问题详情：
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Asha looked out of the window on the plane. What a____1! The Buildings were so tall. The city was large, much larger than her small town.
Asha was on vacation in New York City. She was very _____2 as she had always wanted to come since she was young. She read stories about it and studied its ____3. She knew how the island of Manhattan was bought from native Americans 300 years ago. She ____4 knew people from all over the world came to live here. These people, like Asha, ____5 a new life in New York.
But Asha was only staying for fourteen___6. She thought of these two weeks as a time to ____7 herself to move back to New York. She would return to her small ____8, stay for one year, and then come to live in New York forever. So she had to plan this vacation _____9.
In New York Asha wanted to do___10 things. First, she wanted to look for a job. Next, she would find a place to live. She knew it was expensive to live in New York and that finding a good place to live was ___11. And the third thing she wanted to do was to ___12 her English. She had studied English for 12 years but didn't know __13 she could understand “real” English.
Before leaving, her friends told her that New York was a __14 place. But Asha wasn't worried. She had studied New York carefully. She believed she would be safe.
____15 Asha saw the Statue of Liberty! The plane flew
around it, and then began to slow down. Soon Asha was on the ground, getting ready to leave the plane—to greet her future.
t B．day D．plane
id B．excited D．relaxed
her B．education
lation D．history
B．still D．also
d for B．came up with
med of D．found out
B．weeks C．months D．years
B．drive C．prepare D．follow
try B．house C．school D．town
fully B．comfortably
ly D．secretly
B．three D．five
B．hard
ssary D．proper
n B．review C．practise D．teach
B．how C．if D．when
l B．large
D．dangerous
of a sudden B．From then on
a hurry D．Once again
【回答】
1.A 点拨：根据下文The buildings were so tall. The city was large, much larger than her small town.可推知，作者感叹这是何等的景象(sight)。故选A。
2.B 点拨：根据后面as she had always wanted to come since she was young可知，Asha小的时候就总想要来到这里，此处表示Asha很兴奋(excited)。故选B。
3.D 点拨：根据下文She knew how the island of Manhattan was bought from native Americans
300 years ago.可知，Asha在来纽约之前就读了很多关于这儿的故事及历史(history)。故选D。
4.D 点拨：根据上文可知，本句表示一种承接，Asha在之前做了……，接着她还(also)知
道世界各地的人们来这里定居。故选D。
5.C 点拨：根据空格前后可知，这些人们，像Asha一样都梦想着(dreamed of)在纽约过全
新的生活。故选C。
6.A 点拨：根据下文中的two weeks可知此空*为days。故选A。
7.C 点拨：结合上下文语境可知，此处表示“准备”，故选C。
8.D 点拨：根据第一段段末的small town可知，此处指“Asha将要回到小镇(town)”，故选D。
9.A 点拨：根据上文Asha要在纽约生活可知，她得好好计划一下这个假期。故选A。
10.B 点拨：根据下文中关键词First, Next, the third可知，Asha有三(three)件事要做。故选B。
11.B 点拨：根据She knew it was expensive to live in New York...可知，在纽约租房是昂贵的，找到一个好住处是困难的(hard)。故选 B。
12.C 点拨：根据下文She had studied English for 12 years but didn't know______ sh e could understand “real” English.可知，虽然她已经学了12年英语，但她不知道她______懂真正的英语，因此她第三件事就是练习(practise)英语。故选C。
13.C 点拨：根据句意可知，此处表示“是否”，故用if。故选C。
14.D 点拨：根据下文She believed she would be safe.可知，此空填dangerous“危险的”。故选D。
15.A 点拨：作者笔锋一转，突然间(All of a sudden)，Asha看到了自由女神像！B项意为“从那时起”；C项意为“立即，匆忙”；D项意为“再一次”。结合语境可知本空*。故选A。
知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类
题型：完型填空
