On the night of November 14, 1978,a six-year-old Korean boy was flying to the United States. All he knew was that he was on a plane heading for somewhere. The plane landed at Kennedy International Airport, where he was greeted by a family. This young boy was me.
I have grown up in a town where there were few Asians, so I stuck out in the crowd. I made friends quickly and they treated me just like anyone else. You may ask if anyone made fun of my appearance. Well, of course, I met that' kind of person. I just shrugged it off.
As an adopted child, I have something that others don't have. I have had the benefit of two families. I'm lucky to have got a chance to start a new life. But we must try never to forget our past. Someday I will go back to Korea to find out what kind of culture I left behind.
There is only one thing that I regret about being adopted. When I argue with my parents and they realize they are losing the argument, they sometimes wonder what I would be doing if I were back in Korea. I don't understand this because I thought the purpose of adopting someone was to give them a better chance of growing up in a family. Some day when I am older, I want to adopt a girl and raise her the way my parents have raised me, but I would do it better, for I know what went well and what did not.
【小題1】We learn that when the writer was on the way to his new family,______.
A.he was with his own parents |
B.he was very happy and excited |
C.he was about ten years old then |
D.he didn't know he was going to be adopted |
A.is very good-looking |
B.is very kind-hearted |
C.is easily noticed by others |
D.is disliked by others |
A.was deeply hurt |
B.wanted to go back to Korea |
C.didn’t care about it that much |
D.tried to make friends with them |
A.The writer wants to forget his past. |
B.The writer isn't sad about being adopted. |
C.The writer isn't interested in Korean culture. |
D.The writer aren't know anything about Korea. |
【小題1】D
【小題2】C
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】D
解析試題分析:文章講述作者被一個美國家庭收養(yǎng),描述了他被收養(yǎng)以后的生活和養(yǎng)父母的關(guān)系,以及自己以后的打算。
【小題1】細節(jié)題:從第一段的句子: All he knew was that he was on a plane heading for somewhere. 可知作者在去往新家庭的路上,他不知道要被收養(yǎng)。選D
【小題2】推理題:從第二段的句子;I have grown up in a town where there were few Asians, so I stuck out in the crowd.可知作者所居住的地方亞洲人很少,所以很容易被別人注意到。選C
【小題3】推理題:從第二段的句子; You may ask if anyone made fun of my appearance. Well, of course, I met that' kind of person. I just shrugged it off.可知當人們嘲笑作者的時候,他根本不在意。選C
【小題4】細節(jié)題:從第三段的句子:As an adopted child, I have something that others don't have. I have had the benefit of two families. I'm lucky to have got a chance to start a new life.可知作者對于被收養(yǎng)并不難過,選B
【小題5】細節(jié)題:從最后一段的句子:Some day when I am older, I want to adopt a girl and raise her the way my parents have raised me, but I would do it better, for I know what went well and what did not.
可知作者大了后,會收養(yǎng)一個女兒,用比較好的方式將她撫養(yǎng)長大。選D
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