I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict. I ’m left
36 . Why do these people create mistrust and problems, especially with those from other
37 ？
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,
38 children from different races and religions played and studied
39 in harmony. At that time my family lived a stone s
40 from Ismail’s. And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and Iwas an Indian Hindu——we just
41 our differences. Perhaps, our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice，well
42 or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends. During the school holidays, we'd
43 the countryside on our bicycles, hoping to
44 the unexpected. At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town. We would be glad of his
45 .
When I was twelve, my family moved to Johor. Ismail s family later returned to their village, and I
46 touch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983, I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur. I
47 my destination. The driver acknowledged my
48 but did not move off. Instead, he looked
49 at me. “Raddar?" he said, using my childhood nickname(绰号). I was astonished at being so
50 addressed (称呼). Unexpectedly! It was Ismail! Even after two
51 we still recognized each other. Grasping his shoulder, I felt a true affection, something
52 to describe.
If we can allow our children to be
53 without prejudice, they'll build friendships with people, regardless of race or religion, who will be
54 their side through' thick and thin. On such friendships are societies built and
55 we can truly be, as William Shakespeare once wrote, 44we happy few, we band of brothers".
| 小题1: | | A．interested | B．pleased | C．puzzled | D．excited |
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| 小题2: | | A．parties | B．cities | C．villages | D．races |
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| 小题4: | | A．together | B．around | C．alone | D．apart |
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| 小题5: | | A．drop | B．throw | C．move | D．roll |
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| 小题6: | | A．refused | B．made | C．sought | D．accepted |
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| 小题7: | | A．paid | B．meant | C．preserved | D．treated |
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| 小题8: | | A．explore | B．search | C．discover | D．desert |
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| 小题9: | | A．get through | B．deal with | C．come across | D．take away |
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| 小题10: | | A．arrival | B．choice | C．effort | D．company |
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| 小题11: | | A．lost | B．gained | C． developed | D．missed |
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| 小题12: | | A．stated | B．ordered | C．decided | D．chose |
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| 小题13: | | A．attempts | B．instructions | C．opinions | D．arrangements |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxiously | B．carelessly | C．disappointedly | D．fixedly |
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| 小题15: | | A．familiarly | B．strangely | C．fully | D．coldly |
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| 小题16: | | A．departures | B．months | C．years | D．decades |
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| 小题17: | | A．possible | B．funny | C． hard | D．clear |
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| 小题18: | | A．them | B．themselves | C．us | D．ourselves |
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| 小题19: | | A．from | B．by | C． with | D．against |
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| 小题20: | | A．still | B．otherwise | C．then | D．instead |
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