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Finding Home

“I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!” I    41    to my mother as we moved boxes.    42   , going home was not easy because my home was 1, 100 miles away.

I was born and    43    in northern Virginia. Virginia was my home, and I never expected that to    44    In 2014, my family experienced a tragedy (悲劇), so my parents decided to move to my mom’s hometown of New Orleans.

Only three months after my parents made the    45    to move, I found myself moving boxes into our new house. My announcement to my mother that I    46    the new environment was partly motivated by how hot it was, But it was mostly due to the fact that I felt like my entire life had been turned upside down. 1,100 miles away from everyone and everything I had ever known, I was    47   . To make matters worse, I was starting high school in two weeks. Beginning high school is a scary    48    on its own.

I spent my first few months in New Orleans,    49    wanting to go home to Virginia. But after a few months of missing home, I    50    that I had a choice. I could continue thinking about how much I missed my old home,    51    I could start trying to build a new home right here. I chose the latter.

As soon as I stopped giving all my    52    to how much I missed Virginia, I was able to begin accepting the love that people were already giving me. I joined some clubs at school, which gave me the chance to make friends. My neighbor taught me how to cook some New Orleans food, and I found a wonderful    53    of fellow cooks and neighbors. Overall, I seized every possible opportunity to    54    myself and to rebuild my life.

Because of my resilience (復原力) in creating a new home for myself and the    55    that people have shown to me, home is right here.

41．A．announced       B．replied                   C．turned                    D．pointed

42．A．Therefore        B．Instead                   C．However                D．Besides

43．A．trained            B．raised                     C．promoted               D．fed

44．A．develop           B．continue                 C．exist                      D．change

45．A．command        B．suggestion              C．excuse                    D．decision

46．A．preferred         B．missed                    C．hate                       D．imagined

47．A．surprised         B．frightened               C．delighted                D．relieved

48．A．performance    B．region                    C．presentation            D．experience

49．A．partly             B．badly                     C．slightly                  D．hardly

50．A．realized           B．remembered            C．observed                D．complained

51．A．and                 B．but                         C．or                          D．so

52．A．attention         B．patience                  C．trust                       D．confidence

53．A．generation       B．community             C．race                       D．school

54．A．teach              B．accept                    C．judge                     D．better

55．A．belief              B．freedom                 C．love                       D．interest

【回答】

41．A

42．C

43．B

44．D

45．D

46．C

47．B

48．D

49．B

50．A

51．C

52．A

53．B

54．D

55．C

【解析】

【分析】

這是一篇記敍文。作者和父母搬到了新奧爾良。他厭惡這個地方，後來得到了當地人的關愛，最終決定把這裏當作自己的家。

41．考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：“我討厭新奧爾良!我想回家!”當我們搬箱子的時候，我向媽媽宣佈。A.  announced 宣佈；B.  replied 回答；C.  turned 轉變；D.  pointed 指出。根據“I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!”可知，想媽媽“宣佈”。故選A。

42．考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：然而，回家並不容易，因為我的家在1100英里之外。A.  Therefore 因此；B.  Instead 相反，反而；C.  However 然而；D.  Besides另外。根據第一句“I hate New Orleans! I wanna go home!”和空格後的going home was not easy because my home was 1, 100 miles away.可知，前後是一種“轉折”關係。故選C。

43．考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：我在北弗吉尼亞出生並長大。 A.  trained 訓練；B.  raised 撫養，提高，舉起；C.  promoted 促進，提升；D.  fed餵養。 根據下文的Virginia was my home可知，作者在弗吉尼亞“長大”。故選B。

44．考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：弗吉尼亞是我的家，我從沒想過我會改變。A.  develop 開發，進步；B.  continue 繼續；C.  exist存在；D.  change改變。 根據第4空前後的內容I never expected和In 2014, my family experienced a tragedy (悲劇), so my parents decided to move to my mom’s hometown of New Orleans.可知，作者並沒想“改變”。故選D。

45．考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：在我父母做出搬家決定後僅僅三個月，我就開始把箱子搬進我們的新家。A.  command 命令，指揮；B.  suggestion 建議；C. excuse 藉口；D.  decision決定。 根據第5空後的I found myself moving boxes into our new house.可知，作者一家在“決定”後搬家。固定搭配：make a decision“做出決定”。故選D。

46．考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：我對母親説我討厭新環境，部分原因是它太熱了，但主要是因為我覺得我的整個生活都被顛覆了。A.  preferred 更喜歡；B.  missed 錯過，想念；C. hate 厭惡；D.  imagined 想象。根據第6空後的the new environment was partly motivated by how hot it was, but it was mostly due to the fact that I felt like my entire life had been turned upside down.可知，作者“厭惡”新家。故選C。

47．考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：在距離我所熟悉的人和事1100英里之外的地方，我感到害怕。A. surprised感到吃驚的；B. frightened感到害怕的；C. delighted感到高興的；D. relieved感到寬慰的。根據第7空前的1,100 miles away from everyone and everything I had ever known,可知，此處指作者“感到害怕”。故選B。

48．考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：開始高中生活本身就是一段可怕的經歷。A. performance表現，表演；B. region地區；C. presentation描述，展示；D. experience經歷。根據第8空前後Beginning high school is a scary 和on its own可知，高中“經歷”是艱難的。故選D。

49．考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：我在新奧爾良度過了頭幾個月，非常想回到弗吉尼亞的家。A. partly部分地，在一定程度上；B. badly非常；C. slightly稍微；D. hardly幾乎不。根據第9空前後的內容my first few months in New Orleans和wanting to go home to Virginia.可知，作者“非常”想家。故選B。

50．考查動詞詞義辨析。句意：但是在幾個月的思念之後，我意識到我有一個選擇。A.  realized 意識到；B.  remembered 記得；C.  observed 觀察；D.  complained 抱怨。根據第8空後的I had a choice可知，此處指作者“意識到”有個選擇。故選A。

51．考查並列連詞。句意：我可以繼續思考我有多想念我的老房子，或者我可以開始嘗試在這裏建一個新家。A.  and 和；B.  but 但是；C.  or 或者；D.  so所以。 根據第11空後的I chose the latter.可知，作者是在兩個抉擇中做出的選擇。故選C。

52．考查名詞詞義辨析。句意： 當我不再關注我有多想念弗吉尼亞時，我開始接受人們已經給予我的愛。A.  attention 注意力，關注；B.  patience 耐心；C.  trust 信任；D.  confidence信心。 根據第12空後的how much I missed Virginia, I was able to begin accepting the love that people were already giving me.可知，作者不再“關注”想家這件事。故選A。

53．考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：我的鄰居教我做一些新奧爾良的食物，我發現了一個很棒的廚師和鄰居社區。A.  generation 世代；B.  community 社區；C. race種族；D.  school 學校。根據第13空前的My neighbor taught me how to cook some New Orleans food可知，作者找到一個好“社區”。故選B。

54．考查動詞詞義辨析。句意： 總之，我抓住每一個可能的機會來完善自己，重建我的生活。A.  teach 教；B.  accept 接受；C.  judge 判斷；D.  better勝過，改善。 根據第14空後的myself and to rebuild my life.可知，作者要開始新生活，“改善”自己。故選D。

55．考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：因為我為自己創造了一個新家的韌*和人們對我的愛，家就在這裏。A.  belief 信仰；B.  freedom 自由；C. love愛；     D.  interest興趣。根據第15空後的people have shown to me, home is right here.可知，作者在新地方得到了人們的“愛”。故選C。

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