It was my first day at school. I felt nervous and scared.

I went to all my classes with 1 friends. I felt like no one 2 .

I listened 3 to all the lessons and waited for lunch 4 at one. Then finally the bell rang. It was time to talk and have 5 .

In the lunch line I met a new friend who wore a hijab(伊斯蘭頭巾) on her head， and 6 I am Jewish， we got along fine， and I was so relieved(寬慰的) when she said， “Sit with us， 7 our table.” She pointed to the one 8 the door.

So I agreed， and took my tray and was 9 to walk with her across the door， 10 suddenly I felt a nudge(以肘碰). “Hey， I saw you on the bus，” said a tall girl in a long skirt. “I see your Jewish star(猶太星——猶太文化的標(biāo)志、 以色列的象征) necklace. You 11 sit with us.”

At that moment I looked around， and that’s 12 I noticed， to my surprise， the nations of the world， isolating(完全隔離) themselves. That’s 13 I saw through my own eyes.

The Spanish only sat with Spanish， the Hindus only with Hindus.

The Russians always with the Russians， and never the Arabs with the Jews.

I saw the reason why war gets 14 . Everyone 15 their own kind. The lunchroom was a 16 of the world. Why was everyone so 17 ?

And so I 18 this girl， and went with the first， and there was no enmity(敵意; 憎恨). I built a 19 between two worlds when I sat with those 20 from me.

1. A. aB. someC. noD. good

2. A. lonelB. caredC. joyfulD. interested

3. A. attentivelyB. sadlyC. eagerlyD. anxiously

4. A. breakB. leaveC. napD. class

5. A. funB. gameC. walkD. a discussion

6. A. unlessB. whenC. becauseD. though

7. A. byB. atC. onD. near

8. A. nextB. toC. next toD. behind

9. A. carefulB. aboutC. nervousD. close

10. A. asB. becauseC. whenD. since

11. A. mustB. canC. mayD. should

12. A. whenB. whatC. whereD. if

13. A. whichB. whatC. whyD. how

14. A. happenedB. startedC. worseD. less

15. A. sticks toB. belongs toC. sees toD. looks forward to

16. A. hallB. mapC. reportD. photo

17. A. sickB. politeC. blindD. cold

18. A. put upB. put downC. turned upD. turned down

19. A. tableB. flatC. bridgeD. window

20. A. differentB. livingC. friendlyD. learning

理解測(cè)試

21. The word “map” here means ________.

A. situationB. warC. bookD. unity

22. This story tells us that ________.

A. the world has to be improved

B. the world needs connecting and understanding

C. what we must do first is to stop wars

D. making friends is the most important at school

23. From this passage we can infer ________.

A. the Spanish don’t connect with the Hindus

B. the Russians don’t talk with the Spanish

C. the Arabs and the Jews are not kind to each other

D. a Jew won’t have lunch with an Arab

24. In this story ________.

A. “I” liked Arab girls very much

B. “I” disliked the tall Jewish girl

C. “I” enjoyed being invited to have lunch

D. “I” was willing to get along fine with all “my” schoolmates

編輯/梁宇清

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