阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺,意思完整,每词或短语限用一次。
| movement | direct | strongly | anyway | come out of one’s shell |
| nation | survive | trade | population | stop by |
Three years ago, I moved to this (1) with my family. Everything felt strange—the food, the language, even the weather. I missed my old friends and worried about (2) in such a different place.
At first, I stayed in my room every day. I was too afraid to speak to anyone. Then one afternoon, a neighbour decided to (3) and say hello. She brought home-made cookies and a warm smile. That small act changed everything. She told me about a local (4) that helped newcomers feel at home. Every weekend, people from different backgrounds met to share stories and learn from each other. I (5) wanted to join, but I was still nervous.
“Just try it (6) ,” my mother said. “You might surprise yourself.”
So I went. At first, I sat quietly in the corner. But the group leader was kind and (7) . She asked me simple questions and listened carefully. Slowly, I began to (8) . I made friends from places I had never heard of.
This city has a large (9) of immigrants(移民), and many of them work in (10) and business. We all carry pieces of our old homes, but we are building something new together.
Living with a new culture is not easy. Yet if you open your heart, the world opens its arms.

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案。
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Fabrice Mba’s love for Chinese culture and martial arts began in his childhood in Cameroon, where he grew up watching kung fu films. His elder brother was a projectionist(放映员) and Mba often helped him sweep the theatre. For the first time, he saw Shaolin monks on the screen. “I discovered kung fu and Chinese culture. It spoke
a lot to me.” He and his friends would imitate(模仿) characters from the films, but there was no kung fu club to train them.
When he was 8, he left home with his elder sister to live in the capital, Yaounde, where he met a group of Chinese engineers in the 1980s. They built the Yaounde Conference Centre, a China-aid project. He often went there with his friends and watched them training. One day, to his excitement, a man in the project called them and asked them to learn kung fu together. After that, he came every morning to learn kung fu. He trained hard and learnt some basic movements. Mba recalls, “That was a turning point in my kung fu journey.”
His life took another turn in 2011, when he met a director of the Confucius Institute(研究所) at the University of Yaounde Ⅱ, during one of his training sessions. Mba joined the institute. Thanks to a scholarship, he got the chance to train in martial arts at the Shaolin Temple in Henan Province.
Today, Mba is well known in Cameroon when it comes to kung fu. He runs a programme that offers free short-term kung fu training to young people. He also teaches kung fu in several schools. He wants to help promote Chinese culture. “I’d like to encourage other people to learn kung fu, to really encourage them to admire Chinese culture as I have,” he says. Mba adds that as more people take up kung fu in Cameroon, he hopes to continue to offer valuable training in the future.
() 1. How did Mba get to know kung fu when he was young?
A. By reading kung fu books. B. By watching kung fu films.
C. By taking kung fu courses. D. By joining a kung fu club.
() 2. What are paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly about?
A. Mba’s programme of teaching kung fu.
B. Mba’s stories with Chinese engineers.
C. Mba’s achievements in the kung fu field.
D. Mba’s life turning points in kung fu learning.
() 3. What does the underlined word “promote” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Save. B. Control. C. Support. D. Understand.
() 4. Who could be interested in the passage?
A. Culture lovers. B. Technology fans.
C. Language learners. D. Movie actors.