22.
(A).national
(B).embarrassing
(C).cultural
(D).amazing

21. Every country has its own culture. Even though each country uses doors. .Doors many have__21___functions and purposes which lead to ___22__differences. When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different__23___ and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to_24_____the building. This was new to me, because we use the ____25__door in south Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed. The way of using school bus doors was also ____26__to me .I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, 27_____who were getting off the bus should get off first , and students who were getting on should get on __28__. In south Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus ,and when the bus doors opened, I___29____tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally__30____,and my face went red. (A).different (B).important (C).practical (D).unusual

23. (A).exits (B).entrances (C).signs (D).doors

24.(A).enter (B).leave (C).open (D).close

25. (A).main (B).same (C).front (D).back

26.(A).annoying (B).hard (C).satisfying (D).strange

27.(A).parents (B).students (C).teachers (D).drivers

28.(A).sooner (B).later (C).faster (D).earlier

29.(A).politely (B).patiently (C).unconsciously (D).slowly

30.(A).embarrassed (B).annoyed (C).unsatisfied (D).excited

41. When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, And at restaurants did not take her seriously,did not give her good service,pretended not to Understand her,or even acted as if they did not hear her.My mother has realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she . I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票经纪人).I said in qn adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs.Tan.” And my mother was standing beside me,whispering loudly, “Why he don’t send me cheek already two week lone.” And then ,in perfect English I said : “I’m getting rather concerned .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.” Then she talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.”And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t tolerate any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately ,I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.” The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs.Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English. When I was a tennager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and visdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world. Why was the author’s mother poorly served? (A).She was unable to speak good (E)nglish. (B).She was often misunderstood. (C).She was not clearly heard. (D).She was not very polite.