Nowadays, any traveler might be treated as a terrorist (恐怖分子) by the immigration (入境) officers in the USA.
We returned from Iraq and landed safely. My heart
16 when I was asked to the back room by the immigration officer. My
17___ , with his very American last name, had no trouble at all. In fact, I am
18____ American born and raised, but they weren’t quite ready to let me in
yet. The only reason was
19___ they thought my name looked like the one of
20___ who’s on their wanted list (通缉令) and I had to wait till they checked me out
21___ Washington.
Time passed
22___ . One hour, one hour and a half…I could not wait any longer and
23___ my cellphone out to call the friend I had planned to meet that evening. An officer
24___ over. “No Phone!” he said, “For all we know you could be calling terrorists and giving them
25___ .”
Oh, my God! I was just a university professor. I had no
26___ but to put my phone away. My husband and I were getting hungry and
27_____ . I wanted to cry, to
28____ onto a chair and shout: “I am nothing but an American professor!”
After two hours in the back room, without explanation and
29____ , I was allowed to go after he gave me a piece of paper with a(n)
30_____ on it and told me I could write to the department if I wasn’t
31____ with the
treatment. He also
32___ that nothing could stop it from happening again.
I shared my experience w
ith my friends and the
33____ was I should change my name. But name is personal, like the town you were born in.
Even though I had a troublesome experience at the airport, which made me realize being American could ever be so
34_____ , like my father, I’ll keep the
35____ .
小题1: | A.ached | B.beat | C.sank | D.rose | |
小题2: | A.son | B.daughter | C.friend | D.husband | |
小题3: | A.still | B.also | C.already | D.never | |
小题4: | A.that | B.because | C.why | D.whether | |
小题5: | A.everyone | B.anyone | C.someone | D.all | |
小题6: | A.with | B.to | C.through | D.of | |
小题7: | A.quickly | B.carefully | C.dangerously | D.slowly | |
小题8: | A.put | B.pulled | C.used | D.caught | |
小题9: | A.went | B.came | C.cried | D.rushed | |
小题10: | A.news | B.truth | C.information | D.reply | |
小题11: | A.response | B.voice | C.choice | D.face | |
小题12: | A.silent | B.tired | C.comfortable | D.clear | |