Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each other.

Home Team or Visitor?

“Time to leave!” my mother shouted up the stairs.

My heart beat fast. This was it---my first day at school in Chicago! By the end of last year, we     1     (live) in a town with a total population of about 2000 for many years. Mom had changed jobs, though, and now we were Chicagoans.     2     (have) no idea what to expect from this big-city school, I took one last look in the mirror. My new Chicago Cubs sweater looked great with my old jeans and new tennis shoes. I put my old Cubs cap on my head,     3     (get) my backpack, and ran for the waiting school bus.

When the bus came, it was nearly full. I walked down the aisle (走道)slowly, looking for an empty seat. I felt     4    everybody was staring at me, but most of them were busy talking to each other. However, as I glanced toward the back, I noticed a couple of boys     5     (laugh). They were pointing at me.

“Hey, we have something new     6     (talk) about on our bus today!” one of them shouted over the noise. At the moment, everyone got quiet and all eyes     7     (raise) to me. I felt terribly ashamed.

Suddenly, a big kid stood up and said, “Come over here.” I was glad     8     (get) out of the aisle, away from all those eyes, so I went to sit down beside him. The bus started moving.

“I’m Al,” he said,     9     (shake) my hand. "Don’t let those two bother you. They're some of     10     (big) baseball fans in our school. They aren't actually fond of making fun of you.”

“I’m Lewis.” I said.

Al smiled and said, “You know, you do kind of look like a tourist.”

We both laughed, and suddenly I felt a lot better. Right then I decided that

the next day I'd wear the same kind of clothes I had worn at my old school.

From the experience of that day, I learned that it's always best to just be     11    . I also realized that every day is full of surprises. How could I know that in the middle of an embarrassing moment, I’d meet someone like Al, with     12    I would make a great friend?

Japan is a paradise for food lovers. It has been famous for a __________ food culture. The climate there is good for farming, with rice being the chief __________. About half of Japan’s arable land (land able to be farmed) is __________to growing rice. In addition, it accounts for about 8 percent of all the fish caught in the world, which __________ Japanese people’s consuming large amounts of fish. According to the statistics, each person in Japan eats more than 150 pounds of fish per __________, or around three pounds of fish per week.

Japanese cuisine (菜肴) has been influenced by the food customs of other nations in the long history, but has adopted and __________ them to create its own unique cooking style and eating habits. The first foreign influence on Japan was China around 300B.C., when the Japanese learned to cultivate rice. Similarly the __________ of chopsticks and the __________ of soy sauce and soybean curd (tofu) also came from China.

__________ you can find a perfect combination of the local food in this island nation and food originating in other countries, you can also find some food that is only to be seen in Japan. Okosama Lunch is one __________ example. __________ of fried shrimps, hamburger steak, pudding and a small portion of rice, this special menu for kids has gained nationwide popularity. It is said that Okosama Lunch was __________ in 1930 by Taro Ando, a chief manager of Mitsukoshi Department Store, who made __________ achievements in Japanese cuisine. He was first inspired by the idea that with all the cute decoration it would probably appear more appetizing and thus more __________ to kids. And now Okosama Lunch is available in most Japanese restaurants, though the detail of the special menu __________ from place to place.

23.

A．time-honored

B．well-known

C．first-class

D．far-reaching

24.

A．product

B．crop

C．agriculture

D．staple

25.

A．allowed

B．devoted

C．adapted

D．admitted

26.

A．results from

B．applies to

C．contributes to

D．communicates to

27.

A．week

B．month

C．year

D．decade

28.

A．improved

B．learned

C．copied

D．memorized

29.

A．use

B．effect

C．way

D．method

30.

A．association

B．diversity

C．consumption

D．ambition

31.

A．Because

B．While

C．Despite

D．Unless

32.

A．appropriate

B．fit

C．classic

D．typical

33.

A．Making

B．Consisting

C．Containing

D．Composing

34.

A．ensured

B．occurred

C．invented

D．appeared

35.

A．mysterious

B．remarkable

C．religious

D．serious

36.

A．appealing

B．annoying

C．discouraging

D．approaching

37.

A．alters

B．depends

C．relies

D．varies