I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I’m left
1 . Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other
2 ?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,
3 children from different races and religions played and studied
4 in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone’s
5 from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu—we just
6 our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice, well
7 or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we’d
8 the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to
9 the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his
10 .
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail’s family later returned to their village, and I
11 touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I
12 my destination. The driver acknowledged my
13 but did not move off. Instead, he looked
14 at me. “Raddar?” he said, using my childhood nickname. I was astonished at being so
15 addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two
16 we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something
17 to describe.
If we can allow our children to be
18 without prejudice, they’ll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be
19 their side through thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and
20 we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote,“we happy few, we band of brothers”.
| 小题1: | | A．interested | B．pleased | C．puzzled | D．excited |
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| 小题2: | | A．parties | B．cities | C．villages | D．races |
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| 小题4: | | A．together | B．around | C．alone | D．apart |
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| 小题5: | | A．drop | B．throw | C．move | D．roll |
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| 小题6: | | A．refused | B．made | C．sought | D．accepted |
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| 小题7: | | A．paid | B．meant | C．preserved | D．treated |
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| 小题8: | | A．explore | B．search | C．discover | D．desert |
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| 小题9: | | A．get through | B．deal with | C．come across | D．take away |
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| 小题10: | | A．arrival | B．choice | C．effort | D．company |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．gained | C．developed | D．missed |
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| 小题12: | | A．stated | B．ordered | C．decided | D．chose |
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| 小题13: | | A．attempts | B．instructions | C．opinions | D．arrangements |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxiously | B．carelessly | C．disappointedly | D．fixedly |
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| 小题15: | | A．familiarly | B．strangely | C．fully | D．coldly |
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| 小题16: | | A．departures | B．months | C．years | D．decades |
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| 小题17: | | A．possible | B．funny | C．hard | D．clear |
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| 小题18: | | A．them | B．themselves | C．us | D．ourselves |
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| 小题19: | | A．from | B．by | C．with | D．against |
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| 小题20: | | A．still | B．otherwise | C．then | D．instead |
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