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s three, my parents flashed cards with Chinese__1__at my face, but I pushed them mom believed I would learn __3__I was the __4__never came. On a Chinese New Year’s Eve , my uncle spoke to me in Chinese,but all I could do was __5__at him, confused, scratching my head.“Still can’t speak Chinese ? ”He __6__me , “You can’t even buy a fish in Chinatown.” “Hey , this is America, not ’ll get some__7__with or without Chinese , ” I replied and turned to my mom for __8__. “Remember to ask for fresh fish, Xin Xian Yu, ”she said , handing over a $20 __9__the words, running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown. I found the fish __10__surrounded in a sea of customers.“I’d like to buy some fresh fish, ” I shouted to the he __11__my Englis h words and turned to serve the next laugh of the people behind increased __12__their every __13__, the breath of the dragons(龍 ) on my back grew stronger— my blood boiling— __14__me to cry out, “Xian Sheng Yu , please.”“Very Xian Sheng, ”I crowd erupted into face turned __15__and I ran back home __16__, except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket. Should I laugh or cry? They’re ’m should feel right at , I was the joke, a disgrace(丟臉 ) to the language. Sometimes, I laugh at my fish __18__, but, in the end, the joke is on laugh is a culture__20__; every laugh is my heritage(傳統(tǒng) ) fading away. 1. B. games C. characters D. language 2. B. around C. along D. aside 3. B. before C. unless D. until 4. B. s