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
of aunts to spoil me or children to play with me.
My father is a journalist,
there wasn't much work for him in Belgium at that time. When I was eight, he
he'd found a good job in London and that we were going to move there. I was
- I didn't realize I was leaving my friends behind and throwing myself into a different world. The excitement soon
after we moved there.
our arrival in London, I had to start a new school and learn a new
. I didn't know things in fashion, either. For the
six months I had extra lessons to learn English. This
with cards and progressed towards books. I'm a
learner ,so I soon caught up. It was fitting in with other
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
. This made me
and sensitive - a perfect target for bullies. Thankfully, some of my classmates began to
me, and they became a great help as they helped me to
the things that made me a "foreigner". By the time I
primary school, most people couldn't believe I had moved to England only four years before. I was
able to fit in, grasp the language and adapt to the culture.
Trying to fit in is my
to anyone who has just moved from the homeland. or is planning to. "Fitting in" doesn't mean completely
yourself to be someone else ,but it does mean trying to learn the
culture and language, ,which will make your life easier.
| 小题1: | | A．1ack | B．memory | C．reason | D．purpose |
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| 小题2: | | A．if | B．but | C．unless | D．because |
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| 小题3: | | A．realized | B．explained | C．learned | D．announced |
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| 小题4: | | A．shocked | B．excited | C．nervous | D．disappointed |
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| 小题5: | | A．formed | B．increased | C．disappeared | D．continued |
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| 小题7: | | A．art | B．history | C．science | D．language |
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| 小题8: | | A．latest | B．first | C．last | D．former |
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| 小题9: | | A．ended | B．assisted | C．started | D．stayed |
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| 小题10: | | A．quick | B．brave | C．lovely | D．happy |
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| 小题11: | | A．classes | B．grades | C．children | D．teachers |
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| 小题12: | | A．fit in | B．call in | C．bring in | D．give in |
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| 小题13: | | A．lazy | B．shy | C．responsible | D．optimistic |
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| 小题14: | | A．accept | B．change | C．blame | D．challenge |
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| 小题15: | | A．depend on | B．take up | C．refer to | D．leave out |
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| 小题16: | | A．left | B．began | C．had | D．enjoyed |
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| 小题17: | | A．nearly | B．specially | C．finally | D．hardly |
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| 小题18: | | A．advice | B．demand | C．choice | D．condition |
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| 小题19: | | A．sharing | B．keeping | C．finding | D．losing |
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| 小题20: | | A．simple | B．new | C．positive | D．recent |
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