Ⅱ. 完形填空(每小题 1 分,满分 15 分)
Finding Home
“I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!” I
to my mother as we moved boxes. But going home was not
because my home was
1,100 miles away. I was born and
in northern Virginia. Virginia was my home, and I never thought that it would
. In
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4, my family experienced a bad thing, so my parents decided to move to my mum’s hometown of New Orleans.
Only three months after my parents made the
to move, I found myself moving boxes into our new house. I said that I hated the new environment. It was
because of the hot weather, and it was mostly because of the fact that I felt like my whole life had been turned upside down. 1,100 miles away from everyone and everything I had ever known, I was
. To make matters worse, I was starting high school in two weeks. Beginning high school is a scary experience on its own.
I spent my first few months in New Orleans,
wanting to go home to Virginia. But after a few months of missing home, I understood that I had to make a(n)
. I could keep thinking about how much I missed my old home,
I could start trying to build a new home right here. I chose the latter.
When I ______ giving a
ll my attention to how much I missed Virginia, I was able to begin accepting (接受) the love that people were ______ me. I joined some clubs at school, which gave me the chance to make friends. My neighbour taught me how to cook some New Orleans food. I realized that I had a wonderful ______ of fellow cooks and neighbours. I had every possible chance to better myself and to ______ my life.
Because of my resilience (适应力) in making a new home for myself and the
that people have shown to me, home is right here.
1. A. shouted
B. replied
C. turned
D. pointed
2. A. sweet
B. brave
C. easy
D. difficult
3. A. trained
B. raised
C. visited
D. fed
4. A. miss
B. part
C. move
D. change
5. A. advice
B. trust
C. car
D. decision
6. A. always
B. partly
C. almost
D. only
7. A. surprised
B. relaxed
C. happy
D. afraid
8. A. quickly
B. badly
C. slightly
D. seldom
9. A. end
B. habit
C. home
D. choice
10. A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so
11. A. stopped
B. began
C. remembered
D. forgot
12. A. helping
B. sending
C. making
D. giving
13. A. area
B. community
C. club
D. school
14. A. rewrite
B. rebuild
C. reuse
D. recycle
15. A. money
B. freedom
C. love
D. interest