My family and I used to live in Belgium, and, to me, life was great. Most of my

     My family and I used to live in Belgium, and, to me, life was great. Most of my relatives and friends lived there, so there was never a   36   of aunts to spoil me or children to play with me.

      My father is a journalist,  37    there wasn't much work for him in Belgium at that time. When I was eight, he    38    he'd found a good job in London and that we were going to move there.  I was   39   - I didn't realize I was leaving my friends behind and throwing myself into a different world. The excitement soon   40   after we moved there.

        41    our arrival in London, I had to start a new school and learn a  new   42   . I didn't know things in fashion, either. For the   43    six months I had extra lessons to  learn English. This   44   with cards and progressed towards books. I'm a   45   learner ,so I soon caught up. It was fitting in with other   46   in my school that took a bit more work.

     For the first two years or so I was an outsider, no matter how much I tried to   47   . This made me  48   and sensitive - a perfect target for bullies. Thankfully, some of my classmates began to  49   me, and they became a great help as they helped me to   50   the things that made me a "foreigner".  By the time I     51   primary school,  most people couldn't believe I had moved to England only four years before. I was   52   . able to fit in, grasp the language and adapt to the culture.

      Trying to fit in is my   53   to anyone who has just moved from the homeland. or is planning to. "Fitting in" doesn't mean completely   54    yourself to be someone else ,but it does mean trying to  learn the    55    culture and language, ,which will make your life easier.

36. A. 1ack         B. memory         C. reason         D. purpose

37. A. if            B. but             C. unless         D. because

38. A. realized       B. explained       C. learned         D. announced

39. A. shocked       B. excited         C. nervous        D. disappointed

40. A. formed       B. increased        C. disappeared     D. continued

41. A. On          B. In              C. For           D. By

42. A. art           B. history          C. science        D. language

43. A. latest         B. first            C. last           D. former

44. A. ended        B. assisted         C. started         D. stayed

45. A. quick        B. brave            C. lovely         D. happy

 46. A. classes      B. grades           C. children        D. teachers

47. A. fit in         B. call in           C. bring in        D. give in

 48. A. lazy        B. shy              C. responsible     D. optimistic

 49. A. accept      B. change           C. blame          D. challenge

 50. A. depend on   B. take up          C. refer to          D. leave out

 51. A. left        B. began            C. had             D. enjoyed

 52. A. nearly      B. specially          C. finally          D. hardly

 53. A . advice     B. demand           C. choice           D. condition

 54. A. sharing    B. keeping           C. finding           D. losing

 55. A. simple     B. new              C. positive          D. recent

试题答案

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