"Every time we had dinner, I felt awkward when my Chinese mom__２１___asked me to eat more. My mom in American would__２２___push me like that.__２３___I couldn't tolerate it any more, so I asked why she did that. She told me it was because she loved me and really looked__２４___me as her own child and she worried about whether I felt hungry. From that point I understood that Chinese people had__２５___a poor life in the past.__２６___worries parents most is whether their children have enough food. Although their lives have dramatically improved, they are used to__２７___the old concerns. I still don't feel easy with constant___２８__to eat, but when my Chinese mom tries to persuade me__２９___more, I always thank her with a smile__３０___feeling angry."
This story comes from Tyler, an American youngster who once lived in my neighbour’s home. His Chinese mom is Wang Huirong, a__３１___from Beijing Normal University.
As economic__３２___between the US and China become more frequent, an increasing number of American teenagers have become interested in Chinese culture, which seems very new and__３３___ to them. Chinese has gradually become a(n) __３４___choice for American high school students studying a second language. Tyler's father has a trade relationship with China stretching back to the beginning of reform and opening-up, which gave Tyler the opportunity to have__３５___to China from a very young age.
"Only__３６___and opening-up has allowed us to have a lovely American teenager come and visit us frequently. I couldn't even imagine that in the past. Before we actively sought to avoid __３７___relations. None of us could ever have imagined that one day we would live with foreigners __３８___we were from the same family." says Wang with deep feeling.
Tyler's Chinese has improved a lot. When he first arrived at Wang's home he often watched the retiree__３９___ she spoke, but couldn't respond. Wang often felt anxious and asked for my help with translating. But now Tyler has no problem__４０___with us in Chinese.
| 小题1: | | A．eagerly | B．repeatedly | C．friendly | D．warmly |
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| 小题2: | | A．also | B．never | C．often | D．not |
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| 小题3: | | A．However | B．But | C．Finally | D．Therefore |
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| 小题5: | | A．led | B．leaded | C．live | D．made |
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| 小题7: | | A．speaking | B．talking | C．voicing | D．saying |
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| 小题8: | | A．demands | B．orders | C．requests | D．commands |
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| 小题9: | | A．eat | B．eating | C．to eat | D．ate |
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| 小题10: | | A．other than | B．but than | C．instead | D．instead of |
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| 小题11: | | A．retiree | B．worker | C．professor | D．official |
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| 小题12: | | A．changes | B．exchanges | C．conflicts | D．improvements |
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| 小题13: | | A．different | B．difficult | C．challenging | D．exciting |
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| 小题15: | | A．entrance | B．access | C．door | D．way |
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| 小题16: | | A．revolution | B．fighting | C．reform | D．motivation |
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| 小题17: | | A．foreigner | B．aboard | C．civil | D．overseas |
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| 小题18: | | A．like | B．as if | C．as | D．even if |
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| 小题20: | | A．chat | B．chatting | C．to chat | D．chatted |
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