordered C．decided D．chose

【13】A. attempts B．instructions C．opinions D．arrangements

【14】A. anxiously B．carelessly C．disappointedly D．fixedly

【15】A. familiarly B．strangely C．fully D．coldly

【16】A. departures B．months C．years D．decades

【17】A. possible B．funny C．hard D．clear

【18】A. them B．themselves C．us D．ourselves

【19】A. from B．by C．with D．against

【20】A. still B．otherwise C．then D．instead

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】 D

【4】 A

【5】 B

【6】 D

【7】 B

【8】 A

【9】 C

【10】 D

【11】 A

【12】 A

【13】 B

【14】 D

【15】 A

【16】 D

【17】 C

【18】 B

【19】 B

【20】 C

【解析】 “我”從小與鄰里一些不同種族和宗教信仰的孩子快樂(lè)地生活在一起，20年后“我”邂逅了兒時(shí)的朋友，那種親切難以言表。如果我們讓自己的孩子毫無(wú)偏見(jiàn)地和其他孩子建立友誼，那我們會(huì)成為快樂(lè)的兄弟幫。

【1】 “我”對(duì)周?chē)�發(fā)生的誤解或沖突感到疑惑。

【2】 根據(jù)上下文，出現(xiàn)的不信任和問(wèn)題主要是來(lái)自不同種族的偏見(jiàn)造成。

【3】 when在此引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，指代前文的in the early 1960s。

【4】 根據(jù)上下文，“我”與來(lái)自不同種族和宗教信仰的孩子們和諧地在一起玩耍和學(xué)習(xí)，故選A。

【5】“a stone’s throw”意為一顆石頭擲出去的距離，即很近。

【6】 根據(jù)上下文，“我們”都接受彼此的不同(包括種族和宗教方面)。

【7】 解析：“我們的長(zhǎng)輩沒(méi)有向我們灌輸沒(méi)必要的建議，無(wú)論是善意的還是惡意的”。well meant意為“善意的”。

【8】 解析：“我們”一起騎著自行車(chē)到鄉(xiāng)間探險(xiǎn)，希望能有一些意外收獲。explore：探索、探險(xiǎn)。

【9】 come across：偶然遇見(jiàn)或發(fā)現(xiàn)。

【10】 有時(shí)，當(dāng)Ismail想和“我們”一起去城里做“我們”難得一次的購(gòu)物時(shí)，“我們”也會(huì)很高興地讓他同去。

【11】 根據(jù)下文，“我”20年后才再次遇見(jiàn)Ismail，所以是兒時(shí)失去了聯(lián)系。

【12】 “我”向司機(jī)說(shuō)明了“我”的目的地。state：敘述、說(shuō)明。

【13】 司機(jī)確認(rèn)了“我”的目的地，但并沒(méi)有出發(fā)。instructions意為“指示”，在此指“我”所告訴司機(jī)的目的地。

【14】他定定地看著我。anxiously：焦急地、擔(dān)憂地；carelessly：粗心地；disappointedly：失望，三個(gè)均不合題意。

【15】根據(jù)上文，司機(jī)叫的是“我”兒時(shí)的綽號(hào)，所以“我”對(duì)如此熟悉的稱呼感到震驚。

【16】由上下文可知，“我”與Ismail再次相遇是經(jīng)過(guò)較長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間，因此D項(xiàng)符合題意。

【17】“我”感覺(jué)到了一種真正的感情，一種難以表達(dá)的感情。

【18】如果我們能讓我們的孩子真誠(chéng)，沒(méi)有偏見(jiàn)，他們就能與人建立友誼，而不管他們是什么種族或宗教。be oneself：顯得真誠(chéng)、自然。

【19】這些朋友將在他們身邊與他們同甘共苦。by their side：在他們身邊。

【20】社會(huì)建立在這樣的友誼上，那么我們就真的能像莎士比亞所說(shuō)的“我們快樂(lè)，我們是兄弟幫”。