高考英语一轮巩固达标练题unit5meetingyourancestors含解析新人教版选修8.pdfVIP

小学 +初中 +高中 Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors 李仕才 *** 阅读理解。 I took a journey to New York, US several months ago. It was the first time I had been abroad. It was also the first time I had taken a trip by myself. I had great enthusiasm and high hopes, and I wasnt let down. Its hard to describe how I felt when I arrived at the airport in New York. Looking at people of different races and nationalities passing by and hearing different languages all around me, I couldnt say anything for a long time. I had never understood the cultural diversity of the US so clearly and closely before. The following days were even more impressive. We integrated ( 融入 )into the forest of concrete and cement( 混凝土和水泥 ). Wewaved to the Statue of Liberty; we looked down at the busy island of Manhattan; we looked at the mummies in museums and thought of ancient Egypt. Then we visited some well-known universities — Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Columbia —each with its own appealing and time-honored history. But what all these universities have in commonis their peaceful academic atmospheres which you could feel everywhere. I was impressed by the libraries, decorated just like cathedrals( 教 堂), and the laboratories just next to the classroom. My dream is to return to those places as an international student. Finally came our destinations — the Model United Nations conference at the University of Chicago. Students from various countries arrived to act as United Nations delegations and share their opinions about global issues. As a non-native speaker, I felt that competing against native speakers was a very tough task. But it was also a rare chance to improve my English and I c