Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years. Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks. When I 41  in the US and started 8 th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n)  42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45 46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48   in this new concrete jungle, I had to  49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again 54 .I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people. 小题1: A．find B．join C．see D．help 小题2: A．good-looking B．well-dressed C．better-paying D．highly-thought 小题3: A．once B．other C．each D．only 小题4: A．case B．condition C．situation D．state 小题5: A．packing B．trying C．managing D．arranging 小题6: A．reached B．entered C．got D．arrived 小题7: A．strange B．unusual C．standard D．foreign 小题8: A．hoped B．wished C．expected D．demanded 小题9: A．staring B．looking C．checking D．watching 小题10: A．texts B．newspapers C．English D．poems 小题11: A．Although B．Even if C．But D．Since 小题12: A．It B．They C．I D．Things 小题13: A．live B．study C．survive D．continue 小题14: A．adapt B．adopt C．adore D．admire 小题15: A．for B．in C．after D．at 小题16: A．made B．noticed C．concerned D．remember 小题17: A．modern B．advanced C．difficult D．convenient 小题18: A．even B．ever C．some D．any 小题19: A．if B．though C．ever D．because 小题20: A．could B．should C．would D．might