2014广东省高考英语专项训练——完型填空：二十九.docVIP

完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳答案。 When I first came to the USA, I made friends with a neighbor who used to live only two blocks away from my street. We used to visit each other and go out together sometimes. This friend taught me a lot about American 1 ,but in some cases I had to learn the 2 way, because we didn’t have enough time together for me to learn all about American culture from him. One day this same friend invited me to a party. It wasn’t a(n) 3 party, only some kind of informal get-together. Since it was 4 time, we had a cookout, 5 most of his American friends and relatives were known to me, but there were others I had never met before. It was the most 6 party for me when I noticed that everybody was wearing jeans and simple T-shirts for the day, 7 I arrived in proper dress with my shoes and my hair all fixed for a fancy party. It was hard to explain my embarrassment(窘迫)to the other .When one of them turned around and said, “What nice clothes! What’s the occasion?” I felt my 9 burning hot. I didn’t 10 at all. If she knew how 11 I already felt, she wouldn’t have said that to me. Maybe she didn’t 12 to make me feel uncomfortable, but my reaction had to do with the way I already felt. Many times I thought of going home and 13 but I knew they would 14 .It would be even 15 for me because I knew they would quickly think that I felt out of 16 .So I wanted to pretend that I was 17 .... I have already realized their 18 are different from mine. They care less about formality(形式) it is a special occasion, like a 20 or a very formal invitation. ( ) 1. A. art B. culture C. history D. people 提示:由文章第一段可知，朋友教作者了解学习了许多美国文化，而不是“艺术、历史和种族”。 答案:B . A. easy B. simple C. hard D. different 提示:在一些情况下通过艰难的方式我才了解到美国的文化，本题的干扰是different。 答案:C . A. real B. pleasant C. usual D. evening 提示:后面提到“这只是某种非正式的聚会”，因为这不是真正的party。pleasant