20.I often read of incidents of misunderstanding or conflict.I'm left (41)B.Why do these people create mistrust and problems,especially with those from other(42)D?
I was growing up in Kuala Lumpur in the early 1960s,(43)C children from different races and religions played and studied (44)B in harmony.At that time my family lived a stone's (45)A from Ismail's.And no one was bothered that Ismail was a Malay Muslim and I was an Indian Hindu-we just(46)Cour differences.Perhaps,our elders had not filled our heads with unnecessary advice,well(47)B or otherwise.
We were nine when we became friends.During the school holidays,we'd (48)D the countryside on our bicycles,hoping to (49)C the unexpected.At times Ismail would accompany my family as we made a rare shopping trip to town.We would be glad of his (50)B.
When I was twelve,my family moved to Johor.Ismail's family later returned to their village,and I (51)Atouch with him.
One spring afternoon in 1983,I stopped a taxi in Kuala Lumpur.I (52)Amy destination.The driver acknowledged my (53)C but did not move off.Instead,he looked (54)Dat me."Raddar?"he said,using my childhood nickname (綽號).I was astonished at being so(55)Caddressed (稱呼).Unexpectedly!It was Ismail!Even after two (56)Awe still recognized each other.Grasping his shoulder,I felt a true affection,something(57)C to describe.
If we can allow our children to be (58)Bwithout prejudice,they'll build friendships with people,regardless of race or religion,who will be (59)Btheir side through thick and thin.On such friendships are societies built and(60)Dwe can truly be,as William Shakespeare once wrote,"We happy few.We band of brothers".
41.A.interested | B.puzzled | C.pleased | D.excited |
42.A.parties | B.cities | C.villages | D.races |
43.A.why | B.which | C.when | D.how |
44.A.around | B.together | C.alone | D.apart |
45.A.throw | B.drop | C.move | D.roll |
46.A.refused | B.made | C.accepted | D.sought |
47.A.paid | B.meant | C.preserved | D.treated |
48.A.desert | B.search | C.discover | D.explore |
49.A.get through | B.deal with | C.come across | D.take away |
50.A.arrival | B.company | C.effort | D.choice |
51.A.lost | B.gained | C.developed | D.missed |
52.A.stated | B.ordered | C.decided | D.chose |
53.A.attempts | B.opinions | C.instructions | D.arrangements |
54.A.anxiously | B.carelessly | C.disappointedly | D.fixedly |
55.A.fully | B.strangely | C.familiarly | D.coldly |
56.A.decades | B.months | C.years | D.departures |
57.A.possible | B.funny | C.hard | D.clear |
58.A.them | B.themselves | C.us | D.ourselves |
59.A.from | B.by | C.with | D.against |
60.A.still | B.otherwise | C.instead | D.then. |