LifebecamehardwhenIwas14.MymotherandImovedtoNewYorkto36myfatherwho’dmovedtheretofind37workwhenIwasthreeyearsold.Hehadajobatarestaurantandonlyvisitedus38everycoupleofyears.BeforeImoved

　　LifebecamehardwhenIwas14.MymotherandImovedtoNewYorkto36myfatherwho’dmovedtheretofind37workwhenIwasthreeyearsold.Hehadajobatarestaurantandonlyvisitedus38everycoupleofyears.

　　BeforeImovedIknewthatpeopleintheUSspokeEnglish.ButhonestlyIdidn’tstoptoanalyzethe39whenIwas40toleave.JustlikeIassumedIcouldeasilybecomeadoctororalawyer.IassumedthatIhadtheskillstolearnEnglishinafewweeks.

　　WhenI41intheUSandstarted8thgradeatDitmasMiddleSchoolinBrooklyneveryonewasspeakinga(n) 42 languageIcouldn’tunderstand.I 43 thatlifehadsubtitleslikeinforeignmovies.Schoolwassuchaseriousplacehere.SometimesIfeltlikeIwasinageek（呆子）class.Theteacherswerealways 44 mymovessoIcouldn’teventhrowapaperballataclassmate’shead.Andtheworstthingwashavingtoread45.

　　46 afteralmostsevenmonthsofcomplainingabouteverythingIrealizedthatcomplainingdidn’tchangethings. 47justmademylifeworse.IfIwasgoingto48 inthisnewconcretejungleIhadto49.IbegantolearnEnglishbyreadingnewspapersonmyown 50 school.AfteraboutfourmonthsIstartedenjoyingreadingthecrimeandsportsstories.Aftersixmonthsofstudyingmyteachers51 myimprovementandmovedmeintoamore 52 Englishclass.IcouldgotothestoreandaskforthingsthatIwantedtobuywithout53frustration.ForthefirsttimeIfeltlikeIwaslivingonearthagain54 Ididn’thearforeigntalk.I55understandpeople.

　　【小题1】A．findB．joinC．seeD．help【小题2】A．good-lookingB．well-dressedC．better-payingD．highly-thought【小题3】A．onceB．otherC．eachD．only【小题4】A．caseB．conditionC．situationD．state【小题5】A．packingB．trying