After a while I heard 1 more of the romantic sounding Italians. I just heard the 2 of the popcorn crunching ( 咀嚼 ) between my teeth. My thought started to 3 . I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 4 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean—I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 5 I saw him again in New York speaking 6 English instead of perfect Korean. He didn’t even have a Korean accent and I 7 like I had been betrayed.
When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 8 we had begun to learn a few words; my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 9 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to 10 in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it 11 out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since.

1. A. much B. any C. no D. few

2. A. voice B. sound C. rhythm D. tone

3. A. wonder B. wander C. imagine D. depart

4. A. enjoyed B. happened C. turned D. used

5. A. until B. because C. then D. therefore

6. A. artificial B. informal C. perfect D. practical

7. A. felt B. looked C. seemed D. appeared

8. A. While B. If C. Before D. Once

9. A. empty B. quiet C. stiff D. calm

10. A. telling B. uttering C. saying D. speaking

11. A. worked B. got C. came D. made

1.C 從下文只能聽到嚼玉米花的聲音判斷本題答案為no,表示聽不到電影中的浪漫聲音。

2.B 參照上題,嚼玉米花的聲音應該用sound表達。

3.B 從下文中自己所想可以判斷這里表示自己的思緒開始游蕩,能表達此含義的是wander。wonder表示“詫異,納悶”,depart表示“離開”,imagine表示想象,都與上下文不符。

4.D 敘述自己過去的事情,又表示經常性行為,應該用used to。

5.A 從下文的betray可以判斷,在作者發現Kojak說得一口流利的英文之前一直把對方當作朋友,四個選項中能表示“到某時為止就不……”的是until。

6.B 參照上文,這里表示作者所喜歡的Kojak到美國之后不再說韓語,而學說英語。與perfect語言相對的應該是不正規語言,應該是informal,其他artificial(人工的,假的)、practical(實際的)都與perfect不對立。

7.A 本題考查的是固定搭配feel like,表示自己看到這種情況的感覺。

8.D 本題答案為once,表示“我們一開始學習英語,母親就提出了一個建議,建議我們在家里都說英語”。

9.B 此處考查上下文理解。從we all seemed to avoid each other 與we sat at the dinner table in silence來看,答案應該是quiet,即“屋里十分安靜,大家都避免和對方說話”。

10.D 此處考查固定搭配和詞匯。prefer A to B表示相較于B,更喜歡A。而從各選項來看,可以判斷答案為speaking,其他都要帶賓語。